24 June 2018
22 June 2018
Otso : 4 years, 8 months
Summary
It's summer time! We have had an unusually dry and sunny month.
Learning/Development
He doesn't know how to be angry without yelling or hitting these days.
He doesn't know how to be angry without yelling or hitting these days.
He really loves numbers and counting. Kimmo noticed that when playing a board game, after a roll of the dice he can usually do the addition quickly without stopping to count (e.g. when he rolls and 5 and a 6, he immediately says "yksitoista" and moves 11 spaces).
Language
Not much new here; Finnish still much stronger than English. Lumi usually speaks to him in Finnish.
Not much new here; Finnish still much stronger than English. Lumi usually speaks to him in Finnish.
Toys/Games/Other
Favorites right now: "Leijona Kaarti" or "Lion Guard", part of the Lion King franchise. He really loves the show. It has taken over Paw Patrol as favorite.
Favorites right now: "Leijona Kaarti" or "Lion Guard", part of the Lion King franchise. He really loves the show. It has taken over Paw Patrol as favorite.
4 - 7.6 was "futis koulu". the first day he went and was excited to put on the new gear, but he didn't want to join. he sat on Kimmo's lap the whole time and did not participate. There was not much improvement on the following days. He enjoyed watching the drills and trying a few on the sidelines.
17.6 he wanted to try the pedal bike, but the tire was flat.
Social
His best buddies at päiväkoti kesähoito right now are Salli and Samuel.
His best buddies at päiväkoti kesähoito right now are Salli and Samuel.
Health (eating, sleeping, etc)
He switched to the "big kid" room for nap time at päiväkoti. This means that he doesn't have as much space to lie down and he isn't really expected to sleep.
He likes to sleep with the fan on at home.
He loves apple juice, and sometimes we can get him to branch out to pear juice or a blend with apple. He didn't want to drink the black apple juice, though. (https://www.valio.fi/mediafiles/970d1fac-e81b-4784-bd19-91ea7a66fe9e?Width=300&mimeType=image/jpeg)
Events
21-25.5 äiti gone
21-25.5 äiti gone
23.5 play date at Samppa's house
24.5 rieha at eskari
30.5 spring juhla at eskari
1.6 circus at päiväkoti
2.6 Andy and Andrea arrived, went to mökki
4-7.6 "futis koulu" = soccer school2-9.6 Andy and Andrea visit
11.6 playdate with Salli
15-17.6 Nakkila
16.6 Eeva's confirmation
20.6 grandpa and mama dollie arrive!
Random
He loves to wear a cap and sunglasses on sunny days.
He especially loves the adult size "Party in the USA" baseball cap that Andrea and Andy brought.
17 June 2018
10 June 2018
03 June 2018
Lumi: 7 Years, 4 Months
Summary
She is done with preschool! She has a few more weeks of daycare before the summer break, and then it will be time for school.
Social
She is happy to have a friend in her class for the autumn, but is a bit sad that most of her classmates from eskari are grouped together in the other classrooms.
Leisure
She is enjoying the freedom to move around the neighborhood without supervision. She is clearly tired out by her old bike but is still nervous about riding the bigger 20" bike. She resolves the issue by not riding much.
Social
She is happy to have a friend in her class for the autumn, but is a bit sad that most of her classmates from eskari are grouped together in the other classrooms.
Leisure
She is enjoying the freedom to move around the neighborhood without supervision. She is clearly tired out by her old bike but is still nervous about riding the bigger 20" bike. She resolves the issue by not riding much.
She has not enjoyed her gymnastics class this spring, but saw it through to the end.
Books: The "You Should Meet" series is fun so far -- she was really impressed with Misty Copeland and Katherine Johnson. She has re-discovered the Junie B Jones books and she is enjoying the jokes (äiti is torn about this: they are funny but the kid is kind of rude and also the book is written with lots of grammatical oddities so that it sounds like the voice of a 6 year old ... but she does not have a lot of exposure to English all day so it feels wrong that our English reading is full of "bad" English). She also really likes having the audio books to listen to after we turn out the lights at bedtime.
She loved playing with the heavy duty water guns at the neighbors' house.
Learning
She really enjoyed the school open house day and she is excited to start school in August. They gave all the kids ice cream and they loved it.
28.5 learned about the money you get from the store for recycling bottles. We found a bottle on the path and she took it to the store. She is delighted, and now watches like a hawk for discarded bottles and cans.
Language
Not much change here.
Health
Health
21.5 lost a tooth : bottom left lateral incisor
Events
5.5 grilling with the neighbors
8.5 school open house event
10-13.5 - nakkila!
15.5 lumi's last jumppa -- family fun
19.5 Asta's birthday party
21.5 tooth!
21-25.5 äiti gone
23.5 play date at Samppa's house
24.5 rieha at eskari
26.5 spent the night at Viena's house
30.5 eskari spring juhla - kids got a diploma and a rose
1.6 last day of eskari
2.6 Andy and Andrea arrived, went to mökki
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