Linus is now walking well and becomes more and more active. As he looks very sweet and cute, I am not aware he can be a little monster sometimes.
Last weekend I had been ‘attacked’ twice.
On Saturday evening, Linus was moody and threw toys everywhere. Daddy lectured him then he started to cry. I went to him, looked closely to him and asked him what happened gently, and then he slapped his metal train to my forehead with all his strength…. I was bleeding and crying instantly. Lucas then came to me and touched my head gently, and Jeff punished Linus.
On Sunday afternoon, we went to a supermarket. Linus was sitting on the baby seat on a trolley, which was right above the wheels.
When we passed by the racks with seasonings, Linus suddenly pulled out a bottle of vinegar from the lower rack. The bottle fell onto my leg foot and smashed…. The glass bounced all over the place and my foot was soaked in vinegar… Jeff helped me to clear the glasses on my foot, and thanks the staff who helped us to clean the mess. I had some little wounds on my foot but which were not serious. It seemed Linus had no idea that he created a big mess, because he kept laughing and yelling….
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Early babies eat bread
Lucas and Linus know what “Dolce Vita” is.
Every morning after milk, the two babies would sit on (sometimes fight for) their little sofa together, to enjoy their second breakfast, usually bread or toast.
Their pose is just like a boss in the office, sometime they put their legs up and lean backward, to rest in a very laid-back position, and watching Disney Channel, smiling with Little Einsteins or Noddy or Handy Manny.
Mommy and Daddy will work hard to win you bread!
Every morning after milk, the two babies would sit on (sometimes fight for) their little sofa together, to enjoy their second breakfast, usually bread or toast.
Their pose is just like a boss in the office, sometime they put their legs up and lean backward, to rest in a very laid-back position, and watching Disney Channel, smiling with Little Einsteins or Noddy or Handy Manny.
Mommy and Daddy will work hard to win you bread!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Linus's excellent progress
Last week I received a video call from Jeff. He was at home with the babies, telling me with great excitement that Linus could walk several steps.
In the tiny screen, I witnessed Linus’s wobbly steps; he was looking at his feet and moved prudently. What a precious moment.
Wow, this is a scene that mobile phone or telecommunication companies would like to capture in order to promote the video conferencing function.
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Linus is also learning how to speak; he always mimics what we say. Yesterday when I brought him to wash hands, I told him it was water from the tap, he then said “Wada” in a low sexy voice.
What a lovely baby.
In the tiny screen, I witnessed Linus’s wobbly steps; he was looking at his feet and moved prudently. What a precious moment.
Wow, this is a scene that mobile phone or telecommunication companies would like to capture in order to promote the video conferencing function.
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Linus is also learning how to speak; he always mimics what we say. Yesterday when I brought him to wash hands, I told him it was water from the tap, he then said “Wada” in a low sexy voice.
What a lovely baby.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten
Today is the open day of the kindergarten that Lucas is going to attend. Jeff and me went with him to have a "preview" of school life.
It is an international school and its education mission meets ours. Right next to the entrance, there is a poster called "All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten":
All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile at school.These are the things I learned:
Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
It is written by Robert Fulghum http://www.robertfulghum.com/. I love it a lot. It reminds the basic things of the most of us had already learned since the elementary school.
I am pleased to send my babyto such a liberal school with the right mind to do education. I don't care whether my kids can recognize 2000 words in two years old or not, I just want them to learn the beauty of life.
It is an international school and its education mission meets ours. Right next to the entrance, there is a poster called "All I really need to know I learned in kindergarten":
All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sand pile at school.These are the things I learned:
- Share everything.
- Play fair.
- Don't hit people.
- Put things back where you found them.
- Clean up your own mess.
- Don't take things that aren't yours.
- Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.
- Wash your hands before you eat.
- Flush.
- Warm cookies and cold milk are good for you.
- Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
- Take a nap every afternoon.
- When you go out in the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands and stick together.
- Be aware of wonder. Remember the little seed in the Styrofoam cup: the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody really knows how or why, but we are all like that.
- Goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the Styrofoam cup - they all die. So do we.
- And then remember the Dick-and-Jane books and the first word you learned - the biggest word of all - LOOK.
Take any one of those items and extrapolate it into sophisticated adult terms and apply it to your family life or your work or government or your world and it holds true and clear and firm. Think what a better world it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap. Or if all governments had as a basic policy to always put things back where they found them and to clean up their own mess.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out in the world, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
It is written by Robert Fulghum http://www.robertfulghum.com/. I love it a lot. It reminds the basic things of the most of us had already learned since the elementary school.
I am pleased to send my babyto such a liberal school with the right mind to do education. I don't care whether my kids can recognize 2000 words in two years old or not, I just want them to learn the beauty of life.
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