Susan had some oatmeal raisin cookies and wanted to make some more. Here she is stirring them up, getting them ready for the oven, and the finished cookies on a plate. She also made some chocolate chip cookies for Carl.Monday, June 29, 2009
Pictures of making cookies
Susan had some oatmeal raisin cookies and wanted to make some more. Here she is stirring them up, getting them ready for the oven, and the finished cookies on a plate. She also made some chocolate chip cookies for Carl.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Jack and Annie
The kids at school, especially the first graders, love the Magic Tree House books about Jack and Annie and their adventures. I read Lions at Lunchtime first; now it is one about gorillas. We can read about 35 pages each night. When I turn out the light, Susan's lights go out too. She was sound asleep within 30 seconds.
Susan and I planted some flower seeds Sunday. They haven't come up yet, but we will keep watering them. She still cries when I leave her at Camp, but seems happy when I go back to get her. Today the snow cone wagon came, so everyone had one.
Susan and I planted some flower seeds Sunday. They haven't come up yet, but we will keep watering them. She still cries when I leave her at Camp, but seems happy when I go back to get her. Today the snow cone wagon came, so everyone had one.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
KinderMusik
We went to KinderMusik this morning for the first time. It was the last session for June; the one for July hasn't made yet. I met Carl's dancing partner, the teacher, Celeste. She is very lively and full of fun. The kids have been learning about jungle music and frogs. Each was to bring an "instrument" of some kind. We didn't know, but Celeste had brought extras. I've forgotten the word she called it, but they had learned about something I would call a rasp, a wooden piece with bumps that you use your stick to run over and make sounds. Some had brought plastic bottles. There was a bubble machine and a sort of drum with small balls that made a sound like the ocean. We had a good time. We finished by making tamborines.
The afternoon activity is not going so well. They swim from 1:30 to 3 in the WT pool (which has been remodeled, G & M, since our days with the Olympic pool. This one has a shallow section with a fountain and buckets that spill over when they get full, a lap pool, a lazy river, a tide pool, and a slide. I haven't found out what she doesn't like. Maybe today.
Silvia and Neil left yesterday morning. They stopped last night in Santa Fe because he hadn't been, and I had taken Silvia and Susan in 2007, and Carl and Susan to see Matina in 2006. I think Silvia liked it a lot and wanted to go back.
I guess the rain is over. I have a bumper crop of weeds. It is mostly spurge and some kind of grass that makes burrs that stick to your clothes. The beans are blooming, and there is one tomato. Susan and I spend some time outside in the mornings before it gets hot.
The afternoon activity is not going so well. They swim from 1:30 to 3 in the WT pool (which has been remodeled, G & M, since our days with the Olympic pool. This one has a shallow section with a fountain and buckets that spill over when they get full, a lap pool, a lazy river, a tide pool, and a slide. I haven't found out what she doesn't like. Maybe today.
Silvia and Neil left yesterday morning. They stopped last night in Santa Fe because he hadn't been, and I had taken Silvia and Susan in 2007, and Carl and Susan to see Matina in 2006. I think Silvia liked it a lot and wanted to go back.
I guess the rain is over. I have a bumper crop of weeds. It is mostly spurge and some kind of grass that makes burrs that stick to your clothes. The beans are blooming, and there is one tomato. Susan and I spend some time outside in the mornings before it gets hot.
Monday, June 22, 2009
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Monday
It's Monday. We have been busy since they came. Susan and I spent time in the garden and yard both mornings, and Neil pulled some weeds. We found some seeds on the columbine plants and put them in pots. She put all the garden animals together so they could be friends and eat the crystals (stones, she says) we found.
Today Susan went to the first day of Camp Tatanka at WTAMU. It was 1 to 5, and she was worn out with swimming and playing. She went to sleep on the couch and didn't eat dinner. We have been saving bread for the ducks at SW Park, so we went to feed them when she woke. Afterwards we had to have ice cream at Braums.
She still like to do puzzles and sing. We made things with Legos and played with clay. She went to a cram school for clay and learned to mix colors and make things. She uses a very light weight clay I have never seen before. It must be a polymer of some kind, and it air dries.
The are several sources for material to read and do phonics on the web. We found a Cinderella game with sight words that she likes. After we played it a few times, I figured out how to change the words for the printouts to words she wants like pink, princess, take, grass, glass.
Silvia and Neil will leave in the morning for LA, going by Flagstaff and Las Vegas. They got a room in LV for $25, 3 star hotel. Amazing!
Today Susan went to the first day of Camp Tatanka at WTAMU. It was 1 to 5, and she was worn out with swimming and playing. She went to sleep on the couch and didn't eat dinner. We have been saving bread for the ducks at SW Park, so we went to feed them when she woke. Afterwards we had to have ice cream at Braums.
She still like to do puzzles and sing. We made things with Legos and played with clay. She went to a cram school for clay and learned to mix colors and make things. She uses a very light weight clay I have never seen before. It must be a polymer of some kind, and it air dries.
The are several sources for material to read and do phonics on the web. We found a Cinderella game with sight words that she likes. After we played it a few times, I figured out how to change the words for the printouts to words she wants like pink, princess, take, grass, glass.
Silvia and Neil will leave in the morning for LA, going by Flagstaff and Las Vegas. They got a room in LV for $25, 3 star hotel. Amazing!
Saturday, June 20, 2009
They arrived about 3:30. Susan has grown a lot. We measured her against the marks from last time, and she is about 6" taller. She didn't say much for a while, but by dinnertime at Chili's, she was talking a blue streak. There was a ladybug in the car, so she held it until time for the food. I will have to take some pictures tomorrow.
I'm amazed at how well she reads. She read a whole book (level 1) at Barnes & Noble with little help on words--through, giant, magician, and names. She's not 5 yet, although in Taiwan they count her as 5 until her 5th birthday when she becomes 6. I can tell she and Silvia have spent a lot of time practicing. She says she will teach Grandpa Chinese while she is here.
I'm amazed at how well she reads. She read a whole book (level 1) at Barnes & Noble with little help on words--through, giant, magician, and names. She's not 5 yet, although in Taiwan they count her as 5 until her 5th birthday when she becomes 6. I can tell she and Silvia have spent a lot of time practicing. She says she will teach Grandpa Chinese while she is here.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Susan, Neil, and Silvia will be here tomorrow! We are excited. I worked on the middle bedroom yesterday and will finish today. I'm sure she has grown a lot.
The family landed in LA on Monday, the 15th. Silvia is expecting a baby boy in August, so she and Neil will be in LA most of the time, but they will drive here to bring Susan. I don't envy her riding all that way on a plane and then in a car being nearly 8 months pregnant. She had to visit the doctor before she could come. They have a friend with a sort of boarding house where they can stay. Garrett and I will take Susan back to them just before they start home.
Susan will go to KinderMusik one morning per week and to Camp Tatanka (activities camp at WT) in the afternoons through July. Garrett and I will work with her on reading and phonics skills too. I hope we can do some fun stuff like the Discovery Center and the Botanical Gardens, feeding the ducks, going to the zoo.
The living room looks more than crowded with the addition of the computer and printer stations, the sewing machine, and all the stuff that is usually there. The yard is green with so much rain, but there are weeds. I pulled some last night. It was very warm and humid until the rain started about 10.
I'd better get busy.
The family landed in LA on Monday, the 15th. Silvia is expecting a baby boy in August, so she and Neil will be in LA most of the time, but they will drive here to bring Susan. I don't envy her riding all that way on a plane and then in a car being nearly 8 months pregnant. She had to visit the doctor before she could come. They have a friend with a sort of boarding house where they can stay. Garrett and I will take Susan back to them just before they start home.
Susan will go to KinderMusik one morning per week and to Camp Tatanka (activities camp at WT) in the afternoons through July. Garrett and I will work with her on reading and phonics skills too. I hope we can do some fun stuff like the Discovery Center and the Botanical Gardens, feeding the ducks, going to the zoo.
The living room looks more than crowded with the addition of the computer and printer stations, the sewing machine, and all the stuff that is usually there. The yard is green with so much rain, but there are weeds. I pulled some last night. It was very warm and humid until the rain started about 10.
I'd better get busy.
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