It's been snowing for 2 days now. It started yesterday. She woke up and she was so excited, "Mom, Dad, it's snowing, it's snowing." She wanted to go outside so bad that she did everything we asked her to do and in no time at all, she was ready.
She made her snow princess then we went to the track field to do some sledding but since we don't have any sleds we used her boogey board instead.
December 28, 2005
December 21, 2005
not a baby anymore
Meg, can you please stop growing up?
Mommy, we have been through this...
But, I don't want you to grow up anymore, can't you just stay a baby forever and ever.
I want to grow up. I want to be a grown-up.
It's no fun being a grown-up.
Oh, yes, it is.
Not. You have to look after your husband and kids. You have to clean the house everyday and then you have to make dinner. You have to do laundry and all kinds of boring stuff. It's no fun.
But, those things are fun for me and when you're a grown-up, you get to decide when to go to the BXtra.
Mommy, we have been through this...
But, I don't want you to grow up anymore, can't you just stay a baby forever and ever.
I want to grow up. I want to be a grown-up.
It's no fun being a grown-up.
Oh, yes, it is.
Not. You have to look after your husband and kids. You have to clean the house everyday and then you have to make dinner. You have to do laundry and all kinds of boring stuff. It's no fun.
But, those things are fun for me and when you're a grown-up, you get to decide when to go to the BXtra.
December 17, 2005
December 16, 2005
pajama day
Every so often, like once per quarter, is spirit day. Today is such and it's pajama day.
"Mommy, tomorrow is pajama day. I get to wear my PJs to school. Ms. C said we could have rootbeer, too. It's gonna be like a sleepover at school!"
I don't know what rootbeer has to do with it, maybe because rootbeer is a rarity here. Our soda fountain does not have rootbeer. If we want rootbeer, we go to the commissary and buy a pack and since I don't like having soda in the house, we rarely drink rootbeer. Wait, back to the topic.
"So, tomorrow, I don't have to get changed. Isn't that cool?" This morning, she was pretty psyched up about going to school. "Is it morning yet?" Once we got to school, she went to her friends, hugged each other, then compared PJs.
"Mommy, tomorrow is pajama day. I get to wear my PJs to school. Ms. C said we could have rootbeer, too. It's gonna be like a sleepover at school!"
I don't know what rootbeer has to do with it, maybe because rootbeer is a rarity here. Our soda fountain does not have rootbeer. If we want rootbeer, we go to the commissary and buy a pack and since I don't like having soda in the house, we rarely drink rootbeer. Wait, back to the topic.
"So, tomorrow, I don't have to get changed. Isn't that cool?" This morning, she was pretty psyched up about going to school. "Is it morning yet?" Once we got to school, she went to her friends, hugged each other, then compared PJs.
December 15, 2005
christmas show
Last Saturday was the 2nd Annual Gymnastics Christmas Show.
From L to R, Alyssa, Megan, Nykayla, Ciara, Kayla. They performed to "One, Two Step".
Her cartwheels are looking better now.
From L to R, Alyssa, Megan, Nykayla, Ciara, Kayla. They performed to "One, Two Step".
Her cartwheels are looking better now.
December 13, 2005
And so it begins.
"Mommy, can I sleep-over at Olivia's house?"
"Did Olivia invite you?''
"She said, she'll talk her mom into it." I just have to laugh. Not ask her mom, but talk her mom into it. My little baby's making plans without me.
"When are you guys thinking of doing it?"
"Saturday."
"As long as it's fine with Olivia's mom, you can go. Tell Olivia, you can do it on Saturday. Friday night, Jonjon & Lisa are coming over and you have a belt test on Saturday afternoon. OK?"
"OK"
"Mommy, can I sleep-over at Olivia's house?"
"Did Olivia invite you?''
"She said, she'll talk her mom into it." I just have to laugh. Not ask her mom, but talk her mom into it. My little baby's making plans without me.
"When are you guys thinking of doing it?"
"Saturday."
"As long as it's fine with Olivia's mom, you can go. Tell Olivia, you can do it on Saturday. Friday night, Jonjon & Lisa are coming over and you have a belt test on Saturday afternoon. OK?"
"OK"
December 08, 2005
photos from thanksgiving luncheon
Above photo is of the play, Tara, to her left, is the other narrator. Next to Tara is Danajah. The boy in the middle is John. The girl in the indian outfit is Kasey. They're so cute!
December 06, 2005
golden rocky
She did it! She got 10 golden rockies and saw Mr. Y, the principal. She came home wearing a golden dog tag and it said "Golden Rocky Winner". She's so proud of it. She's been wearing it since she got it, even in her karate class. She also got a certificate for "golden" behavior and citizenship on at least ten occasions this school year. And a Chili's gift certificate.
First sleep-over last weekend. She slept at a friend's house this weekend. I was so worried that I'd get a midnight call. "Mommy, I want you." but she didn't. She had her sleeping bag, a favorite toy, a pillow & blanket. She said they slept in the living room and she was a little bit scared because of noises in the middle of the night like the tick tock of the clock.
First sleep-over last weekend. She slept at a friend's house this weekend. I was so worried that I'd get a midnight call. "Mommy, I want you." but she didn't. She had her sleeping bag, a favorite toy, a pillow & blanket. She said they slept in the living room and she was a little bit scared because of noises in the middle of the night like the tick tock of the clock.
December 01, 2005
thanksgiving
It was so cute!
The day before, it was really foggy the school decided a 2-hour delay but I didn't think of calling the school so we got to school early and it was almost empty, there were a couple of cars here and there, we walked back towards the car and saw her teacher. Ms. C said to go ahead and leave M with her since she needs help setting up the class for the luncheon.
Her classroom was decorated nice, the tables had fall-theme centerpiece, the kids even made placecards for their guests. We had our lunch and after that their presentation. As I've said before she's one of the narrators. The other one was Tara. They put on their headgears that they made. She had on a pilgrim woman hat.
And it went like this:
Narrator: Once upon a time, a long time ago, pilgrim men...
Pilgrim men: Bang, bang, bang.
Narrator: pilgrim women...
Pilgrim women: Mercy me.
Narrator: and pilgrim minister...
Pilgrim minister: Praise the Lord.
Narrator: came to America...
etc...
After the play, they sang "America, the Beautiful" (or something like that) and they did it with sign language, too. It was so cute. After the song, the kids comes up to the center of the room and say what they are thankful for.
"I am thankful for my mom and dad, because they love me and I love them."
Sipsip talaga tong anak ko!
I'll try and post photos later.
The day before, it was really foggy the school decided a 2-hour delay but I didn't think of calling the school so we got to school early and it was almost empty, there were a couple of cars here and there, we walked back towards the car and saw her teacher. Ms. C said to go ahead and leave M with her since she needs help setting up the class for the luncheon.
Her classroom was decorated nice, the tables had fall-theme centerpiece, the kids even made placecards for their guests. We had our lunch and after that their presentation. As I've said before she's one of the narrators. The other one was Tara. They put on their headgears that they made. She had on a pilgrim woman hat.
And it went like this:
Narrator: Once upon a time, a long time ago, pilgrim men...
Pilgrim men: Bang, bang, bang.
Narrator: pilgrim women...
Pilgrim women: Mercy me.
Narrator: and pilgrim minister...
Pilgrim minister: Praise the Lord.
Narrator: came to America...
etc...
After the play, they sang "America, the Beautiful" (or something like that) and they did it with sign language, too. It was so cute. After the song, the kids comes up to the center of the room and say what they are thankful for.
"I am thankful for my mom and dad, because they love me and I love them."
Sipsip talaga tong anak ko!
I'll try and post photos later.
November 18, 2005
incentives
Her school has the "Golden Rocky" program. Rocky is their school mascot. He's an American bald eagle. Rocky has a set of rules called "Rocky's Rules". If they do something extra nice they get a golden rocky. When they get 10 golden rockies, then they get to see the principal, Mr. Y. In his office is a treasure chest where they can choose anything they want.
Nobody in her class has been to see Mr. Y yet so they don't know what's in the treasure chest but she has 8 golden rockies now, 2 more to go. She's pretty psyched about the whole thing and she keeps telling me that she tries and tries.
In her class, they have a reading program. Her homework folder has a sheet of paper where she writes the books that she read that night and once she fills up the page, she picks a book from the book treasure chest. To date, she has 3 books from the chest. She borrows 2 picks from the library everyday.
They also have an art treasure chest but I'm not exactly sure how it works though. She loves her art class. Whenever she takes home an artwork from school she proudly shows it to me. If you ask her who her favorite teacher is, she'll say Ms. R, her art teacher.
Nobody in her class has been to see Mr. Y yet so they don't know what's in the treasure chest but she has 8 golden rockies now, 2 more to go. She's pretty psyched about the whole thing and she keeps telling me that she tries and tries.
In her class, they have a reading program. Her homework folder has a sheet of paper where she writes the books that she read that night and once she fills up the page, she picks a book from the book treasure chest. To date, she has 3 books from the chest. She borrows 2 picks from the library everyday.
They also have an art treasure chest but I'm not exactly sure how it works though. She loves her art class. Whenever she takes home an artwork from school she proudly shows it to me. If you ask her who her favorite teacher is, she'll say Ms. R, her art teacher.
November 17, 2005
End of 1st quarter
The other day, we had a parent-teacher conference. Ms. C said that she is just a wonderful child. Academically, she's doing good and we don't need to worry about anything. In fact, her reading skills are above average. On Fridays, she goes to what they call "Reading Count".
According to Megan, they go to the library for the reading count and choose a book they want to read, but not a very long book, just a short book. When they're done reading it, they go to the computer and look for the book that they just read and they get quizzed on what the book was all about.
On the 22nd, they will have a Thanksgiving Luncheon and they have will have a play. She's going to be one of the narrators. =). At first she said she was going to be one of the pilgrim women but she wanted to be the narrator, so I told her to ask Ms. C if she can be the narrator instead. The next day, she came home and she said, she will be one of the narrators, but she didn't have to ask Ms. C, Ms. C just said that she's one of the narrators.
According to Megan, they go to the library for the reading count and choose a book they want to read, but not a very long book, just a short book. When they're done reading it, they go to the computer and look for the book that they just read and they get quizzed on what the book was all about.
On the 22nd, they will have a Thanksgiving Luncheon and they have will have a play. She's going to be one of the narrators. =). At first she said she was going to be one of the pilgrim women but she wanted to be the narrator, so I told her to ask Ms. C if she can be the narrator instead. The next day, she came home and she said, she will be one of the narrators, but she didn't have to ask Ms. C, Ms. C just said that she's one of the narrators.
November 15, 2005
Playmates
Meg absolutely loves our new house or I should say the location of our new house. She has lots of playmates. Across from our house is an old classmate from Kinder, Quentin and his brother Reese. Next to Quentin's house is Cassie's house. She's 7. Next to our house are the K kids, Kaylee, Keegan, & Keiran. Ages 10, 6, & 3.
Unfortunately, we moved at the wrong season. It's getting cold outside, most kids just play inside. She's getting over her shyness though. Now, she knocks on neighbors' doors and ask if they can come out and play. Yes, she loves it here!
Unfortunately, we moved at the wrong season. It's getting cold outside, most kids just play inside. She's getting over her shyness though. Now, she knocks on neighbors' doors and ask if they can come out and play. Yes, she loves it here!
October 25, 2005
Injured
Daddy, look, I got a booboo in my eye... (it's not really in her eye, more like her eyelid)
How did that happen?
I was bouncing a book on my feet. (????)
How do you hurt your eye when your bouncing a book on your feet?
Good question!
How did that happen?
I was bouncing a book on my feet. (????)
How do you hurt your eye when your bouncing a book on your feet?
Good question!
September 22, 2005
September 06, 2005
bicycle
There's not a whole lot of places that Meg can ride her bike here. Since the property lies in the outskirts of the village, the road outside is not an ideal street to be riding a bike. She managed to find use of her bike though. She rides it around the property. She rides around all the houses. She rides to the fish pond which is about 30 paces. She rides it to the playground, another 20 paces. She rides it to the tennis court, 15 paces. She rides it around the tennis court and have a pretend race with her pretend friends. I don't know if she's just that lazy (she hates walking) or she really loves her bike.
August 29, 2005
August 27, 2005
boogey board
My daughter, boogey boarding! It was fun seeing her try it out. She put on a brave face and did it. I guess meeting somebody who knows how to do it helped out a lot. Man, that was some cold water, I don't know how she could stay in that water.
August 16, 2005
Come on, Lola, let's play "around the world". That's her favorite game with Lola. And they go around the world. To China, Egypt, & The Amazon. Sometimes, they go by plane and sometimes by boat. Lola will be the pilot and she the copilot. Lola will be the captain and she... I don't know what she is. I think she's the tour guide cause I can hear her sometimes announcing in their pretend loud speaker about the things around them. Apparently, the pond outside the house is the Amazon River.
They also have a restaurant game. Lola's the chef and she's everything else. Lola cooks very fast cause Lola has to get back to the computer and chat. She asked lola to cook slower. I think she caught on to what Lola was doing.
Now that the doll house is somewhat finished, she plays with it. She has cut-out paper dolls that her and lola did. Right now, we have temporary furnishings for the doll house and she has been endlessly arranging and re-arranging them. I am not supposed to touch the inside of the house.
They also have a restaurant game. Lola's the chef and she's everything else. Lola cooks very fast cause Lola has to get back to the computer and chat. She asked lola to cook slower. I think she caught on to what Lola was doing.
Now that the doll house is somewhat finished, she plays with it. She has cut-out paper dolls that her and lola did. Right now, we have temporary furnishings for the doll house and she has been endlessly arranging and re-arranging them. I am not supposed to touch the inside of the house.
August 12, 2005
so excited
17 more days till school starts. She's very excited. I wonder how long it will last. She asked me if Lola will still be here once school starts. She wants Lola to see her school. I'm slowly explaining to her the difference between Kinder and 1st grade, like 1st graders don't get rest time. She's most likely gonna have different kids in her class but she'll still see her other friends during recess or lunch break.
Before last schoolyear ended, Ms. D showed them one of the 1st graders room. It was Ms. K's class. I don't know what Ms. D said but she's been telling me that she'll be in Ms. K's class. I'm pretty sure that once this schoolyear starts and IF she's not going to be in Ms. K's class there's going to be a major disappointment. I tried to explain to her that she might have misunderstood Ms. D but she insists that she is going to Ms. K's. We'll see.
Before last schoolyear ended, Ms. D showed them one of the 1st graders room. It was Ms. K's class. I don't know what Ms. D said but she's been telling me that she'll be in Ms. K's class. I'm pretty sure that once this schoolyear starts and IF she's not going to be in Ms. K's class there's going to be a major disappointment. I tried to explain to her that she might have misunderstood Ms. D but she insists that she is going to Ms. K's. We'll see.
August 02, 2005
cry baby
Megan is such a cry baby. mini!
When she's out playing with OJ and Tobi, she comes crying to me every hour. The other day,
Tobi, broke my palm tree... and I can't fix it. she manages to say in between sobs. What palm tree? I asked. I come to find out it's the palm tree that came with her army toys. You know, those plastic cheap toys that comes in one bag that costs about $1 and she's crying like it's the end of the world.
Finally, I managed to calm her down and asked her to go out and play before it gets late and she won't be able to play with her friends. OJ went inside and he said that he won't come out if I'm sad. and she starts crying again. I then explained to her that if she goes out and play, OJ will see her and OJ will then come out and play with her.
And she did just that. As expected OJ came out. Then, she came back inside crying again. I got hurt! I asked her how it happened.
We were playing with swords and OJ hit me with his "lightsaver".
Was it an accident?
Yes... but he didn't say "Sorry", he only said "Be brave, Megan."
That's right.
But I didn't want to be brave, I wanted to listen to what my head was saying.
And what was your head saying?
It was telling me about Snow White (I don't know what Snow White has to do with being brave but she went on and on). Mommy, it's so unfair. I didn't want to play swords but OJ said that today is his day and we have to do everything that he wants to do. But when it's my day, I forget what I wanted to do.
And then, she cried.
When she's out playing with OJ and Tobi, she comes crying to me every hour. The other day,
Tobi, broke my palm tree... and I can't fix it. she manages to say in between sobs. What palm tree? I asked. I come to find out it's the palm tree that came with her army toys. You know, those plastic cheap toys that comes in one bag that costs about $1 and she's crying like it's the end of the world.
Finally, I managed to calm her down and asked her to go out and play before it gets late and she won't be able to play with her friends. OJ went inside and he said that he won't come out if I'm sad. and she starts crying again. I then explained to her that if she goes out and play, OJ will see her and OJ will then come out and play with her.
And she did just that. As expected OJ came out. Then, she came back inside crying again. I got hurt! I asked her how it happened.
We were playing with swords and OJ hit me with his "lightsaver".
Was it an accident?
Yes... but he didn't say "Sorry", he only said "Be brave, Megan."
That's right.
But I didn't want to be brave, I wanted to listen to what my head was saying.
And what was your head saying?
It was telling me about Snow White (I don't know what Snow White has to do with being brave but she went on and on). Mommy, it's so unfair. I didn't want to play swords but OJ said that today is his day and we have to do everything that he wants to do. But when it's my day, I forget what I wanted to do.
And then, she cried.
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