Hei, Bike!

Minda is riding on a two wheels bike! The first day her Dad took off the training wheels, I bent myself holding to her bike all the way to a place with no cars around. My back was hurting, because Minda and her bike were always leaning toward me. Sudenly, an idea came to my mind.
"Minda, you shall pendal faster!"
That's it, she is on the road by herself since then. It's early June.

Minda is a cautious kid. She got very nervous when Minkai was behind her and passing her. She will keep calling, "Hei, Minkai! Hei, Minkai!"

Today we went on a new trail. Minda was nervous of the hills, the narrow trails, etc. When she was wiggling the bike on the trail, she started to shout, "Hei, Bike! Hei, Bike!" Hopefulling the bike will listen to her better when she is calling it.

Being Grateful

This morning, I was looking at Minda and said, 'we shall cut your bang.'
Minda said,'Katie told me that I should grow my hair long.'
'We are only cutting the hair in the front, not the back.'

All of sudden, I realized that Minda could grow her hair! Since she was one, she need ointment on her whole body several times a day and her hair and clothes were all greasy because of that, unless her hair was really short and not touching her neck. She has short hair since then. Now her skin condition is really good and she does not need ointment as often.

I am grateful for this change.

Being Adaptive

Today is the first day of summer section of Paidea. When I picked up Minkai and Minda, they were very excited to tell me about their new teacher and new group. It's a dramatic change for them to adapt to the new environment so quickly. I felt much relaxed. One day, I could send them anywhere by just dropping them off.

A little less than three years ago, when they just started in Paidea, the only teacher that they would feel comfortable with was Angie. They would cry and cry if another teacher was their teacher. Minkai has cried into Carol's ears, his last year favorite teacher, for thirty minutes when she came to the toddler room to read them a story. Lynn, their director would call me if Angie was leaving early or taking vacation. I was extremely grateful for their caring to Minda and Minkai's feelings.

Minkai's Reasoning

We bought a box of Gold Fish crackers in the evening. As Minda and Minkai had pasta for dinner, I told them not to open the crackers until tomorrow to limit the amount of wheat that they consumed.

While we were driving home, Minkai told me that he was very hot.

Then, he said, "Mommy, do you know that eating crackers will help me cool down?"

Katie as a Learner and a Leader

Katie is learning from how other people do things.
- Katie will remember the number of kids when taking a group of kids out to playground. She will count the number of kids at each stop point. She will even pair a older kid with a younger kid as a buddy group not to lose any kid.
- The way that she treats Minda and Minkai is like the way that a school teacher will do. She is proud to be able to make Minkai or Minda to do things, such as, help her cleaning her room. She uses persuasive ways instead of forcing.
- She composed a series of dances and songs and practiced them with Minda and Minkai. She probably learned dance choregraphy from her dance teachers.