Last night, I read Super Diaper Baby a good night book and then I decided to start teaching her ABC's from Hooked on Phonics series Learn to Read. It was hard because she can't sit still enough. She learned just the ABC's and we went to bed. This morning we woke up and I asked her to find the ABC's and she did it. We also had a book and it's hunting for letters. She is doing much better. I will have Captain Underpants help me out with this because she loves her brother and she likes competition.
I have rented some CD's from the library and we are listening some songs from the CD "Where is Thumbkin?" and it is pretty good. She was listening and now she is not. Today we will continue to work on ABC's and get her more familiar with it and than move on to DEF's. I try to incorporate the small letters but it was too hard for her and confused her except the letters that look alike such as Cc.
Captain Underpants is doing his independent math. He fell asleep doing his math last night so he need to finish a few pages if he wants to watch Bakugan. I had him rewrite and redo couple pages because he didn't get it right. Often times he knows the answer on the multipliction and he feels like he doesn't need to solve it. His teacher and I don't like it. So on tests he would still get it wrong even though his answers are right.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Library
Captain Underpants had a good day in school. He says that they moved desks around and he could sit with his friend Max again. The tables are grouped by 6 and he likes having Max near him. They don't really have alot in common except Pokemon and Bakugan. He wants to write a book with Max.
I have been asking him what he is doing in school and it just worries me that his teacher is not teaching him enough. There are no spelling this year and or projects that are easy enough for the kids to do. I agree with assigning projects when he was in a lower grade because I ended up doing everything but now he is older and he needs to think.
I have been thinking of ways to help him learn more. He's not learning enough and if it wasn't for that Independent Math of his I don't know what he does in school.
After school, I took him to the Royal Oak Library. We ended up getting so many books that I hope we'll finish all the books. Plus, yesterday I took him to the Ferndale library. I ended up getting some CD's for Super Diaper Baby because she likes to dance and sing.
Since daddy has the flu, I try to keep the kids quiet so that he can rest.
I have been asking him what he is doing in school and it just worries me that his teacher is not teaching him enough. There are no spelling this year and or projects that are easy enough for the kids to do. I agree with assigning projects when he was in a lower grade because I ended up doing everything but now he is older and he needs to think.
I have been thinking of ways to help him learn more. He's not learning enough and if it wasn't for that Independent Math of his I don't know what he does in school.
After school, I took him to the Royal Oak Library. We ended up getting so many books that I hope we'll finish all the books. Plus, yesterday I took him to the Ferndale library. I ended up getting some CD's for Super Diaper Baby because she likes to dance and sing.
Since daddy has the flu, I try to keep the kids quiet so that he can rest.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Inaugruation Day
Captain Underpants came home from school after being off for 5 days because he was sick on Thursday, Friday was no school, weekend off, and MLK day off. The flu must be going around because his teacher is sick today. He said the substitute teacher had them watching President Barack Obama being sworn in.
The kids wanted tacos for dinner. I had to make fresh salsa and cook the meat. Then I pour the salsa into the ground beef therefore giving it a better taste. Super Diaper Baby loves meat, so she just had meat, tons of sour cream and cheese. She ate as much as Captain Underpants. We corrected his individual math work and now he is ready to take his chapter 11, 4th grade test. He's in third grade but he's on his way to a 5th grade math book. That is the only thing that I like about it.
Super Diaper Baby was with my parents and they said she talked all day long. She also likes playing doctor and patient.
The kids wanted tacos for dinner. I had to make fresh salsa and cook the meat. Then I pour the salsa into the ground beef therefore giving it a better taste. Super Diaper Baby loves meat, so she just had meat, tons of sour cream and cheese. She ate as much as Captain Underpants. We corrected his individual math work and now he is ready to take his chapter 11, 4th grade test. He's in third grade but he's on his way to a 5th grade math book. That is the only thing that I like about it.
Super Diaper Baby was with my parents and they said she talked all day long. She also likes playing doctor and patient.
Monday, January 19, 2009
New Eye Glasses
Captain Underpants picked up his eyeglasses today. He said he likes them and he can see better but I don't want him to rely strickly on his eyeglasses so he is to use them in class. Super Diaper Baby wanted to eat "boa boa" which is bun. She likes those from the chinese bakery but since we were crunching for time, we did not stop to get some.
MLK Day
Martin Luther King Day was a good day. We went to our Henry Ford Museum to learn about history and they had events to celebrate Martin Luther King. They had speakers, kids events and reading materials for adults. They also had the Rosa Park Bus there.
Captain Underpants spent his time with Daddy looking at their interests while Super Diaper Baby hung out with her cousins and Auntie. Grandma and Uncle Mike went on their own. Super Diaper Baby really enjoy her counsin Izabella and they held hands most of the time so it was so
it was easy to keep track of them.
Super Diaper Baby and her Cousin J. Super Diaper Baby was so proud of herself while making Mr. Potato Head.
Here is Cousin W. building a house for Izabella. She had fun playing with the Lincoln logs. The cousins are standing in front of the Oscar Mayer weiner mobile.
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Her are the kids dressed up as hot dogs.
Her are the kids dressed up as hot dogs. We had to drop grandma off at work and than I was wrong about your hockey game time so daddy had to drive quickly. We were about 5 minutes late. Captain Underpants did not do too well and either did his teammates. That is probably why they lost 4-3.
Leaving the ice hockey rink, I ask Super Diaper Baby what I should call her. I named of names and she said "no". I said what do you want to be called? She answered "Princess"
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Hockey Tournament Weekend
Captain Underpants had his hockey tournament and he played as good as he could considering that he became sick again. It started out okay for us and we won the first game on Saturday morning. Afterwards it went downhill. We lost the 2nd game bad. We were missing 4 players and only 9 players were there. The boys were so tired that they looked like they were just walking on ice. We won against Canton, lost to Port Huron, tied with Royal Oak. We should havewon and Captain Underpants should have gotten a goal but the referee said no goal. They did it again to us. So we ended tied with our house team Royal Oak. It was snowy and cold. The Thomas Edison Inn looked tired and old. It needed work. I got a chance to go to the mall on Saturday. It was small but I had bought a few things for Super Diaper Baby.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Happy Birthday Super Diaper Baby
I forgot to write about Super Diaper Baby's 3rd Birthday and her lovely yet fun party. I did not invite as many people as I normally would. Last year we had close to 40 or more people and this house just do not fit that many. This year I wasn't planning to throw her one at all and my friend Liza called and wanted to throw her daughter Katie a birthday party. She is turning 1. My friend has 2 daughter and she only throws a party for their 1st birthdays.
Daddy wanted to invite his friends so we decided that on her actual birthday, January 11th, we would have his friends and family. I ended up panicking because I thought I had too much food. I called some friends that I had no intention of inviting just yet. I could not believe the amount of food consumed by our guests. There were hardly any leftovers. Of course, I packed some for our friends to take home.
Daddy's friends whom she calls her uncles bought her lovely gifts and clothes. Our friend Chui and her daughter Emily came. Our guests included Elena, her boyfriend Tim, Ronny, Ramsey, his fiance Silvia, Sam, Fatima, Luis, Albana, Visiana, Mary, Brian, Mike, Julie, Winston, Dana, KK, and Mandy.
I can't believe she is 3 already and thank God that she is so healthy considering what she went through. Last 2 years, she had RSV. The first year before she turned 1, she had RSV and we stayed in the hospital for 2 weeks. They had predicted 1 month. She could not breath on her own and was in ICU for a week. Til this day watching my little girl with tubes and all. Don't ever trust a Dr. when they tell you that your baby is okay and send you home. Trust your intuition and get another Dr.'s opinion. I could have lost my little girl if my mother in law had not presisted for us to call. We had just seen the docter the day before and he said give her a week and she'll be fine. We trusted him and when we went to Emergency, they told us if more than couple of hours, she would have gone under arrest because her little heart would just stop because it was working too hard and too fast.
On a happier not, she is as healthy and happy as can be. I do worry about the winter months and whenever she has a fever I do get worried.
Daddy wanted to invite his friends so we decided that on her actual birthday, January 11th, we would have his friends and family. I ended up panicking because I thought I had too much food. I called some friends that I had no intention of inviting just yet. I could not believe the amount of food consumed by our guests. There were hardly any leftovers. Of course, I packed some for our friends to take home.
Daddy's friends whom she calls her uncles bought her lovely gifts and clothes. Our friend Chui and her daughter Emily came. Our guests included Elena, her boyfriend Tim, Ronny, Ramsey, his fiance Silvia, Sam, Fatima, Luis, Albana, Visiana, Mary, Brian, Mike, Julie, Winston, Dana, KK, and Mandy.
I can't believe she is 3 already and thank God that she is so healthy considering what she went through. Last 2 years, she had RSV. The first year before she turned 1, she had RSV and we stayed in the hospital for 2 weeks. They had predicted 1 month. She could not breath on her own and was in ICU for a week. Til this day watching my little girl with tubes and all. Don't ever trust a Dr. when they tell you that your baby is okay and send you home. Trust your intuition and get another Dr.'s opinion. I could have lost my little girl if my mother in law had not presisted for us to call. We had just seen the docter the day before and he said give her a week and she'll be fine. We trusted him and when we went to Emergency, they told us if more than couple of hours, she would have gone under arrest because her little heart would just stop because it was working too hard and too fast.
On a happier not, she is as healthy and happy as can be. I do worry about the winter months and whenever she has a fever I do get worried.
School Cancelled
Captain Underpants was sick yesterday and today he was suppose to go back to school. I woke up this morning to make him lunch and his aunt called me to tell me that school is cancelled. It was so cold this morning that he got an extra day at home. Not only that, he will also have MLK day off. We are planning to go to the Henry Ford Museum and meeting up with his cousins.
We did take the kids out and ran errands because Captain Underpants will be playing in the North American Cup (Mite) in Port Huron. We will be staying there on Saturday night since our schedule is for Saturday and Sunday. The kids are all packed and ready to go. It's about an hours away but on Sunday we play at 7:15am. and later if we get to the finals.
We bought crabs and Captain Underpants loved it but Super Diaper Baby did not and would rather eat a leftover burger with goyurt.
Captain Underpants gave me a scare yesterday because he had a fever of 103 degrees and I was going to call his pediatrican but in the afternoon it went down. He got home on Wednesday from school and slept all the way to late Thursday night and went straight back to sleep. I think that really helped him plus some good old Chinese concations.
We did take the kids out and ran errands because Captain Underpants will be playing in the North American Cup (Mite) in Port Huron. We will be staying there on Saturday night since our schedule is for Saturday and Sunday. The kids are all packed and ready to go. It's about an hours away but on Sunday we play at 7:15am. and later if we get to the finals.
We bought crabs and Captain Underpants loved it but Super Diaper Baby did not and would rather eat a leftover burger with goyurt.
Captain Underpants gave me a scare yesterday because he had a fever of 103 degrees and I was going to call his pediatrican but in the afternoon it went down. He got home on Wednesday from school and slept all the way to late Thursday night and went straight back to sleep. I think that really helped him plus some good old Chinese concations.
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Winer Concert
Tonight we went to Captain Underpants's winter concert and he actually sang. He hates to sing. Grandpa came to watch him but grandpa got frustated with the parking because he said it took him 15 minutes. It was really good.
Captain Underpants also showed me some math tests that he took and he got 100% on them so he was really proud that he earned money. If it is 2 minute timed math and he finishes it all and not get any wrong, he gets .50 cents. If he takes a chapter math test from doing dividual math than he gets 1.00 dollar. This way it motivate him to do better.
Super Diaper Baby was at the restaurant and she talked the whole time that she was there. Grandpa said that Jenny said we need to move to Hollywood so she can pursue a career in acting. Super Diaper Baby likes to sing and she'll make up any lyrics so that she could sing. She loves to dance and she can actually move to the rythm of the music
Captain Underpants also showed me some math tests that he took and he got 100% on them so he was really proud that he earned money. If it is 2 minute timed math and he finishes it all and not get any wrong, he gets .50 cents. If he takes a chapter math test from doing dividual math than he gets 1.00 dollar. This way it motivate him to do better.
Super Diaper Baby was at the restaurant and she talked the whole time that she was there. Grandpa said that Jenny said we need to move to Hollywood so she can pursue a career in acting. Super Diaper Baby likes to sing and she'll make up any lyrics so that she could sing. She loves to dance and she can actually move to the rythm of the music
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Lazy Day
Today is one of those days when both Captain Underpants and Super Diaper Baby don't feel like doing much. Captain Underpants went to school and he bought home a thank you card from the birthday party that he attended. When I got home, Super Diaper baby was still in her pajamas. Captain Underpants did not want to go to basketball practice and I had to yell at him and tell him that it cost money. Daddy says he doesn't have to go so in his mind he just wanted to stay home. He ended up doing more Math and reading his book club book. Also, today is his cousing W's 5th birthday and we called to sing him a birthday song and talked to him. He is so CUTE.
Captain Underpants is currently in the third grade and his teacher is Mrs. Z. He is attending a magnet school and the best part is that he does not change schools until the 7th grade. That means he'll have long lasting friendships. His favorite subjects are science and math and he loves recess and lunch. He plays for Royal Oak Hockey and is a mite and he is pretty good since it's not even 3 years yet. His team this year is the Great White Sharks and the team is doing pretty well. Next weekend, we will be heading to Port Huron to play in a tournament. His coach asked him if he'll goalie most of the the games. However, he is good in defense and offense so he was needed back more on defense. One of the things that he really need help on is stick handling. We'll see if he keeps it up since he really love football. Football starts the same time as hockey and training is very intensive. He'll just have to pick one or the other.
At this movement, Super Diaper Baby is watching Hi-5. It's mostly singing of songs that introduces kids to new things and words. Ron, a parent from her preschool told me about this show that is on WOW demand. It's pretty good and she was singing and dancing to it. Super Diaper Baby loves to sing and dance. Considering that she is a toddler, she is pretty good.
Captain Underpants is currently in the third grade and his teacher is Mrs. Z. He is attending a magnet school and the best part is that he does not change schools until the 7th grade. That means he'll have long lasting friendships. His favorite subjects are science and math and he loves recess and lunch. He plays for Royal Oak Hockey and is a mite and he is pretty good since it's not even 3 years yet. His team this year is the Great White Sharks and the team is doing pretty well. Next weekend, we will be heading to Port Huron to play in a tournament. His coach asked him if he'll goalie most of the the games. However, he is good in defense and offense so he was needed back more on defense. One of the things that he really need help on is stick handling. We'll see if he keeps it up since he really love football. Football starts the same time as hockey and training is very intensive. He'll just have to pick one or the other.
At this movement, Super Diaper Baby is watching Hi-5. It's mostly singing of songs that introduces kids to new things and words. Ron, a parent from her preschool told me about this show that is on WOW demand. It's pretty good and she was singing and dancing to it. Super Diaper Baby loves to sing and dance. Considering that she is a toddler, she is pretty good.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Introducing...................
Captain Underpants and Super Diaper Baby
This blog is for my kids so that they can always read about what they have done and learned. So that they always remember the good times that they had with each other even though at times they don't like each other at all. Captain Underpants is one of my son's favorite books and Super Diaper Baby is the other book that he likes to read, written by Dave Pilkey. If you have kids that are not interested in reading then introduce them to his series of books. It's creative, funny and captures the attention and imaginaiton of kids. That is one of the reasons why he is an excellent reader. It is not her favorite book because she is only 2 years old and obviously she can't read just yet. When she is ready, we have all of his books for her. At the time when he came up with the name, he was reading the series and she wore diapers. It was fun to watch them act it out. During Christmas time, he changed it to Super Boy and Snowflake Girl. It was funny how he made snowflakes and taped it on her cheeks. Lastly, the title is blue because he loves blue and she loves pink and purple. I will try to write everyday about their daily activities but also add some details about past events and things that make who they are today.
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