2015 Update
I know, it's been forever and this is random. Leina has been saying funny things lately and we wanted to preserve them like we have for Taisei and Mirei.
L: Papa, I learned W in school. W is for "wall-wuss."
P: Huh? Oh, "walrus." That's right!
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L: Mirei, you-member?! You-member? Papa, you-member?
This is her made up word. When she's really excited and wants to say "Do you remember?"
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M: Papa, Carol gave me this nail polish. I'm so excited. How do you read "CK"? Is it a word?
J: Mirei, does it have a vowel? There has to be a vowel for it to be a word. Do you know what a vowel is?
M: No, what's a vowel, Papa?
L: I know what a vowel is! A-E-I-O-U. My teacher taught me.
Mirei was subsequently very upset that she hadn't learned something her 3-yo younger sister already knew. She went on to blame her pre-school teachers and her current Kindergarten teacher. Leina, of course, proceeded to recite everything she could think of that she had learned, such as counting 1-20, etc. It made Mirei even more mad.
I should note here that Mirei is on her kindergarten class's reading program and her reading is progressing by leaps and bounds every day. She can read (very) simple books fairly fluently now. (It's interesting the wide level of disparity in kindergarten. She has classmates that can't count 1-10 yet and can not write any letters or numbers. There are some that can't hold a pencil properly and others that can't cut with scissors.
Mirei's wanting to do a climbing class, which she seems to be pretty good at, so maybe we'll start that soon. She's also still doing the Japanese, just started piano lessons last week, and taking ballet during the day times.
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Taisei is still excelling at sports (football season at the moment), taking Japanese, piano and scouts. His Chinese is improving quickly and now they're doing science and more advanced grammar, reading, etc in school. 4th grade really does seem like a big jump. In football, he's primarily playing defense, lining up as tackle or nose guard, and playing a roaming position. His team is 7-1 and will be playing in the playoffs this year! He's been named a team captain for three games so far this year, so he's happy about that. This year in piano, he was one of only 2 or 3 of Sophia's students that scored a "high honors" on his standardized piano test. (Which I didn't want to take, but Sophia insisted, so we took it.)
It's been a busy year. This new yard in Sandy is a serious drain on time. Hopefully I'll be able to maintain the energy and time to keep up, at least to my neighbors' satisfaction.
At the Pumpkin Point pumpkin patch. This wasn't that great because the pumpkins were all cut and piled up already. Next time we need a patch where you cut them yourself.
One thing that's changed our lives recently. The Luangraths moved to town and they only live about 10 minutes away!!
L: Papa, I learned W in school. W is for "wall-wuss."
P: Huh? Oh, "walrus." That's right!
----
L: Mirei, you-member?! You-member? Papa, you-member?
This is her made up word. When she's really excited and wants to say "Do you remember?"
----
M: Papa, Carol gave me this nail polish. I'm so excited. How do you read "CK"? Is it a word?
J: Mirei, does it have a vowel? There has to be a vowel for it to be a word. Do you know what a vowel is?
M: No, what's a vowel, Papa?
L: I know what a vowel is! A-E-I-O-U. My teacher taught me.
Mirei was subsequently very upset that she hadn't learned something her 3-yo younger sister already knew. She went on to blame her pre-school teachers and her current Kindergarten teacher. Leina, of course, proceeded to recite everything she could think of that she had learned, such as counting 1-20, etc. It made Mirei even more mad.
I should note here that Mirei is on her kindergarten class's reading program and her reading is progressing by leaps and bounds every day. She can read (very) simple books fairly fluently now. (It's interesting the wide level of disparity in kindergarten. She has classmates that can't count 1-10 yet and can not write any letters or numbers. There are some that can't hold a pencil properly and others that can't cut with scissors.
Mirei's wanting to do a climbing class, which she seems to be pretty good at, so maybe we'll start that soon. She's also still doing the Japanese, just started piano lessons last week, and taking ballet during the day times.
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Taisei is still excelling at sports (football season at the moment), taking Japanese, piano and scouts. His Chinese is improving quickly and now they're doing science and more advanced grammar, reading, etc in school. 4th grade really does seem like a big jump. In football, he's primarily playing defense, lining up as tackle or nose guard, and playing a roaming position. His team is 7-1 and will be playing in the playoffs this year! He's been named a team captain for three games so far this year, so he's happy about that. This year in piano, he was one of only 2 or 3 of Sophia's students that scored a "high honors" on his standardized piano test. (Which I didn't want to take, but Sophia insisted, so we took it.)
It's been a busy year. This new yard in Sandy is a serious drain on time. Hopefully I'll be able to maintain the energy and time to keep up, at least to my neighbors' satisfaction.
At the Pumpkin Point pumpkin patch. This wasn't that great because the pumpkins were all cut and piled up already. Next time we need a patch where you cut them yourself.
One thing that's changed our lives recently. The Luangraths moved to town and they only live about 10 minutes away!!
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2 comment(s):
WAhooo, a post!
Those stories about Leina are cute. She tells me the funniest stories; I have a hard time keeping up with them sometimes, but makes it all the more fun. I liked her indignant story while we were at Seven Peaks, about how Mirei said she's the baby, and she's NOT a baby. So funny.
I'm glad I got to watch Mirei climb at Corn Belly's. She has no fear. I hope you do put her in a [very safe] climbing class!
I'll have to come watch Taisei in the playoffs at some point.
That's hilarious that Leina piped up that she knew her vowels, ha ha.
By
Esther, at
10/27/2015 11:46 PM
Love the update! Samuel will be excited to play sports with Taisei when we see you for Thanksgiving.
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Aaron and Emily, at
11/15/2015 9:02 PM
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