Soft Robes

The weather lately has been below 0's. And the heat in our apartment has been malfunctioning resulting in a very cold situation for our family. BUT, fortunately for Lizzy and I, we have soft, plushy robes that keep us nice and cozy. Ahhhhhhh...soft!

When I'm Older

Lizzy is so excited about her birthday coming up. She just can't wait to be older...

p.s. the "ouse" on the moon, is actually "mouse", first Mouse on the moon... :)

Cerebral Palsy Class

I took Hayden into the Cerebral Palsy classroom run by Jian Hua. I used to volunteer in this classroom when Lizzy was a toddler, so it was fun to take Hayden now that he is a little older. It was so neat to see their personality differences. Lizzy was always timid, but Hayden just got right in with the crowd. Here they were practicing some fine motor skills by playing a simple computer game. Hayden, of course, is a master at computer games, he plays all the time at home so he's showing them how it's done. Don't be too proud little Hay, you don't have cp!

Favorite position

Guess what they're doing?



Yup, favorite thing - the tube.

Ice

We went with some friends to the famous Tianjin TV tower where the lake has frozen. People can rent ice skates or little sleds with ski poles to propel yourself along the ice. Lizzy and I rented a two seater and had some fun with it. I was VERY concerned about how solid the ice was.

Lizzy had a lot of fun, but after about 20 minutes on the ice she says, "Mommy, my toes hurt." I said, "Honey, are your toes cold?", and she says, "No, they just hurt." I thought that was a good time to go home.

Learning Patterns

Lizzy has been learning in school about patterns, ABAB, or AABB, or AABAAB, you know, math concepts. So she has taken to organizing her entire life to patterns. For example, since she no longer takes daily naps, she's decided that her nap ritual is going to be a pattern. One day nap, then two days no nap, one day nap, and two days no nap. To clarify, it's an ABBABB pattern.

Right now she's snoozing away because the past two days has been no nap days so today she marched herself right into bed for her nap.

Is this normal behavior? :)

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