Life
March 16, 2005
I’m getting flack from my husband for not writing in our blog lately – he says our fans are getting restless. HAHAHA. It has been a while, just been busy with the kiddos and getting back into the routine of things. Ashley is now back in school, doing very well! This morning we walked to school (it’s a BEAUTIFUL day out) and we did a puzzle together, she gave me a hug and kiss and said goobye. No tears, no pouting, no crying. It was awesome. The other day, she grabbed a tissue, was being so brave, had little tears running down her cheek, but she said goodbye, I love you and walked away with the Kleenex held up to her face. It was so heartbreaking for me to see, but at the same time, I’m so proud of her. She is really enjoying school now, and talks a lot more about her “friends” at school and what she does everyday.
March 18, 2005
Ashley went to an “art class” last night after school with some of her friends. It was interesting. All in Chinese. The teacher spent about 45 minutes explaining how to do the art – these are all 4 year olds – and then let them work with wires and foil to make a person. She really enjoyed the art part, just not the instruction part – too long for her. But, she did great and made "herself dancing".
This last weekend, Ashley was asking us to repeat things, saying she didn’t hear. At first, we just thought it was really cute “What did you say, mommy?” as she would lean her head closer to listen. But, last night, at dinner, she said her ear hurt – and so off to Dr. Bear’s Clinic (thank goodness it’s open until 9pm and you can just walk in!). Turns out, she has an ear infection – UGH. Her first one in years. I feel bad now, almost like I was ignoring her and let a week go by before taking her in, but that happens, right? It is nice though now that she’s older and can explain to us when something hurts and what hurts.
We ate dinner at Chili’s last night – mmm, it was good. We have become regulars there, with a certain waitress that enjoys the girls – even buys them little presents and stickers. We have fun going there, and watching people ooh and aah over the kids and give them attention.
We had a good weekend last weekend, lots of walking around our neighborhood, finding little shops and restaurants we never knew existed. We found a great local place for Tepanyaki, where the cooks were really nice and made some great food. They seemed to enjoy the kids and even cut up food in smaller pieces for them. I also like when they cater to the kids – don’t hear of that happening much in the States, at least in my experience. Anthony also joined a local video store, so we can finally rent movies! Yea! We rented three this week and it’s been hard finding time to watch them with the girls – Ashley seems to have a 6th sense when we want to watch a movie and decides that is the night she’s going to give us trouble going to sleep.
Ashley ran out of pull-ups last week, so we decided it was time to use the potty at night. She got to pick out a “My Little Pony” and we have a sticker page for her, every night she goes without an accident, she gets a sticker – 7 in a row and she gets her pony. It’s been five nights so far and no accidents! I wake her up before we go to bed and take her potty and she always goes – maybe not willingly, but she does go. She is doing a wonderful job and we are very proud of her. She’s growing up so fast. She also starts a “ballet/dance” class on Monday after school. I went today and got her some ballet shoes and little ballet outfit. I’ll be sure to take some pictures. She is very excited and can’t wait – I hope she enjoys it as much as she thinks she’s going to.
The weather has been pretty good. Playgroup this week was at Peace Park, where Liz had a blast running around playing with kids and on the playground equipment. I chased her around everywhere and got my exercise! We took the MRT there, first time to take the MRT in a long time and Liz did really well in her stroller. She even fell asleep on the way home, she had so much fun at playgroup and was so tired.
We’ve had some issues getting Liz to sleep. I don’t know what is wrong or why she does not want to go to bed at night. She seems for her naptime, goes right now, maybe will fuss for a minute or less, that’s it. But at night, she’ll scream when we put her in crib. I rocked her to sleep several nights in a row, which I’m sure just makes the problem worse, but I just can’t take her crying at night and I love sitting and holding her and rocking her, just being able to hold her while she sits still, it’s a rarity these days. It’s getting better every night, so hopefully, it’s just a temporary thing.
I’m getting flack from my husband for not writing in our blog lately – he says our fans are getting restless. HAHAHA. It has been a while, just been busy with the kiddos and getting back into the routine of things. Ashley is now back in school, doing very well! This morning we walked to school (it’s a BEAUTIFUL day out) and we did a puzzle together, she gave me a hug and kiss and said goobye. No tears, no pouting, no crying. It was awesome. The other day, she grabbed a tissue, was being so brave, had little tears running down her cheek, but she said goodbye, I love you and walked away with the Kleenex held up to her face. It was so heartbreaking for me to see, but at the same time, I’m so proud of her. She is really enjoying school now, and talks a lot more about her “friends” at school and what she does everyday.
March 18, 2005
Ashley went to an “art class” last night after school with some of her friends. It was interesting. All in Chinese. The teacher spent about 45 minutes explaining how to do the art – these are all 4 year olds – and then let them work with wires and foil to make a person. She really enjoyed the art part, just not the instruction part – too long for her. But, she did great and made "herself dancing".
This last weekend, Ashley was asking us to repeat things, saying she didn’t hear. At first, we just thought it was really cute “What did you say, mommy?” as she would lean her head closer to listen. But, last night, at dinner, she said her ear hurt – and so off to Dr. Bear’s Clinic (thank goodness it’s open until 9pm and you can just walk in!). Turns out, she has an ear infection – UGH. Her first one in years. I feel bad now, almost like I was ignoring her and let a week go by before taking her in, but that happens, right? It is nice though now that she’s older and can explain to us when something hurts and what hurts.
We ate dinner at Chili’s last night – mmm, it was good. We have become regulars there, with a certain waitress that enjoys the girls – even buys them little presents and stickers. We have fun going there, and watching people ooh and aah over the kids and give them attention.
We had a good weekend last weekend, lots of walking around our neighborhood, finding little shops and restaurants we never knew existed. We found a great local place for Tepanyaki, where the cooks were really nice and made some great food. They seemed to enjoy the kids and even cut up food in smaller pieces for them. I also like when they cater to the kids – don’t hear of that happening much in the States, at least in my experience. Anthony also joined a local video store, so we can finally rent movies! Yea! We rented three this week and it’s been hard finding time to watch them with the girls – Ashley seems to have a 6th sense when we want to watch a movie and decides that is the night she’s going to give us trouble going to sleep.
Ashley ran out of pull-ups last week, so we decided it was time to use the potty at night. She got to pick out a “My Little Pony” and we have a sticker page for her, every night she goes without an accident, she gets a sticker – 7 in a row and she gets her pony. It’s been five nights so far and no accidents! I wake her up before we go to bed and take her potty and she always goes – maybe not willingly, but she does go. She is doing a wonderful job and we are very proud of her. She’s growing up so fast. She also starts a “ballet/dance” class on Monday after school. I went today and got her some ballet shoes and little ballet outfit. I’ll be sure to take some pictures. She is very excited and can’t wait – I hope she enjoys it as much as she thinks she’s going to.
The weather has been pretty good. Playgroup this week was at Peace Park, where Liz had a blast running around playing with kids and on the playground equipment. I chased her around everywhere and got my exercise! We took the MRT there, first time to take the MRT in a long time and Liz did really well in her stroller. She even fell asleep on the way home, she had so much fun at playgroup and was so tired.
We’ve had some issues getting Liz to sleep. I don’t know what is wrong or why she does not want to go to bed at night. She seems for her naptime, goes right now, maybe will fuss for a minute or less, that’s it. But at night, she’ll scream when we put her in crib. I rocked her to sleep several nights in a row, which I’m sure just makes the problem worse, but I just can’t take her crying at night and I love sitting and holding her and rocking her, just being able to hold her while she sits still, it’s a rarity these days. It’s getting better every night, so hopefully, it’s just a temporary thing.
posted by The Armstrongs at
3/18/2005
