Thursday, April 30, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Easter Celebration 2009
Egg Hunt :
At Mommy and Me Class
Ethan didn't understand how to participate and collect the eggs. What he did was everytime he saw eggs, he kicked them (he thinks that those are balls).
At Diamond Bar Pantera Park
We were too late coming there but we did get a few eggs. Again, Ethan played with the eggs by kicking them. But this time, he accidently stepped on the eggs and cracked open the eggs. He discovered something inside the eggs (which is candy/chocolate). Then he began cracking the eggs by stepping on them. hahahahaha....
At IEC Sunday School
Each kid was supposedly limit their self to 7 eggs, but Ethan collected more than that. Mommy was happy UNTIL... he poured out the eggs that he had collected and emptied his bag.
Conclusion: Ethan does not understand about egg hunting on Easter celebration yet. But at least he had lots of fun, especially at Pantera Park.
At Mommy and Me Class
Ethan didn't understand how to participate and collect the eggs. What he did was everytime he saw eggs, he kicked them (he thinks that those are balls).
At Diamond Bar Pantera Park
We were too late coming there but we did get a few eggs. Again, Ethan played with the eggs by kicking them. But this time, he accidently stepped on the eggs and cracked open the eggs. He discovered something inside the eggs (which is candy/chocolate). Then he began cracking the eggs by stepping on them. hahahahaha....
At IEC Sunday School
Each kid was supposedly limit their self to 7 eggs, but Ethan collected more than that. Mommy was happy UNTIL... he poured out the eggs that he had collected and emptied his bag.
Conclusion: Ethan does not understand about egg hunting on Easter celebration yet. But at least he had lots of fun, especially at Pantera Park.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Creative teaching that didn't work
I've been teaching Ethan to do puzzles and he can do the animal shapes, object shapes & is still learning to do the alphabet puzzle. Since Ethan's a very active boy, it's rather hard for me to sit him still and finish his puzzle. When he can't put in the puzzle and became impatient with it, he would just walk away from it or start kicking the puzzles. Therefore, i used this teaching method: i put his best friend "Winnie the Pooh doll" next to him and tell him that Pooh will help Ethan doing his puzzle. Whenever he's having trouble doing the puzzle, i would have Pooh help him with the puzzle. Until last night, when we were doing puzzle, Ethan was only doing 1 piece of puzzle and he got up and said : pooh...pooh...pooh....he didn't want to finish the puzzle and asked pooh to finish the puzzle instead. oh myyyy....was it my creative teaching method that didn't work out or was it Ethan that's always full of ideas and tricks and somehow managed to be creative?
Early Reading
Last week, we discovered that Ethan started his early reading:
The Letter "O"
Nai-nai was giving Ethan a drink from a glass of water. She was bending down and suddenly Ethan said : "O" and pointed to the letter O that he saw on Nai-Nai t-shirt.
The Letter "M"
We were at LAX airport on 04/02/09, dropping off Papi for his business trip to Taiwan. After checking in & baggage screening, we went to the 2nd floor and walked around the food court. We bought Ethan a $.99 MacDonald ice cream. As he was running around in front of the MacDonald stand, he said "M" (he saw the MacDonald's logo and read it out loud).
The Letter "O"
Nai-nai was giving Ethan a drink from a glass of water. She was bending down and suddenly Ethan said : "O" and pointed to the letter O that he saw on Nai-Nai t-shirt.
The Letter "M"
We were at LAX airport on 04/02/09, dropping off Papi for his business trip to Taiwan. After checking in & baggage screening, we went to the 2nd floor and walked around the food court. We bought Ethan a $.99 MacDonald ice cream. As he was running around in front of the MacDonald stand, he said "M" (he saw the MacDonald's logo and read it out loud).
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
April 1, 2009
Papi turned 29 years old today.
And here's Ethan & I's prayer for him on his birthday:
God continues to bless you, keeps you safe and guides you in His ways.
God gives you good health.
God gives you wisdom to be a good father for Ethan and a good husband for Angel (a.k.a Mommy)
God gives you wisdom to lead our family according to His will.
God gives you strength to be the head of our family.
God gives you strength to be the man of His words.
Amen.
And here's Ethan & I's prayer for him on his birthday:
God continues to bless you, keeps you safe and guides you in His ways.
God gives you good health.
God gives you wisdom to be a good father for Ethan and a good husband for Angel (a.k.a Mommy)
God gives you wisdom to lead our family according to His will.
God gives you strength to be the head of our family.
God gives you strength to be the man of His words.
Amen.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Ethan at 22 months old
Two more months until Ethan reaches his 2 years old mark. Woww...time surely does fly. We have enjoyed every moment with Ethan. God has been keeping Ethan safe and healthy. We pray that God will continue to bless him with good health (body and mind) and protects him whereever he is. We also pray that Ethan will accept the Lord as his personal savior one day and to follow & serve Him faithfully.
Ethan starts to recognize colors (blue, red, yellow, green and purple). He is able to sort the colors on his block puzzle. Every week, he is able to say new vocab and he's getting clearer in pronouncing his vocabs. We communicate better and he understands about everything that we say and tell him to do. Ethan sure does talk a lot and he loves to tell us what he's done and what happens around him (of course still babbling).
He still loves to play ball. He can kick the ball up high now.
At 22 months old, here's a list of Ethan's favorite toys:
1. Ball (soft, hard, small, big, with sound, without sound)
2. Pooh watermelon doll (he loves his pooh doll, he hugs and kisses it)
3. Sleep tight Elmo story book
4. Elmo & Donald Duck DVD
5. Cars
We love you Ethan.
Ethan starts to recognize colors (blue, red, yellow, green and purple). He is able to sort the colors on his block puzzle. Every week, he is able to say new vocab and he's getting clearer in pronouncing his vocabs. We communicate better and he understands about everything that we say and tell him to do. Ethan sure does talk a lot and he loves to tell us what he's done and what happens around him (of course still babbling).
He still loves to play ball. He can kick the ball up high now.
At 22 months old, here's a list of Ethan's favorite toys:
1. Ball (soft, hard, small, big, with sound, without sound)
2. Pooh watermelon doll (he loves his pooh doll, he hugs and kisses it)
3. Sleep tight Elmo story book
4. Elmo & Donald Duck DVD
5. Cars
We love you Ethan.
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Learning to eat
We went to this ramen restaurant in Hacienda Heights for dinner. It was crowded. I guess we waited for at least 40 minutes before we can get a seat. This restaurant was referred by my husband's co worker. He told Silas that this would be the place to get the best ramen. After we tasted the ramen, we actually like Hakata Ramen better. We are not going back to this restaurant again since it's quite expensive and they charge 18% service tax. However, we captured Ethan enjoyably eating his snacks by himself on camera. And that would be the highlight for the night.
Thomas The Train
Ethan starts to love Thomas The Train. Here's a visit to Toy's R Us where he plays with Thomas the Train for most of his time there.
Bowling at ChuckeCheese
We went to Chino ChuckeCheese to celebrate Abigail Kusdono's 2nd birthday party on 02/28/09. Ethan had a blast playing bowling there. However, he does not like Mr. ChuckeCheese. He is afraid of him somehow.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Back in Stroller
Since we came back from Indonesia, pho2 suggested us to teach Ethan to sit on his stroller again whenever we go out so we won't have to chase Ethan all around the stores that we visit. We trained him again to sit on his stroller and it worked. Ethan can sit still on his stroller when we go shopping and do groceries. We keep his favorite snack food, cherios handy to entertain him while he's on his stroller. Before, it was really a struggle to make him sit on his stroller. We practically didn't use his stroller again after he turned 1 years old. Thank God we can use the stroller again now.
Friday, March 6, 2009
21.5 months old
Ethan has been growing and developing really well, we thank God for all His blessings and love towards Ethan. He's getting mature everyday. One thing that we notice differently is his communication skills. We can communicate with him & we understand each other very well nowadays. Ethan speaks and repeats after us all the time. He learns new vocabs from his videos, books and us. He can do what we instruct him to do and help around the house with home chores; helping and learning at the same time. He has fun and mommy gets her chores done too and that means everybody is happy!
His soccer skill is getting better also. He can kick the ball just by bouncing the ball onto the floor and kick it. Just like that. He can kick the ball up high now, knock things down here and there once in a while. Watch out there! Really...his kick is pretty strong for a 21.5 months old toddler.
Ethan also weanes off the bottle now. Sleep more comfortably thru the night with 1 milk time and 1 diaper change. And i can drive by myself with Ethan sitting on the car seat (just the 2 of us), getting errands done, go to his class and the library, as long as the trip is not that far and he's not hungry or sleepy.
Ethan also understands when he does something bad then he will get lectures from mommy/papi/nainai. He pauses and starts crying (not real cry), but it was more 'to get our attention' cry so he can be excused. That kind of cry. Then he tests our limit by doing his mistake again. We start lecturing him again and try to calm him down, pick him up, hold him and try to distract him with another activities or toys.
Another improvement that Ethan's achieved is that he can focus doing 1 thing in a longer period of time. Before, he just can't sit still (well, he still is actually, but better now than before) and has short period of focusing on doing 1 thing. Now, he can explore his books, toys and play with them, even talk to them (pretending that his dolls are his friends), we do this pretend play to explore his imagination and he does talk to them. It's so funny.
Ethan can also hold his pencil color correctly and he can scriblle a little bit. Before, he would just play with his pencils and make a mess on the floor. This drawing thing is actually Ethan's only activity that relates to art. He doesn't really do finger painting (it's too messy) and he doesn't like play dough at his mommy and me class.
Anyway...we look forward to many more learning experiences and achievements with Ethan.
His soccer skill is getting better also. He can kick the ball just by bouncing the ball onto the floor and kick it. Just like that. He can kick the ball up high now, knock things down here and there once in a while. Watch out there! Really...his kick is pretty strong for a 21.5 months old toddler.
Ethan also weanes off the bottle now. Sleep more comfortably thru the night with 1 milk time and 1 diaper change. And i can drive by myself with Ethan sitting on the car seat (just the 2 of us), getting errands done, go to his class and the library, as long as the trip is not that far and he's not hungry or sleepy.
Ethan also understands when he does something bad then he will get lectures from mommy/papi/nainai. He pauses and starts crying (not real cry), but it was more 'to get our attention' cry so he can be excused. That kind of cry. Then he tests our limit by doing his mistake again. We start lecturing him again and try to calm him down, pick him up, hold him and try to distract him with another activities or toys.
Another improvement that Ethan's achieved is that he can focus doing 1 thing in a longer period of time. Before, he just can't sit still (well, he still is actually, but better now than before) and has short period of focusing on doing 1 thing. Now, he can explore his books, toys and play with them, even talk to them (pretending that his dolls are his friends), we do this pretend play to explore his imagination and he does talk to them. It's so funny.
Ethan can also hold his pencil color correctly and he can scriblle a little bit. Before, he would just play with his pencils and make a mess on the floor. This drawing thing is actually Ethan's only activity that relates to art. He doesn't really do finger painting (it's too messy) and he doesn't like play dough at his mommy and me class.
Anyway...we look forward to many more learning experiences and achievements with Ethan.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Lake Arrowhead
Date: Feb 22, 2009
For the 1st time, we took Ethan to see snow and he loves it! And we took a nice family picture with Papi's new Blackberry cell phone.
For the 1st time, we took Ethan to see snow and he loves it! And we took a nice family picture with Papi's new Blackberry cell phone.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
A demo
Date: 02/11/2009
Song: "If you're happy and you know it..."
Drummer: Ethan Hosea
Pianist: Papi
Camerawoman: Mami
Song: "If you're happy and you know it..."
Drummer: Ethan Hosea
Pianist: Papi
Camerawoman: Mami
Our little drummer
Date: 02/11/2009
Location: Home sweet home
It was a cold night and Ethan was getting ready to go to bed until these happened:
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
A trip to Dr. Spencer
Date: 02/09/2009
Appointment: 1:45PM
Ethan had his 2nd shot of Hepatitis vaccine this afternoon. I went home early to pick up and he was still sleeping when i arrived home. I held him in my arms and he opened his eyes and put away his pacifier and with his gently voice he said: mommy. It was always nice to hear him say mommy.
We drove to Kaiser Hospital and it was raining hard. We checked in and not long, Ethan's name was called. The nurse took his weight, height and head measurements. I demonstrated each tasks so he would follow me and cooperated with the nurse. And he did.
At 20 months and 15 days, here's the result:
Weight: 32 lbs
Height: 34 inches.
Then, we entered Dr. Spencer's room and Ethan said: "no...no..." and he made a u-turn, trying to get out of the room. I realized then that he recogniced the place and he understands that this place is no fun.
Dr. Spencer came in and checked Ethan's ears, eyes and mouth and he cooperated very well. Good job, Ethan. He only cried when he got his shot, but no more than 5 seconds. Dr. Spencer didn't give him any tylenol since he didn't have any fever on his last shot (when he was 12 months old). And everything is fine and healthy, and Ethan responded well to Dr. Spencer's instructions.
We thank God for all Ethan's growth and progress that he's had.
Appointment: 1:45PM
Ethan had his 2nd shot of Hepatitis vaccine this afternoon. I went home early to pick up and he was still sleeping when i arrived home. I held him in my arms and he opened his eyes and put away his pacifier and with his gently voice he said: mommy. It was always nice to hear him say mommy.
We drove to Kaiser Hospital and it was raining hard. We checked in and not long, Ethan's name was called. The nurse took his weight, height and head measurements. I demonstrated each tasks so he would follow me and cooperated with the nurse. And he did.
At 20 months and 15 days, here's the result:
Weight: 32 lbs
Height: 34 inches.
Then, we entered Dr. Spencer's room and Ethan said: "no...no..." and he made a u-turn, trying to get out of the room. I realized then that he recogniced the place and he understands that this place is no fun.
Dr. Spencer came in and checked Ethan's ears, eyes and mouth and he cooperated very well. Good job, Ethan. He only cried when he got his shot, but no more than 5 seconds. Dr. Spencer didn't give him any tylenol since he didn't have any fever on his last shot (when he was 12 months old). And everything is fine and healthy, and Ethan responded well to Dr. Spencer's instructions.
We thank God for all Ethan's growth and progress that he's had.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Ethan's 1st Disneyland trip
Date: February 7 - 8, 2009
Location: Disneyland, Anaheim.
We went to Disneyland for our weekend gateway. We stayed there for 2 days and 1 night at the Disneyland Hotel. We enjoyed our weekend so much even with the rain. Ethan had lots of fun and enjoyed the rides. We look forward to go there again.
Location: Disneyland, Anaheim.
We went to Disneyland for our weekend gateway. We stayed there for 2 days and 1 night at the Disneyland Hotel. We enjoyed our weekend so much even with the rain. Ethan had lots of fun and enjoyed the rides. We look forward to go there again.
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