Showing posts with label CNY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CNY. Show all posts

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Prepping for our CNY party

 Breakfast by Baba one day this week.  Eggs, sausage and grapes.  I don't think Miss A fully appreciates the designs Baba makes for her.

 A and I sweeping prior to Mary (our EI specialist) visit.  Right now she enjoys being included in any activity.   She also wants to know if we are going to bed when I put her in bed.

Friday we celebrated Mary's birthday with cupcakes.  Miss A was taking notes on the candles, wishes, singing "Happy Birthday"  etc.  Unfortunately I did not take any pictures.

  Playing her piano and singing "snuggle puppy".  My attempts to get this on video weren't successful.  She won't take requests.

  Friday afternoon we went downtown to AAA to order Chinese money for the red envelopes we are giving the children coming to our party this Saturday.  Audrey choose this hat and then loved the attention it drew.
Saturday morning we hung out at home as we had an ice storm the previous night.  In the above picture they are playing with Chinese lanterns.

 By Saturday afternoon the ice was less treacherous so  we went shopping for our CNY party.  Here Miss A is pushing the cart. Mary advised us we should take advantage of this "monkey see monkey do" stage.  No pressure.
  Because it was so cold we had another fire Saturday evening.

 Riding her pony.  This is the expression you get when you ask her to do "surprise" face.

 And her natural smile which I am sometimes lucky to get. 


We moved the dragon for the party to a more subtle spot.

Sunday afternoon we toured a toddler enrichment preschool in Hyde Park.  We were impressed with the teachers and facility.  They teach signing and Spanish on alternating weeks.  They focus on teaching children how to negotiate relationships with other children.  Overall they convinced us they had some good methods for fostering a love of learning.  Additionally Audrey was at ease in the environment.  We will see if we get in sometime in February.