Eating at Christmas in Nakkila.
27 December 2017
20 December 2017
Otso: 4 Years, 2 Months
Summary
This month has been mostly Christmas preparation and celebration of Finland's centennial.
Learning/Development
He is interested in words, and clearly working toward reading like Lumi. We are trying to give him information but also not pressure him at all.
Language
He does not always switch back and forth between English and Finnish easily, but he can still maintain an English-only conversation with äiti if no one else is around. I am trying to remember to give him the English words for things he discusses, even when he doesn't ask.
Toys/Games/Other
Favorites: card games, board games, legos, cars, puzzles
He likes for us to draw numbers/letters on his back so he can guess them.
He goes to perhesähly every Sunday and loves it.
At the päiväkoti performance for the Centennial, he did not want to sing at all.
Social
He adores his best friend, though he is enjoying other peers more and more. He has asked that some other kids come and visit, and at the Suomi 100 party, he had so much fun with August that he didn't want to leave.
He is getting comfortable talking to people he doesn't know. He did well at Thanksgiving (even tolerating the seemingly purpose-less destruction of some of his Lego constructions), and at the doctor appointment he chatted her up.
Eating
When Eeli was visiting, he said he didn't like peas, and left his on the plate. So Otso refused his too. Then after Eeli left, he came back and wolfed them down, straight out of the serving bowl.
Watermelon, ice cream, and eggs are still the favorites.
Sleeping
He usually wants us to stay in his bedroom while he tries to go to sleep at night, but it can easily take 30 minutes or more.
Health
At the doctor visit on 28.11, he got a clean bill of health. The doctor said he is doing really well, and will not need to come back until he is in school.
Events
22.11 Eeli visit
24.11 Thanksgiving dinner
25.11 visit from Sami and Ilona
28.11 4-year doctor visit
1.12 päiväkoti christmas party
6.12 Finland's centennial -- party at michele's
9.12 pikkujoulu with vaari and Leena
13.12 Finland centennial performance for Lumi's päiväkoti
14.12 Finland centennial party at päiväkoti
20.12 grandma arrives
Random
He likes the Francesco car from the movie Cars 2, and he pronounces it "Franz Kesko"
This month has been mostly Christmas preparation and celebration of Finland's centennial.
Learning/Development
He is interested in words, and clearly working toward reading like Lumi. We are trying to give him information but also not pressure him at all.
Language
He does not always switch back and forth between English and Finnish easily, but he can still maintain an English-only conversation with äiti if no one else is around. I am trying to remember to give him the English words for things he discusses, even when he doesn't ask.
Toys/Games/Other
Favorites: card games, board games, legos, cars, puzzles
He likes for us to draw numbers/letters on his back so he can guess them.
He goes to perhesähly every Sunday and loves it.
At the päiväkoti performance for the Centennial, he did not want to sing at all.
Social
He adores his best friend, though he is enjoying other peers more and more. He has asked that some other kids come and visit, and at the Suomi 100 party, he had so much fun with August that he didn't want to leave.
He is getting comfortable talking to people he doesn't know. He did well at Thanksgiving (even tolerating the seemingly purpose-less destruction of some of his Lego constructions), and at the doctor appointment he chatted her up.
Eating
When Eeli was visiting, he said he didn't like peas, and left his on the plate. So Otso refused his too. Then after Eeli left, he came back and wolfed them down, straight out of the serving bowl.
Watermelon, ice cream, and eggs are still the favorites.
Sleeping
He usually wants us to stay in his bedroom while he tries to go to sleep at night, but it can easily take 30 minutes or more.
Health
At the doctor visit on 28.11, he got a clean bill of health. The doctor said he is doing really well, and will not need to come back until he is in school.
Events
22.11 Eeli visit
24.11 Thanksgiving dinner
25.11 visit from Sami and Ilona
28.11 4-year doctor visit
1.12 päiväkoti christmas party
6.12 Finland's centennial -- party at michele's
9.12 pikkujoulu with vaari and Leena
13.12 Finland centennial performance for Lumi's päiväkoti
14.12 Finland centennial party at päiväkoti
20.12 grandma arrives
Random
He likes the Francesco car from the movie Cars 2, and he pronounces it "Franz Kesko"
17 December 2017
10 December 2017
03 December 2017
Lumi: 6 Years, 10 Months
Summary
Lumi has had a fairly good month. She is more and more interested in her peers, and things happen at eskari that we do not know about.
Social
She is making more friends at eskari and seems more settled.
She was helpful when we hosted Thanksgiving. We put her in charge of helping guest take off coats and put them in the right place, and she did great.
Leisure
She likes role playing games using dolls or stuffed animals, and also making crafts.
She seemed to enjoy the music class we went to. She got to sing a lot and play a couple of instruments. She played the djembe, the electric guitar, the bass guitar, and a drum set. Her favorite was the drum set.
She seems to have hit a new level of understanding of the world where she is not as scared of things on TV and can handle more complex things. We watched a lot of the first Harry Potter movie -- she got too scared to continue after the 3-headed dog, but she enjoyed watching Quidditch.
Learning
She is learning new words all the time, and generally enjoying reading. She can read through a lot of baby books, especially ones she is familiar with. The big difference is that she seems bolder -- she does not get as easily frustrated when she doesn't know a word and therefore can push herself toward longer texts.
Language
Her Finnish is getting stronger by the day. Now I would say the two languages are getting closer in her mind. She is forming casual sentences more easily in Finnish than before.
She loves Mad Libs.
Food
She likes to rate new foods with a thumbs up or thumbs down. It has helped her to try things.
Events
3.11 first sauna in the new house
9.11 isänpäivä breakfast at päiväkoti
10-12.11 weekend in Nakkila
15.11 try the music class
19.11 perhesähly (floorball)
24.11 Thanksgiving meal; hosted a dinner
25.11 visit from Sami and Ilona
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