Summary
We are back in the beginning of the school year. It feels good to have a päiväkoti where he is supported and cared for. He was sad to leave behind the summer schedule of nonstop family time, but he is also enjoying his friends at päiväkoti.
Learning/Development
Now that Lumi is reading confidently, she loves to read to Otso in the car. It helps everyone travel happily.
He has trouble with drawing and writing because he hates to make mistakes.
Language
We had been back from the US for 2 weeks and still the kids were speaking English with each other as often as Finnish (maybe more).
But after päiväkoti started again, he strongly prefers Finnish.
Toys/Games/Other
Favorites right now: playing "dog family" with Lumi, throwing the American football
Like the pool, he does not want to get in the lake.
He named his stuffed animal husky "tabby". He really likes Mummu's stuffed animal Viiru and she let him take it home to Helsinki to borrow. He carries it around by the tail. He also bought a stuffed dog at the second hand shop and he really likes it.
Social
He is happy to be back with the full set of friends at päiväkoti. The list of favorites is currently : Touko, Salli, Samuel, Eeli, and Tarmo.
Health (eating, sleeping, etc)
He is having trouble sleeping at home. He likes to have the fan on.
Events
19-22.7 mökki
23.7 Sami&Ilona visit
27.7 HopLop
28.7 BBQ with Heidi and Ari
29.7 BBQ with Sami and Ilona
30.7-5.8 Nakkila
3.8 MuuMaa
6.8 first day back in päiväkoti
9.8 first day back in montessori instruction time
13.8 BBQ with Hilla and August
19.8 BBQ with vaari and leena
Random
He really resisted the passport picture.
5.8 he showed me how he has prepared one of his old toys for "when we have a new baby"
He informed äiti that her legs are "like a cactus" because they have little things all over that prick you. However, his favorite snuggling is to put his head on äiti's belly. He usually tries to lift up my shirt for cheek-to-belly contact.
He had left his little plastic spiderman at Meredith's house, and she mailed it to him, along with a stack of pictures of spiderman doing various things in their home. He loves the pictures and decorated his room with them. He has even asked for some of the toys from the pictures so that he can recreate the scenes.
That is adorable - again, just seeing this! I love the Spiderman story. Great idea to have pics of what he did there. Funny about the cactus...you thought the same of your mother. New baby??????? Please give him a hug from Grandma!
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