Feeling a little blue ……It must be that time of the month….but no…not till next week…maybe just a little tired. It’s Wednesday and I’m already longing for the weekend. I guess I’ve been pretty much productive this week so I gave myself a little treat….2 scoops of ice cream ..ahhh…..that does the trick. Then watched my recorded episode of HOUSE MD ( thanks to DVR…such a life saver. Now I don’t have to miss any episode of my favorite shows)…Kids were watching cartoon show in their room so I had the living room all to myself . Didn’t have to worry if there are obscene dialogue that the kids might hear…you know how they are now….so quick to pick up new vocabulary esp Shinjo. He is at the stage were he is starting to discover the vast universe of language . One day while his teacher was saying goodbye to him , he was so distracted w/ something else so I prompted him so say goodbye back & I swear I almost fell to the floor when I though I heard him say “ What the f^*@!!! “ We all thought we heard the same thing & I was so embarrassed but I didn’t realize that the teacher & I share the same feeling & he immediately said “ Oh I’m sure he didn’t hear that from us”. But I know my son & we never curse in front of them so I look around the room trying to find if he is referring to something else & not really cussing & sure enough , he was in fact looking at a toy frog. I gave up a big sigh & gave him a tight hug. I know my sweet little angle cannot be uttering those awful words!!
My daughter is also broadening her language & vocabulary ( I thought about writing this after reading Geri’s new posting about teaching kids tagalog). Princess is very proud to tell everyone that she can speak Spanish that you’d think she can be a translator for me whenever I am mistaken as Hispanic ( gracias) . The truth is , she only knows a few words in Spanish but I don’t have the heart to embarrassed her ( worrying that one Hispanic kid might take her up for it ) so I would just gingerly tell her “ yes sweetie , you know quite a few Spanish words BUT you still have to learn more so you must study even harder”.
Recently she is also getting interested in learning tagalog. To my surprise she asked me how to say “ Thank You” in tagalog. I smiled secretly in my heart. What a smart kid. I thought that I would have to bribe her one day to learn my language . I didn’t think she’d be interested this early . It’s funny coz she would even ask me to sing a Filipino song so with much gusto I sang to her the very first song that my mother taught me when I was her age “ Bato sa Buhangin” I would have sang to her another tagalog song till she asked me to translate it in English ( sigh!! I don’t think I have enough patience for that. Maybe someday).
Shinjo is now 3 & he goes to pre-school 3x a week. He loves it I can tell & it’s been so beneficial to him esp. the interactions w/ kids of his age level. Being a new immigrant to this country , it’s been always & almost very rare for my kids to have an opportunity to play & be around other kids. Now he is so much sociable & just blossoming into toddler hood.
When I was 6 I remember that my favorite toys are dolls or tea sets, but not my little girl.
Her fascinations are dinosaurs & portable game ( Leapfrog game computer but she just found out that Nintendo is so much cooler..) . We go to the community library & she would get nothing but books about dinosaur & I have to deal w/ reading to her & struggling w/ the difficult pronunciations of these prehistoric animals. One time, I didn’t notice that one of the books we got was about Dino Dung (a book about all kinds of dino poop) .
Kids, sometimes I can’t wait for them to have their own drivers license but then again , who would mommy read dino poops book to or would Shinjo still gives me hugs infront of other people. I don’t think so….so for now I’ll just enjoy their youth & dependency. They are mommy’s true joy & happiness. They are all I need to cure my blues away.
My daughter is also broadening her language & vocabulary ( I thought about writing this after reading Geri’s new posting about teaching kids tagalog). Princess is very proud to tell everyone that she can speak Spanish that you’d think she can be a translator for me whenever I am mistaken as Hispanic ( gracias) . The truth is , she only knows a few words in Spanish but I don’t have the heart to embarrassed her ( worrying that one Hispanic kid might take her up for it ) so I would just gingerly tell her “ yes sweetie , you know quite a few Spanish words BUT you still have to learn more so you must study even harder”.
Recently she is also getting interested in learning tagalog. To my surprise she asked me how to say “ Thank You” in tagalog. I smiled secretly in my heart. What a smart kid. I thought that I would have to bribe her one day to learn my language . I didn’t think she’d be interested this early . It’s funny coz she would even ask me to sing a Filipino song so with much gusto I sang to her the very first song that my mother taught me when I was her age “ Bato sa Buhangin” I would have sang to her another tagalog song till she asked me to translate it in English ( sigh!! I don’t think I have enough patience for that. Maybe someday).
Shinjo is now 3 & he goes to pre-school 3x a week. He loves it I can tell & it’s been so beneficial to him esp. the interactions w/ kids of his age level. Being a new immigrant to this country , it’s been always & almost very rare for my kids to have an opportunity to play & be around other kids. Now he is so much sociable & just blossoming into toddler hood.
When I was 6 I remember that my favorite toys are dolls or tea sets, but not my little girl.
Her fascinations are dinosaurs & portable game ( Leapfrog game computer but she just found out that Nintendo is so much cooler..) . We go to the community library & she would get nothing but books about dinosaur & I have to deal w/ reading to her & struggling w/ the difficult pronunciations of these prehistoric animals. One time, I didn’t notice that one of the books we got was about Dino Dung (a book about all kinds of dino poop) .
Kids, sometimes I can’t wait for them to have their own drivers license but then again , who would mommy read dino poops book to or would Shinjo still gives me hugs infront of other people. I don’t think so….so for now I’ll just enjoy their youth & dependency. They are mommy’s true joy & happiness. They are all I need to cure my blues away.
Went Nuts W/ The color Pen
He Loves Books Too
With her classmate Maxine.She's half Japanese half Pinoy.
New Hair Cut. Mommy is getting better w/ the clippers
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