Sunday, October 18, 2009

2Y5M (JP) - Daily Walk with Yee

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Toilet Training
Mummy placed a stool by the toilet bowl for Yee to get up and climb down by herself. This morning, Yee tripped a few times. But she refused help and asked Mummy to go away and not watch her as she tried to climb up by herself.


Every weekday evening, Mummy pushed Yee home, in her tricycle, from the nursery. It has been Mummy's desire to take a picture for memory.



Saturday, October 17, 2009

2Y5M (JP) - Daily Walk with Yee

While waiting for the bus to the pool

Little Flying Fish
- Yee now dived by herself and swam towards Mummy from Daddy or vice versa. Mummy noticed that Yee swam differently now. Yee used to kick with her legs (like dog-style). Today, Mummy saw her lifting her bum up and down as she swam (like butterfly-style). It was interesting to observe how Yee learn to swim naturally.
- Yee also did something new today. As she swam, she was able to U-turn back. Both Daddy and Mummy were surprised when we witnessed it.
Famished Yee
Yee must be very hungry that she ate onigiri and egg at the same time.

Daddy's moment

Daddy was trying to share Yee's chicken wing but Yee pushed him off.

Spoken Words
Daddy was teaching Yee to say, "鸡翅膀" when Yee said, "慢, 慢".
Then Daddy said, "鸡", Yee would repeat "鸡", followed by the next two characters one by one.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

2Y5M (JP) - Daily Walk with Yee

Kinder Nursery Report
We played with 積み木(blocks) and blocks. When the songs (for the sports day) were playing on the DVD, Yee-chan stood up immediately and danced with her friends.
Tricycle Ride Home
Yee was skillful at maneuvering the tricycle. This evening, Mummy did not help her at all. When she rode into any obstacle, she would steer the tricycle away from it. Good job, Yee!
Words Spoken
- Outside door, Yee called out to Daddy (who was standing at the elevator landing),
"Daddy, wait. 後で (あとで) press." [後で(あとで)=after]

2Y5M (JP) - Daily Walk with Yee

Doctor Visit in the Morning
- Last evening, Mummy saw the notice at Yee's nursery. One kid contracted H1N1 virus in Yee's nursery, 7 kids were showing symptoms and 3 kids were suspected.
- Mummy is concerned and brought Yee to see the doctor to see if she can have the vaccine for seasonal flu. Yee has mild cold for the last two weeks and could not have the vaccine.
- Doctor Yo said that Yee was not completely well. So he prescribed medicine for Yee instead.
Kinder Nursery Report
The Rabbit group went to the park today. Yee-chan was watching video in the room. When we came back from the park, I said, “Good morning, Yee-chan” and she smiled and ran to me.
Words Spoken
- This evening, Yee kept using the words "後で (あとで) [=later]". For example, "
後で keep", "後で close", etc. And she did it with the hand gesture.
- Yee was singing and dancing (using the Japanese kids song book). At one point, I was merely singing the last part (in fact only one word 遊びましょ (あそびましょ) [=let's play]. Yee stopped and said, "Mummy help ない. Koh Yee sings. Sing by self."

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

2Y5M (JP) - Daily Walk with Yee

Kinder Nursery Report
We went to 東沖 (ひがしおき) park. Once we reached the park, Yee-chan ran to the swing and sat for a long time. While sitting on the swing, she said, “バード、いない” (Bird, don’t have) with a sad expression. She must be feeling a bit lonely without the birds.
Riding Tricycle Home
- Mummy has been bringing the tricycle to the nursery so that Yee could ride on it home. Now that Yee was stepping on the pedal very well, this evening, Mummy 'unlocked' the steerling wheel to let Yee try maneuvering the tricycle. Yee was pretty good at it.
- Mummy look forward to the day where Yee can pedal on her own. Yee still does not have enough strength to pedal with her legs yet. Mummy believes with this daily practice, soon, Yee will be able to do it.
- Mummy hopes there will be an opportunity to let Yee ride in the day time so that Mummy can take some pictures. Our weekends are always packed with activities like ballet, swimming and church that we do not have spare time to be it :-(
Words Spoken
- Now Yee likes to say, "did it!" whenever she completed a task like unzipping her jacket, etc. Sometimes she said it in Japanese, "やった”.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

2Y5M (JP) - Daily Walk with Yee

Kinder Nursery Report
We have not been to 南根 (みなみね) park for a while. Yee-chan enjoyed sitting on the swing. Then, she picked up acorns and held them happily.
Ballet Practice At Home
After pointing at the picture, Yee got into position and did her stretching.