Lumi made these cool sun hats for her wolf and unicorn.
27 February 2018
20 February 2018
Otso: 4 Years, 4 Months
Summary
He is generally nice to be around. He can get very angry when he is upset, but his main driver seems to be making those around him laugh. He likes to be a clown around his peers.
Learning/Development
He is interested in how words look on the page. We are not pushing it at all; it will be interesting to see when it translates into reading.
Language
He thinks that a snow plow is called a "snow cloud". He says "praprika" instead of "paprika". And sometimes "menolia" instead of "melonia".
He still has a cute lisp, but he does a beautiful rolled "r".
Toys/Games/Other
He really enjoys the sähly (floorball). Board games are still favorites, as are cars and Legos. His absolute favorite thing is to play Legos with Isä.
Paw Patrol is still his favorite show, but lately his interests have expanded. Now he also really likes "Be Cool Scooby Doo".
There has been a lot of snow on the ground, so we have not been biking to päiväkoti, and he says he misses the biking.
Social
Eeli is still his best friend, but he plays with others. He also says that Joppe is his friend. He is also interested in another boy from päiväkoti; we need to invite him over.
He was very apprehensive about Mia's birthday party and didn't want to go. But we took him anyway, and he had a great time and didn't want to leave.
Health
He was sick (there have been some nasty things going around : the flu, strep throat, etc), and his appetite has almost disappeared.
Events
28.1 Mia and Lili came over for a playdate
3.2 Lumi's birthday party
4.2 perhe partio (sledding)
9-11.2 weekend at the mökki
17.2 winter fun in Vihti
18.2 Mia's birthday party
19-21.2 Mummu babysitting!
Random
While playing Uno, I said I would give him a taste of his own medicine, and he thought it was "give you a taste of your old medicine."
He is generally nice to be around. He can get very angry when he is upset, but his main driver seems to be making those around him laugh. He likes to be a clown around his peers.
Learning/Development
He is interested in how words look on the page. We are not pushing it at all; it will be interesting to see when it translates into reading.
Language
He thinks that a snow plow is called a "snow cloud". He says "praprika" instead of "paprika". And sometimes "menolia" instead of "melonia".
He still has a cute lisp, but he does a beautiful rolled "r".
Toys/Games/Other
He really enjoys the sähly (floorball). Board games are still favorites, as are cars and Legos. His absolute favorite thing is to play Legos with Isä.
Paw Patrol is still his favorite show, but lately his interests have expanded. Now he also really likes "Be Cool Scooby Doo".
There has been a lot of snow on the ground, so we have not been biking to päiväkoti, and he says he misses the biking.
Social
Eeli is still his best friend, but he plays with others. He also says that Joppe is his friend. He is also interested in another boy from päiväkoti; we need to invite him over.
He was very apprehensive about Mia's birthday party and didn't want to go. But we took him anyway, and he had a great time and didn't want to leave.
Health
He was sick (there have been some nasty things going around : the flu, strep throat, etc), and his appetite has almost disappeared.
Events
28.1 Mia and Lili came over for a playdate
3.2 Lumi's birthday party
4.2 perhe partio (sledding)
9-11.2 weekend at the mökki
17.2 winter fun in Vihti
18.2 Mia's birthday party
19-21.2 Mummu babysitting!
Random
While playing Uno, I said I would give him a taste of his own medicine, and he thought it was "give you a taste of your old medicine."
14 February 2018
07 February 2018
03 February 2018
Lumi: 7 Years
Summary
She is 7!
Social
When they aren't happy with their toys in a kids meal, we encourage them to go and see if they can trade it for something else. Lumi is quite good about asserting herself in this way.
She is excited to invite a bunch of friends to her birthday party. It was rainbow-themed and she kept it classy.
Leisure
She is really into space these days. Grandma got her some space-themed gifts for Christmas, and she loves them. Especially the books. She loves the book about Scott Kelly.
We have a couple months of free HBO, and the kids are enjoying the different cartoons. The favorites are "We Bare Bears" and "Be Cool Scooby Doo".
She is excited to make a bunch of decorations for her birthday party.
She hasn't been into board games as much as Otso, but she almost always answers "yes!" when asked if she wants to play Uno. It seems like the right level for her.
Learning
We are not too surprised, but her reading is getting better and better. She is absorbing all the wacky English spelling exceptions, and taking them in stride (instead of outrage, which was the typical reaction a year ago). She is usually comfortable pushing herself now to read.
13.1 lumi realized "the guy" from pikku Kakkonen is made out of clay too.
26.1 they held a mock presidential election at eskari. they reviewed the platform for all the candidates, and we were very impressed that she thought that Pekka Haavisto had the best ideas.
Language
She seems very comfortable with both Finnish and English these days.
Health
We are trying a new bedtime -- 19:30. I am feeling good about it. Otso is a bit less consistent but she clearly needed the sleep.
Events
4.1 goodbye to grandma, at temporary päiväkoti
8.1 back to eskari
12-19.1 Kimmo gone
15.1 playdate with Bella
28.1 Mia and Lili came over for a playdate
3.2 birthday party
Random
13.1 she had an ouch on her forehead and she explained that "that's from swim class when I dived and hit my head on the bottom of the pool. It's happened a lot to me before 'cause I love it."
18.1 she stayed home by herself for 20 minutes while I picked up Otso from the neighbors' house.
15.1 when the cleaners arrived as we were leaving for the day lumi said hello to them and then, as she was closing the door, "good luck!"
20.1 she pointed out that the longer Isä is away, the better the presents are when he comes back.
She is 7!
Social
When they aren't happy with their toys in a kids meal, we encourage them to go and see if they can trade it for something else. Lumi is quite good about asserting herself in this way.
She is excited to invite a bunch of friends to her birthday party. It was rainbow-themed and she kept it classy.
Leisure
She is really into space these days. Grandma got her some space-themed gifts for Christmas, and she loves them. Especially the books. She loves the book about Scott Kelly.
We have a couple months of free HBO, and the kids are enjoying the different cartoons. The favorites are "We Bare Bears" and "Be Cool Scooby Doo".
She is excited to make a bunch of decorations for her birthday party.
She hasn't been into board games as much as Otso, but she almost always answers "yes!" when asked if she wants to play Uno. It seems like the right level for her.
Learning
We are not too surprised, but her reading is getting better and better. She is absorbing all the wacky English spelling exceptions, and taking them in stride (instead of outrage, which was the typical reaction a year ago). She is usually comfortable pushing herself now to read.
13.1 lumi realized "the guy" from pikku Kakkonen is made out of clay too.
26.1 they held a mock presidential election at eskari. they reviewed the platform for all the candidates, and we were very impressed that she thought that Pekka Haavisto had the best ideas.
Language
She seems very comfortable with both Finnish and English these days.
Health
We are trying a new bedtime -- 19:30. I am feeling good about it. Otso is a bit less consistent but she clearly needed the sleep.
Events
4.1 goodbye to grandma, at temporary päiväkoti
8.1 back to eskari
12-19.1 Kimmo gone
15.1 playdate with Bella
28.1 Mia and Lili came over for a playdate
3.2 birthday party
Random
13.1 she had an ouch on her forehead and she explained that "that's from swim class when I dived and hit my head on the bottom of the pool. It's happened a lot to me before 'cause I love it."
18.1 she stayed home by herself for 20 minutes while I picked up Otso from the neighbors' house.
15.1 when the cleaners arrived as we were leaving for the day lumi said hello to them and then, as she was closing the door, "good luck!"
20.1 she pointed out that the longer Isä is away, the better the presents are when he comes back.
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