First-time Series: Wear Socks Successfully This is the first time that Yee wears her socks successfully ... by herself! To Mummy. it is a great leap of achievement as Yee has been refusing to wear socks for the last few weeks.
Kinder Nursery Yee’s hair style is matching. The other teachers said “cute”. Today, we went to 南場 (みなみば) park. Yee was laughing aloud sitting on a bicycle-shaped toy that turned round-and-round. She liked it and sat for a long time, refusing to get down.
Nice Hairstyle The teacher at the nursery did a much better job than Mummy at tying Yee's hair. I wonder what magic the teacher has that Yee will be still and let her tie. Anyway, I love it. Yee looks cute!! At Home Yee taking off her socks. She has been able to do it for a while. Just thought it would be nice take a video of her with this hairstyle.
After seeing the above video, Yee ran back to sit at the same place to take off the other socks. And quickly ran back to look at the video!
Kinder Nursery Yee cried when she came to school. When she entered the room and watched Anpanman on the television, she immediately stopped crying. We went to 東沖（ひがしおき）park. Yee sat on the swing for a long time. I used the tree branch to draw Anpanman’s face and Yee was very happy. Suppertime We were having supper when Yee turned to me and with her wide-opened eyes said, "おいしい？” ("delicious?") Cultivating Interest ... at 2-years-old Wanting Yee to be exposed to various arts like ballet (daddy’s fave for Yee) and piano (mummy’s fave for Yee), I showed her video clips from youtube.
This evening I showed her this:
While watching, Yee started to raise her arms above her head and then she turned round and round like the ballerina. It was fun watching her imitation the video.
I only managed to capture the last few seconds of her imitation:
When I told daddy, he was beaming with joy. I bet he is visualizing Yee dancing on the stage.
Honestly, I thank God for Lawrence's 'craze' over Yee. He simply loves and adores Yee. Have I ever said it on the blog? Any, if I had, I would still like to repeat ... When Daddy is home, he will come into the room and gaze at the sleeping beauty Yee for a couple of minutes ... Before he sleeps, he will turn on the bedside nightlight, told Yee his day and looked at her adoringly for 5 minutes.
Kinder Nursery We went to 東根（ひがしね). There was a small house. Yee went into the house and played. She stretched her head out of the window and said happily, "先生!” After that, she played on the swing. On the way back, she had snacks. Reading Time These few days, whenever I pointed at the animals in the book, Yee would also point and said, "鼻（はな） (she was pointing at the nose) Refusing to Sleep Yee refused to sleep and stayed in the living-room with daddy. Finally, weariness overtook her and she ended up ............. aslept on the floor.
Kinder Nursery Thank you for attending yesterday’s ‘Meet the parents’ session. You were concerned about Yee’s toilet-training. It is alright as the other children are not able to go by themselves yet. Let’s do our best. Way Home From Nursery - Outside the nursery, Yee looked at the sky and cried excitedly, "飞机". And near the lift landing of our apartment, she said, "蚂蚁" and pointed at the ants on the wall. - Yee wanted to climb the stairs this evening. When we reached the last flight of steps, Yee turned around and wanted to walked down the stairs. I was surprised as how did she know we are reaching 4th floor where we stay. Then I remembered, from the 2nd and 3rd level, one could see the neighbours' doors from the stair but at 4th level, there was no door. I was amazed at Yee's keen observation on this. Yee's First Three Syllabus Word During reading time, I pointed at an animal and read it. Yee spontanteously repeated, "crocodile". Wow, this is Yee's first three syllabus word. It is interesting that I have been teaching her "elephant" and sometimes, "aeroplane" but she never repeat them like the way she did with "crocodile".
On our way to Yee's nursery for the 'Meet the Parents session'.These days we let Yee walks and that means that ... it takes a long ... really looooooooooong time to get where we want to go because ... ... Yee will stop to - say 'bye' to the passing train, - greet the passing dogs, - greet the ants - look and 'talk' to the flowers,
'Meet the Parents session' at Kinder Nursery On our way to my fave Indian for lunch ... coz it is much cheaper.
Yee's First Taste of Watermelon After lunch, I let Yee tried the watermelon. It was her first time. When I scooped a piece for her, she refused it. I ate it and said, "おいしい". I repeated the act twice. For the third scoop, she attempted it gingerly. Then her eyes 'blinked' and she ate two whole slices, not letting Mummy eat any.
Then Daddy had his lunch and Yee shared his slice of watermelon too. She ate it to the skin!
Another round of water melon in the evening.
New Swim-suit Yee outgrew her bikini. Mummy thinks she still looks pretty cute in her new swim-suit. Since Mummy cannot take picture at the indoor swimming pool, home's not a bad place too. Last Saturday was the first-time Yee tried the floating board. Today, we let her used it again. She "swam" two laps on it. "Well done, Yeeーちゃん". Download From Daddy's Mobile May 2008: At estate agent's office Sept 2008: Napping in a restaurant Dec 2008: Home on Mummy's Lap
This evening is the first time I saw Yee sitting with her legs crossed. I quickly grabbed the camera and took the picture. Yee ususally sits these ways:
New Japanese Word "Mugai" I was playing piggy pack with Yee. She kept saying, "むがい” and wanted to play again and again. I somehow remember that it means "again" but I could not find this Japanese word. Will have to check with friends.
Days later .... I checked with my friends, Yee was saying, "もう一回" (one more time).
Kinder Nursery Today, Yee cried when she came to school. In the daytime, she was in good mood. Today is the first time we went to No.4 Park. There is a slide with an interesting shape. Yee wanted to slide on it. When she heard me, “slide together?” She was happy. I was slide closely with Yee. It was very fun.
人見先生 told me that Yee hit her. I turned to Yee and talked to her softly, "Yee, sensei said you hit her. What did mummy tell you about hitting people. You cannot hit people, do you understand?" Yee looked down and nodded her head. Then I turned her around and asked her to apologize to sensei. Yee did by nodding her head in apology.
Pooh-san Haversack Later in the evening, Yee pointed at the haversack and said, "Pooh-san". I'm not too sure if this is the first time she called "Pooh-san". Anyway, she carried it on her back and love it. I bought this a long time ago from a recycled shop while Yee was still little. It costed less than U$5. I found it a good buy and believe Yee will love it when she was ready to use it. Now at 2, Yee is ready and loves it!
