First thing this morning we made Lemonade ala the recipe from A-chan's Highlights High Five magazine. It was fun, it was messy and it has lots of sugar. She's been drinking it all day. But that's okay cause it's a special one-time deal that we made together. I'm sure that she won't ask for it again, right?
She's been learning about fractions the last couple of days so I took the opportunity to do more fraction fun while making lemonade. The measuring cups were fascinating to her now that they had a meaning to them. We counted the 4th cups together with both the liquid measure and the dry measure.
I'm hoping very much that she won't struggle with math as much as I do. I don't want her to be a super math genius or anything, but I don't want her to be afraid of math.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
A Spock Fan
My Mom took A-chan and myself to see the Star Trek movie today. A-chan was very excited about it, even though she didn't really have a clue what it was about. I enjoyed it immensely but she only watched about half of it, then got bored. At that point she played a little with her stuffed puppy named CookieTable, some with my dupatta and then I supplied her with a pen so she could doodle on leftover napkins.
She was completely unflappable in regards to the violence or scariness in the film and would simply turn away from the screen if there was something she didn't want to see. I did try to cover her eyes at one point which made her very indignant cause she could do it herself, thank you.
The vulcan hand sign she reconized from Big Bang Theory and instantly made Spock her fav character. And she ate almost an entire bag of popcorn by herself. I have suspicions that she didn't eat much lunch purposefully saving room for that popcorn.
She was completely unflappable in regards to the violence or scariness in the film and would simply turn away from the screen if there was something she didn't want to see. I did try to cover her eyes at one point which made her very indignant cause she could do it herself, thank you.
The vulcan hand sign she reconized from Big Bang Theory and instantly made Spock her fav character. And she ate almost an entire bag of popcorn by herself. I have suspicions that she didn't eat much lunch purposefully saving room for that popcorn.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Plenty of Firsts Left
It's still amazing to me sometimes to find things that are still "Big Firsts"! This evening we went to a carnival at the local mall parking lot and there were tons of Firsts for A-chan. We rode the Ferris Wheel and the Carousel, she went on the Dragon roller coaster all by herself and the Wiggly Wurms by herself. She'd never had cotton candy before and enjoyed that very much, though she professed to liking the rides more and stopped eating the sugar so she could get on another ride faster. There was a beautiful full rainbow that she took pictures of with her cell phone while we were waiting in line for the Carousel.
I had a blast. I always wanted to go to Carnivals when I was little. We went to one when I was small and one when I was a teenager. When A-chan begged to go and was sooooo excited about it, how could I say no? Part of it was me going "I want her to be able to do all the things that I didn't get to do when I was a child", of course. It was so much fun to watch her.
There are times when having a 4 year old that can read the menu is a detriment, though. She read everything. And decided she wanted a snow cone. She wasn't sure what a snow cone was, but she liked the sound of it. I didn't have any money left at that point so we left without one. But I made strawberry slushies when we got home instead. That was fun. And messy. Apparently large chunks of ice in a cuisinart make strawberry juice skirt out everywhere and I suddenly had a red kitchen. That which actually remained in the container was very tasty and proceeded to ruin dinner. It was a great use for the strawberries that we'd picked a couple of weeks ago and that i'd frozen. I might make more tomorrow.
I had a blast. I always wanted to go to Carnivals when I was little. We went to one when I was small and one when I was a teenager. When A-chan begged to go and was sooooo excited about it, how could I say no? Part of it was me going "I want her to be able to do all the things that I didn't get to do when I was a child", of course. It was so much fun to watch her.
There are times when having a 4 year old that can read the menu is a detriment, though. She read everything. And decided she wanted a snow cone. She wasn't sure what a snow cone was, but she liked the sound of it. I didn't have any money left at that point so we left without one. But I made strawberry slushies when we got home instead. That was fun. And messy. Apparently large chunks of ice in a cuisinart make strawberry juice skirt out everywhere and I suddenly had a red kitchen. That which actually remained in the container was very tasty and proceeded to ruin dinner. It was a great use for the strawberries that we'd picked a couple of weeks ago and that i'd frozen. I might make more tomorrow.
Not quite a year
I hadn't realized exactly how long it had been since I'd done any blogging. I've missed recording almost a whole year of my little girl growing up. Some catching up is in order!
A-chan is still in Tae Kwon Do and loving it. She had three yellow stripes on her white belt and is looking forward to testing for yellow belt - as soon as she really does know the form which is getting better by leaps and bounds.
She is currently going around and making sure everyone that she meets knows that she is actually 4 and a half. The half being ever so important at this age.
At DragonCon last year she dressed up as a purple Jawa again as well as a pirate. AWA was a double costume project as she and a friend dressed up as Sugar and Pepper from Snow Fairy Sugar. Her 4th birthday party was a pirate party at Stone Mountain Park and was hilariously fun. She's since discovered Pump It Up b-day parties though and I'm terrified that she's going to ask for one of those this year.
Reading is her major passion at the moment (other than acting silly for attention) and she reads a book to everyone who will sit still long enough to let her. She recently read Green Eggs & Ham over the phone to her daddy, which was incredibly cute.
A-chan is still in Tae Kwon Do and loving it. She had three yellow stripes on her white belt and is looking forward to testing for yellow belt - as soon as she really does know the form which is getting better by leaps and bounds.
She is currently going around and making sure everyone that she meets knows that she is actually 4 and a half. The half being ever so important at this age.
At DragonCon last year she dressed up as a purple Jawa again as well as a pirate. AWA was a double costume project as she and a friend dressed up as Sugar and Pepper from Snow Fairy Sugar. Her 4th birthday party was a pirate party at Stone Mountain Park and was hilariously fun. She's since discovered Pump It Up b-day parties though and I'm terrified that she's going to ask for one of those this year.
Reading is her major passion at the moment (other than acting silly for attention) and she reads a book to everyone who will sit still long enough to let her. She recently read Green Eggs & Ham over the phone to her daddy, which was incredibly cute.
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