2Y1M (JP) - Daily Walk with Yee

Kinder Nursery
Today, we draw on fish-shaped papers. Yee-chan chose orange fish-shaped paper and used pink marker to draw on it. After that, we coloured on the colouring paper. Yee-chan was good at colouring with the green colour.
Potty Training: 11:00 (sat only)
Feedback From Teacher
人見先生 said that Yee sat on the potty twice. Praise God!
Winnie-the-Pooh - Springtime with Roo
This was the first time Yee watched Winnie-the-Pooh. Once she saw him, Yee cried excitedly, "Pooh-san! Pooh-san!". I was washing the dishes when I thought I heard Yee said, "donkey". I turned to look at the TV screen and saw flowers, Pooh and Roo. Shortly after, Eeyore, came into the screen, trotting behind Pooh and Roo. I was surprised that Yee can identify Eeyore as a donkey. It was simply amazing.
Shower Time
Mummy started a new routine for shower time. Mummy used to help Yee to take off her clothes in the shower room. Now that Yee can take off her own clothes, Mummy asked her to remove them outside the shower room and placed them into the laundry basket.

For a while now, after shower, Mummy would wrap Yee with towel. Yee loves it. I used to hold her hand and lead her out. Now she would walk out by herself and walk into the bedroom for change.

Wee Morning Adventure
-- Yee awoke from her sleep and cried very badly at 1am. Mummy had to carry. It was difficult to calm Yee down so Mummy turned on the Nursery Rhymes to distract her. Yee was scratching her head frequently. I think she was feeling hot and uncomfortable. [[The problem with our apartment was that there was no shelter on the 'window' (acutally sliding doors). June was a raining season in Japan. If we leave the windows opened the rain would poured in :-( And what made the matter worst was there was no air-con in the bedroom, only in the living hall. Though our partment was small, even if we turn on the air-con, it would not cool the bedroom. ]]
-- Mummy was perspiring as she carried Yee in the living room. It was getting humid these days. It was uncomfortable so Mummy turned on the air-con. The living room got cooler. But at 3:15am, Yee still showed no sign of wanting to sleep. So, Daddy took out a futon and placed it in the living room. Immediately, Yee came down from Mummy's arm and lied on the futon. After a long while, about 30 mins, Yee slowly dozed off and slept soundly till next morning.
-- Morning ritual was different and a little tough with Yee waking at the usual time and lack of sleep. She alternative between gay spirit and crankiness like flash of lighting. Finally, Yee left the house willingly and happily with Daddy. And Mummy dropped back to sleep.
Mummy's Disappointment
We did not receive any letter from the city hall. That's means Yee could not go into the government nursery next month. Mummy was utterly disappointed. Why God is not answering our prayer? In Japan, Mummy felt deserted by God (many unanswered prayers). Nonetheless God is God. It is His to give and His to take away. With and without God answering Mummy's prayers, life still goes on. So, Mummy told herself to brace up and move on.

2Y1M (JP) - Daily Walk with Yee

Kinder Nursery
Today’s weather was very good. We went for a walk and Yee-chan boarded the cart. Yee-chan said, “しんしゃ", “bird”, etc. On the way back, Yee-chan alighted from the cart and walked back to school.
Potty Training: 15:00 (sat only)
Puzzle
Mummy has been searching high-and-low for a simple puzzle that was suitable for Yee's age. I finally found it at Daiso. This one in the video has two-sided puzzle. I used the more simple graphic of Thomas-the-train. I improvised it further by pasting the border onto the board, leaving only three pieces of puzzle (insstead of seven pieces) for Yee to work on it. And of course this was too simple for Yee.

2Y1M (JP) - Daily Walk with Yee

At the wee morning, 5:50am!!, Yee suddenly cried and kept saying, "Go there!" I carried her out of the bed. She pointed at the door and wanted to get out of the house. Yee was crying very badly that I had to bring her out at 6am in the morning without brushing my teeth. After we entered the elevator, she started to cry again. At ground level, she did not want to get out of the elevator and wanted to get into the elevator. When we reached the fourth level, she wanted to go down again. We repeatedly going up and down in the elevator for a few times. Finally, when she was calmer, I asked her if she wants to get out at ground level, she nodded her head. We walked around the lift landing, I explained to Yee that the neighbours are all sleeping and we need to be quiet. She listened intently and kept quiet. I started to tell her things in the surrounding. After a long while, Yee was calm, I attempted to bring her back into the apartment cautiously.

Mummy (at the gate): "Do you want to find Daddy?"
Yee nodded her head.
Mummy (at the elevator landing): "Do you want to go in?"
Yee nodded her head.
Mummy (inside the elevator at fourth level): "Do you want to go out?"
Yee nodded her head.
Mummy (outside the elevator, pointing at the direction to our unit): "Do you want to go there?"
Yee nodded her head.
Mummy (at the door): "Do you want to go in?"
Yee nodded her head.

Phew .... finally we are home.
Kinder Nursery
We played with the newspaper in the classroom today. Yee-chan tore the newspaper very forcefully. Then she rolled the torn papers into balls and threw them, together with her friends.
Potty Training: 15:00 (sat only)
Dinnertime
After dinner, Yee took her bowl to the trash bin and empty it with the spoon. Then she placed the bowl on to basin top. I praised Yee, "Good job", showed her "two thumbs-up" and gave her a big hug.
Elmo's Potty Time
While watching "Elmo's Potty Time", Yee was pooing.
I asked her, "Yee, are you pooing? Do you want to use the potty?"
Yee pointed at the TV screen and said, "Elmo, potty."
"How about you, Yee? Do you want to use potty?"
Yee shook her head.
"Where is your potty?"
"Potty ない" came Yee's reply.

2Y1M (JP) - Father's Day

Daddy proudly wore the necktie given by her.

At Hope Church, every Daddy received a gift ... a box of chocolate.

A mother graciously let Yee played with her girls' toys.

2Y1M (JP) - Daily Walk with Yee

Greatest Gift for Father's Day
“爸爸，我爱你," Yee said it a few times to Daddy tonight. Daddy leaped out of joy from his chair and placed his ears close to Yee to hear the sweetest thing he ever heard. And Daddy has watery eyes.

The Kinder Nurdery helped Yee to make a necktie for Daddy. Instead of giving it to Daddy, Yee wanted to wear it.
Reading Time

I was reading to Yee in English from a Chinese book. At this page, I asked her, "What is this?" Yee promptly replied, "Butterfly." Then she ran happily to Daddy and said, "蝴蝶”. Yee ran back to me and said, "Butterfly". Witnessing this, Daddy came to join us and asked Yee, "这是什么?", Yee replied, "树". Then I asked her, "What is this?", "Tree", came Yee's reply.
At Japanese Class
Yee sat with Mummy most of the time. Every now and then, she would run to the next table and sat with Daddy. This morning, she ran to Daddy and was back in a flash of lighting. She kept saying, "Koh Yee." I thought Daddy must have kissed her and she came running to tell me. Then I realized it was something else and kept pointing at my head. Then I realized, I used Yee's flower band to tie my hair, I took it off to show her. Yee wanted me to use it on her. After I did, she was pleased.
Swimming
Daddy is a very devoted Daddy and the best for Yee. He took Yee to the pool by himself and came back narrating to me the adventure. There are 4 pools at Ichikawa Clean Spa. Today, Yee used all four pools willingly and, best, leading Daddy the way. Yee took a floating board from the rack and Daddy brought her to the Adult's pool where there is a line allocated for walking in the water. Yee held to the board while Daddy led her to "swim" eight laps. When Yee was tired, she said, "Go there", pointing out of the pool. Then she led the way to the baby pool and had fun there. She also asked Daddy to go into the sauna room. Inside, she took the two seat mats from the rack, one for Daddy and the other for herself. When she is done, she put the mats back onto the rack.

Five minutes before the rest time (at this pool, there is a resting time of 10 mins and at every 50 mins interval. Everyone has to get out of the pool), Daddy asked Yee, shall we leave. Yee readily agreed and went to the exit gate. Yee sometimes refuse to leave the pool and Mummy has to carry her out.

2Y1M (JP) - Daily Walk with Yee

Kinder Nursery
We to　南根（みなみね）park today. This was the first time Yee sat on swing on her own. Then she and five other kids chased the pigeons together. When the pigeons flew away, they chased after butterflies. As Yee-chan ran a lot today, she ate a lot and fell asleep quickly for nap.
Potty Training: 15:00 (sat only)

2Y1M (JP) - Daily Walk with Yee

Language Differentiation
This morning, during breakfast, Daddy pointed at Yee's shirt and asked, "这只动物是什么?" Yee said, "兔子"。 Then Yee turned to me, pointing at the picture and said, "Rabbit".
Milestone: Taking Off Shirt, Pants and Diaper
After breakfast, I asked Yee to come into the room to change her clothes. Sitting by the dinner table, she began to take off her tops and pants. When she was done, I asked her to put them into the laundry basket.Yee did it.(she needed a little help with her top). Then she came into the room and started to take off her diaper.
Morning Routine
It getting warm. While distracting Yee with the nursery rhymes from youtube, I tied her hair. Yee likes it and keeps touching and pulling it.

What Should I Wear?
We let Yee chose her own shoe. She would always chose her yellow rain shoe. I explained to her that it was not raining. She put it back and looked at the other shoes, pair by pair. Then she picked the white shoe which she seldom wear.

Though it was not raining, Yee wanted to take her umbrella along.

After kissing Mummy's goodbye, Yee ran to join Daddy at the elevator.

Kinder Nursery
We did physical exercise, in the room, with くま group today. In the beginning, the kids and teachers did the exercise. Yee was looking and after a while, she joined in happily and was good at it. After the exercise, we played balls. We gathered a lot of pink balls and threw it far away.
Language Differentiation
At the nursery, while Yee was trying to wear her shoes, she pointed at the floor and said, "Ant." 渡辺先生 saw it and said, "あり”. Yee turned to look at 渡辺先生 and said, "あり”. Then Yee turned back to me and said, "Ant". Wow, she is speaking Japanese to 渡辺先生 and English to Mummy. Terrific job, Yee!
Playtime
Yee was just playing with the tricycle while suddenly she said, "socks" and got down from the tricycle to remove them. I quickly took a video
Yee saying, "socks" with pouting lips.