Annya darling full of cuteness
2008-02-02 08:53:00
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Obstacle Course Challenge
2008-01-22 12:43:00
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Annya Bao-bao (and Emma the clown)
2008-01-21 10:23:00
Emma is the little clown in the background
A tagged post
2008-01-19 12:16:00
Tagged for the first time. So here are the 7 things that matters to me:
1. Emma and Annya, Emma and Annya again, Emma and Annya again and again ...
2. Myself. Take care of myself, happy and healthy.
3. My family, sisters, my parents. My friends.
4. Independance.
5. Culture stuff.
6. Busy not lazy. Stimulated not bored.
7. Blogs and publications. And a good career.
As a matter of
Little Annya baby
2008-01-11 13:46:00
Annya is 8 months old now. Too bad, I do not have a month-by-month album for her as I did for Emma.
Annya has started to crawl, however painstakingly and reluctantly. Putting her on a position of all-fours is enough to make her cry. When she crawls, she does not quite know how to work with her hands, shift them then move forward. So even though she often propells herself forward with her legs,
Emma's story
2008-01-06 08:20:00
While I am too busy to blog, Emma's stories and art works surely fill in the blank, however they do not make sense to anybody but herself.
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All the frogs were doing tricks and they were so funny because they smelled the flowers and tried to put their legs all the way down to the bottom. And then a butterfly was trying to get a shell and the butterfly lifted it up and the shell said "
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Adorable
2008-01-04 09:27:00
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Home alone with Emma
2008-03-13 12:59:00
My parents and Annya have arrived Chengdu. Annya was a terrific baby to travel with. She slept a lot and soundly, she barely cried, she waved effusively byes-byes to everyone with no discrimination, when she got to Chengdu, she coo-ed and babbled and immediately won the affection of everyone.
The class of instigators output newsletter once a month, faster than I post to blog. One more reason to
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INVESTIGATORS' NEWSLETTER - March, 2008
2008-03-13 12:33:00
Hello everyone! We hope everyone is doing well these days. Life in the Investigators' Room is busy as usual. The Investigators are a very happy group and have been really enjoying themselves these days. The transition from Emily to Betsy has been a relatively smooth one. It was helpful for Betsy to spend time in the room with Emily to get the children used to the change. Emily sent us a postcard
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This is my mom when she was a kid
2008-03-14 21:12:00
There was a little mouse
2008-03-24 20:04:00
There was a little
mouse at the house. And he saw the big sunshine. Before she went to bed, she had to get lots of stuff to put in her house because her house was wet. She had to fix her bed and then when she went to sleep, she still had to find some food and, so she put it somewhere and then, when she walks up, she could reach it. And then when she went home again, as soon as she was going to
Week 3
2008-03-24 19:50:00
This from Ding Hong, my sister.
这周只要将门打开,说抱她出去玩,即使她在妈妈的怀里,我们任何人都能将她抱出去.周六周五晚上唐永诗吃了晚饭,都要将妹妹抱出去玩一会,也快要与我亲近了.只要妈妈在边上看,我也能喂她吃喝.还带她坐电动摇篮,我们家的每一个人都爱她、关心她你放心好了。
Week 3.
This is the third week since Annya and my mom and dad has left for Chengdu. Whenever we called home, they would tell me a lot about Annya.
The first week was tough to Annya, she seemed to have permannently attached to my mom,
Week 4
2008-04-10 12:50:00
Time flies. It has been nearly a month since grandma, grandpa and Annya left.
We called home every week. Annya is always the central topic of the conversation.
Annya has quickly adjusted to her new home and the coming and going of my sisters and in-laws, my nephew and the many relatives. She is a happy girl with a big appetite, what she can gulp everyday amazes everyone. Everyday, she
Emma's funny talks
2008-04-15 18:02:00
There should have been many funny talks from Emma had I collected them. Too bad, I did not.
However, I did remember a few.
In English, Emma surely have more and more authority. So she corrects me sometimes, "Mommy, not party. It is POTTY", "No, not Necklace, it is Nickolas." ...
However, in Chinese, she definitely need more years to become a "native". Yesterday, we were listening to song, a
KungFu monk
2008-04-15 13:46:00
The cutest and youngest looking Kung-Fu monk.
Annya's 1st birthday
2008-04-22 17:46:00
In only two weeks, Annya will be one. Emma has already sung "Happy Birthday, dear Annya"
Too bad, we can not be with her.
Made a video for her birthday.
LOVE Emma and Annya
2008-04-30 13:42:00
The number of photos of Annya grows exponentially. My sister never stops taking and sending them to me. My mom said my sister was so in love with Annya and so babied her, probably more so than I ever did (she was critical of me, of my casual style of caring a baby). Every time I call home, I can hear Annya babbling loudly over the phone, while my sister and mom laughs and explains how Annya eats,
Happy ever after?
2008-05-10 06:56:00
Quotes from Emma:
What does that mean Happy
ever after?
It means you are in love.
Are we in love?
No, we are just mommy and child.
What does "frustrated" mean?
It means whiny ...
Where is Asia?
It is in South America.
(Mena's mom works at White Water, Wisconsin)
I want to go to White Water. It is in South America.
(Her job this week at school is "Snack helper")
What does snack helper do?
Sichuan Earthquake
2008-05-16 16:48:00
Diasters used to mean nothing to me, it is always in somewhere else, it is just numbers in the news.
However this diasters really hit home (nearly) and hit big.
My mom was getting ready to bed when the table started shaking, at that time, Annya was asleep. My mom knew it was earthquake, so she lay gently down by the side of Annya, guarding her.
Fortunately, Chengdu and Yaan where my
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Good mom, negligent mom
2008-05-25 09:57:00
I read somewhere that it is ok to be a good mom for about 60% of time, for the rest, you can indulge yourself with anger, frustration, resentment, negligence ... Occasionally I have all the negtives, anger, frustration, loathe ... (Very honestly, very rarely though).
For the past week, I was in a kind of negligent mode. I was online surfing a lot, most read news about the earthquake. It is
Emma's Chinese Heart
2008-06-03 14:21:00
Emma is a born Chinese
, as much as my friend's son is a born ABC (America-born-Chinese).
My friend told me that her son cried when he was told that he was a Chinese. No, mommy, I am an American, I am not a Chinese.
Emma is more than happy to be a Chinese. She is always interested in any Asian-looking people. She loves Chinese music, Chinese books, Chinese games, Chinese cartoon TV. She loves
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Annya, Annya
2008-06-05 13:38:00
By now, Annya is able to say quite a few words. The favorite one is Annya. She says Annya all the time, Annya, Annya. Does she know that this is her name? Does she use it as the equivalent of Aiya? Nobody knows.
I am glad I picked the name for her, it sounds pretty and easy, even though sometimes people pronounce differently. Some people have a very nasal sound, some people put the Annya pretty
In the morning
2008-06-10 12:04:00
Mornings in spring and summer fill the room with bright light. They generally fill me with delight. When I get up, Emma is always still in her little dreams. The blanket on one side of the bed, she on the other, curled up. I love looking at her, her tender, sweet innocence and beauty.
Then I filled the room with loud radio, then she wakes up. If she do not see me, she would shout: M-O-M-M-Y! Or
The Ocean is deep
2008-06-19 14:51:00
Now Emma's class is doing ocean theme. She starts to talk about ocean too.
A mini story: the ocean is deep
There was a family of fishes. And they lived in a castle, a fish castle. And they were safe. One day they went out to swim and some fish in the deep ocean got so happy because they were in the ocean and they had more friends to come. And they all had a tea party.
We are learning about
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INVESTIGATORS' NEWSLETTER - June 2008
2008-06-19 14:50:00
Hello everyone! We hope everyone is doing well these days. As most of you know, this is the time of year that children transition into the next classroom. We have welcomed Simon from the Adv. room and have briefly said good-bye to Brody, who has moved to the Exp. room. Over the next couple of months, the other children will also be moving over. We will let you know as soon as we have a date of
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