On Saturday, June 13, all the pieces of the puzzle came together quite nicely allowing Jason and Josie to go to Ilan to visit Charles for his show.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
I-Lan and Charles' Show
On Saturday, June 13, all the pieces of the puzzle came together quite nicely allowing Jason and Josie to go to Ilan to visit Charles for his show.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
School day
On June 6th our school had a Field Day. The kids all set up booths and sold games, drinks, food, etc.... Basically it is a day of fun for the kids with the hidden purpose of allowing the classes to raise money for the needs of the class. Photocopying in school is not a free thing here. Each class pays for each copy of each paper they use. And there are other costs that each class incurs.
Here the 501 class was having a water balloon challenge. What teacher could pass up the opportunity to throw water balloons at her students?
What students could pass up the opportunity to have their classmate hit with a water balloon by their teacher?
It's a pity Jims is such a good student. I almost felt bad.... almost. And the stupid balloons wouldn't break. They just bounced off of him. I took to throwing the balloons on the ground so at least his legs would get splashed.
Here my 505 class is trying to help Josie throw balloons at them. Once again, the balloons kept bouncing off them. They kept moving closer so she could hit them.
Ahhh, yes, arguably the best game. One should hit the head of the student popping up. Josie was a little nervous that she would hurt one of them. HAhahahahah... That passed!
Now... count the cell phones taking pictures.
And see the head popping up to take a picture of Josie before she gets slammed?
My student, my neighbor - Emily Ke.
Here the 501 class was having a water balloon challenge. What teacher could pass up the opportunity to throw water balloons at her students?
What students could pass up the opportunity to have their classmate hit with a water balloon by their teacher?
It's a pity Jims is such a good student. I almost felt bad.... almost. And the stupid balloons wouldn't break. They just bounced off of him. I took to throwing the balloons on the ground so at least his legs would get splashed.
Here my 505 class is trying to help Josie throw balloons at them. Once again, the balloons kept bouncing off them. They kept moving closer so she could hit them.
Ahhh, yes, arguably the best game. One should hit the head of the student popping up. Josie was a little nervous that she would hurt one of them. HAhahahahah... That passed!
Now... count the cell phones taking pictures.
And see the head popping up to take a picture of Josie before she gets slammed?
My student, my neighbor - Emily Ke.
Play Day
May 30
A week after Josie's hospital visit, everyone was fine... All was good... But, alas it couldn't stay that way. Jason got sick. He got REALLY sick. He got so sick that he went to ER. He had a terrible migraine. And after returning home it turned into something worse. Basically, when he went to the doctor across the street, he was told that he had caught what Josie had.
It was hard to take the picture by myself, while keeping Jevin on the horse.
Josie exercising.
A week after Josie's hospital visit, everyone was fine... All was good... But, alas it couldn't stay that way. Jason got sick. He got REALLY sick. He got so sick that he went to ER. He had a terrible migraine. And after returning home it turned into something worse. Basically, when he went to the doctor across the street, he was told that he had caught what Josie had.
Below are pictures from our "let-daddy-sleep" park trip. After, we went to see Jean, Andy and Roy... and came home with some rice dumplings just in time for Dragon Boat festival.
Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedom!!!
Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedom!!!
It was hard to take the picture by myself, while keeping Jevin on the horse.
Josie exercising.Jevin Fall Down Go BOOM!
Friday, May 22
Well, our little boy has joined the ranks with his sister. Eleven stitches! He was running outside and fell down. He slowed his fall with park bench. This all happened outside in the playground at school. They called Jason and rushed Jevin to the doctor; the same doctor that they took Josie to. Apparently he is a plastic surgeon and well known for his amazingly little stitches and his apparent ability to reduce the scarring.
The school was scared that we could sue them. I guess it is quite common for parents to sue the schools when accidents like this occur. The way we see it, is that this could have happened at a park. At least he was in a place where they spoke Chinese and were able to get him to the hospital ASAP.
Well, our little boy has joined the ranks with his sister. Eleven stitches! He was running outside and fell down. He slowed his fall with park bench. This all happened outside in the playground at school. They called Jason and rushed Jevin to the doctor; the same doctor that they took Josie to. Apparently he is a plastic surgeon and well known for his amazingly little stitches and his apparent ability to reduce the scarring.
The school was scared that we could sue them. I guess it is quite common for parents to sue the schools when accidents like this occur. The way we see it, is that this could have happened at a park. At least he was in a place where they spoke Chinese and were able to get him to the hospital ASAP.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Ice Cream
We went to McDonald's today after dinner. It was a nice evening and Josie had eaten her dinner very quickly. So we walked over there. Santa was so smart at Christmas. He went to Toy's R Us and bought an awesome big. (Thanks Jason!!!) We put that on and Jevin went wild with his cone.
He loved it!!!
He was sooooooooooo messy!
He loved it!!!
He was sooooooooooo messy!Sick Days...
On Saturday night (5/23) Josie we were eating dinner as usual. Josie was eating slowly as usual. We all finished and waited and waited and waited. Finally we gave up and moved to the living room, leaving Josie to finish eating in the kitchen. And she had the usual excuses, mainly "My tummy hurts." Apparently it did as she spewed EVERYTHING on to the rug!
After cleaning her up, Jason took her to the doctor across the street. He gave her an injection in the butt. She was not impressed, but it did help to keep everything inside for a while. We let Josie sleep on the couch with a barf bucket next to her. I slept on the living room floor just so I could keep an eye on her. (Ohhhhh, my back!) Well, she woke up and... PUKED! By this time it was Sunday, so there were no clinics open. I decided to take her to the Christian Hospital's Pediatric Emergency. I resembles a normal doctor's office, not the frightening real ER. And although the other hospital had Sunday hours, the doctor that was on is the BEST so I knew we would need to wait for a very long time and her vomiting was getting progressively worse.
The first doctor's English was... not wonderful. She asked us to stay in the Pediatric Observation Unit (POU) and gave Josie an IV. Of course we followed her instructions. I had explained that we had gone to the doctor the night before. Someone else came to us later and asked us why we went to a pharmacy and not a doctor the night before... Another reason why I say her English was poor. No worries, her shift was over shorty after we arrived and the remaining doctors spoke English well.
I had seriously thought that the doctor would just give us meds and let us go home, so I had brought little. Jason came later that afternoon with some things, but obviously he had to bring Jevin. All the nurses were like, "Oh so cute... Oh so... HOT! Go see the doctor!" Yep... Jevin joined the ranks. He has tonsillitis! So he went, got meds and then the boys went home.
Josie puked all day but eventually she was able to hold some water in after they put some other meds in her IV. I begged the doctor to let us go home. He agreed and we left.
I wanted to keep an eye on her, so I stayed in her bed with her. It was smart and stupid at the same time. As she was puking all over the bed and me, I was able to grab the barf bucket to minimize the spew.
Needless to say, when she threw up again in the morning, we went back... and got to have an IV all over again. Oh yay!
Now it was Monday meaning we could see a doctor in outpatient department. Haha... He said that we needed to stay and that we should go back to the POU. Talk about eating crow. I guess I shouldn't have begged the doctor to let us go. The same one that discharged her the night before was there again.
Once again we stayed all day only this time, when we left, we didn't need to return.
We kept her home Tuesday and Wednesday as well. Thursday and Friday were Dragon Boat Festival holiday days for the country.
As of today, she seems much better. The hyperactivity has certainly returned! haha
After cleaning her up, Jason took her to the doctor across the street. He gave her an injection in the butt. She was not impressed, but it did help to keep everything inside for a while. We let Josie sleep on the couch with a barf bucket next to her. I slept on the living room floor just so I could keep an eye on her. (Ohhhhh, my back!) Well, she woke up and... PUKED! By this time it was Sunday, so there were no clinics open. I decided to take her to the Christian Hospital's Pediatric Emergency. I resembles a normal doctor's office, not the frightening real ER. And although the other hospital had Sunday hours, the doctor that was on is the BEST so I knew we would need to wait for a very long time and her vomiting was getting progressively worse.
The first doctor's English was... not wonderful. She asked us to stay in the Pediatric Observation Unit (POU) and gave Josie an IV. Of course we followed her instructions. I had explained that we had gone to the doctor the night before. Someone else came to us later and asked us why we went to a pharmacy and not a doctor the night before... Another reason why I say her English was poor. No worries, her shift was over shorty after we arrived and the remaining doctors spoke English well.
I had seriously thought that the doctor would just give us meds and let us go home, so I had brought little. Jason came later that afternoon with some things, but obviously he had to bring Jevin. All the nurses were like, "Oh so cute... Oh so... HOT! Go see the doctor!" Yep... Jevin joined the ranks. He has tonsillitis! So he went, got meds and then the boys went home.
Josie puked all day but eventually she was able to hold some water in after they put some other meds in her IV. I begged the doctor to let us go home. He agreed and we left.
I wanted to keep an eye on her, so I stayed in her bed with her. It was smart and stupid at the same time. As she was puking all over the bed and me, I was able to grab the barf bucket to minimize the spew.
Needless to say, when she threw up again in the morning, we went back... and got to have an IV all over again. Oh yay!
Now it was Monday meaning we could see a doctor in outpatient department. Haha... He said that we needed to stay and that we should go back to the POU. Talk about eating crow. I guess I shouldn't have begged the doctor to let us go. The same one that discharged her the night before was there again.
Once again we stayed all day only this time, when we left, we didn't need to return.
We kept her home Tuesday and Wednesday as well. Thursday and Friday were Dragon Boat Festival holiday days for the country.
As of today, she seems much better. The hyperactivity has certainly returned! haha
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Jason's Camera (5/9)
Jason was playing around with his camera while he was watching Jevin....
Jevin put on his mickey mouse ears... Well, he put some circle type toys on his head anyway.
That's my boy! Mr. Smiles. He always smiles!More Mother's Day - Catching up
On our way out....
Josie with her personality
They had this drum show with all the middle class kids. (Middle class = one year younger than real kindergarten age) We didn't even know Josie was involved until the very end.
I think... but I am not sure... that this might be Boss... You know - Love Letter...
Teacher Jeff!Little Squeaks Speak
I have been saving up all the funny things Josie has said to me. I just haven't had the time to get on the blog, so I kept a paper in the kitchen. She usually said these things around dinner time... I have four funny little experiences ...
1. She had learned about Dragon Boat Festival which we will have next week. So she came home telling me all about rice dumpling and all sorts of things... But my favorite was when she was telling me about the Dragon Boat Vegetable.
2. It has been hard for Jevin to learn Bye-Bye. These last few weeks, he has done it randomly... certainly not on cue. So when one of her teachers said goodbye to us and Jevin waved bye-bye we were shocked. And Josie said, "Jevin waved bye-bye. I knew it. I knew he could do it. My heart is not broked anymore." I just thought it was cute. I think it might be one of those "you just had to be there" moments.
3. We have been talking about the three little pigs recently. There is a new school being built behind out house. She has some nice new vocab like cement, cement mixer, dump truck, etc. And since it is being made of concrete, it must be the smart little pig's house.
That leads to "Little Pig! Little Pig! Let me come in!"
"Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!"
So recently I said, "Little Jo! Little Jo! Let me come in!" To which she responded. trying really hard to remember, "We don't want to let you in with our hairy chins."
4. After the wedding we came home with some favours. They were little baggies of goodies. One of the goodies was a tea light in the shape of an apple. Mistaking it for a candy, she took a bite out of it! Oh, the look on her face!!!!!
Now Jevin's turn.
So as I said before, he was having issues with Bye-Bye. Not anymore. He bye-bye's like no one's business. He also kiss-bye's. (Jason taught him that on Saturday.) And... my favorite new word.... His first words were slow or quick some may say. Josie only said one sound from about 5 months on, so it was easy to say her first word was Da-Da. He had numerous sounds from about 5 months on. It was hard to say any sound was his first word. He has definitely mastered the word Daddy. It is his favorite word... but another has finally made its way into his vocabulary. It was during nap time on Saturday. He didn't want to sleep. He just stood in his crib screaming..... "Mama, Mama,Mama, Mama, Mama...." Until now he has only said "Ummummummuuummmuummm." Woohoo!
1. She had learned about Dragon Boat Festival which we will have next week. So she came home telling me all about rice dumpling and all sorts of things... But my favorite was when she was telling me about the Dragon Boat Vegetable.
2. It has been hard for Jevin to learn Bye-Bye. These last few weeks, he has done it randomly... certainly not on cue. So when one of her teachers said goodbye to us and Jevin waved bye-bye we were shocked. And Josie said, "Jevin waved bye-bye. I knew it. I knew he could do it. My heart is not broked anymore." I just thought it was cute. I think it might be one of those "you just had to be there" moments.
3. We have been talking about the three little pigs recently. There is a new school being built behind out house. She has some nice new vocab like cement, cement mixer, dump truck, etc. And since it is being made of concrete, it must be the smart little pig's house.
That leads to "Little Pig! Little Pig! Let me come in!"
"Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!"
So recently I said, "Little Jo! Little Jo! Let me come in!" To which she responded. trying really hard to remember, "We don't want to let you in with our hairy chins."
4. After the wedding we came home with some favours. They were little baggies of goodies. One of the goodies was a tea light in the shape of an apple. Mistaking it for a candy, she took a bite out of it! Oh, the look on her face!!!!!
Now Jevin's turn.
So as I said before, he was having issues with Bye-Bye. Not anymore. He bye-bye's like no one's business. He also kiss-bye's. (Jason taught him that on Saturday.) And... my favorite new word.... His first words were slow or quick some may say. Josie only said one sound from about 5 months on, so it was easy to say her first word was Da-Da. He had numerous sounds from about 5 months on. It was hard to say any sound was his first word. He has definitely mastered the word Daddy. It is his favorite word... but another has finally made its way into his vocabulary. It was during nap time on Saturday. He didn't want to sleep. He just stood in his crib screaming..... "Mama, Mama,Mama, Mama, Mama...." Until now he has only said "Ummummummuuummmuummm." Woohoo!
Kevin and Myra's Wedding
The happy coupleMyra wore three different dresses. First she arrived in a very beautiful white dress. The back was entirely covered with fabric roses. WOW!
The second dress was a gorgeous red dress with an open back.
And the third was a lovely purple dress.
Josie's dance teacher, Nina, was also there.
Apparently there was some questions about the proposal... (just kidding)
Kathryn, Olivia and Josie-Funny-Face!Josie was wearing her new princess dress that Grandma Marsh sent to her. We also went to the salon and had her hair done. She really looked like a princess and she attracted a lot (A LOT) of attention at the wedding. People were taking pictures of her and with her all night long. And Josie was a super star. She said yes to everyone who asked her and she smiled nicely too (except for me obviously).
Jevin was a little upset as it got later. He is used to his strict 7:30 bedtime so as it got to be 8:30 he was freaking out. I drove us home and Jason and Josie stayed finish up the party and took a taxi home.
Jevin was a little upset as it got later. He is used to his strict 7:30 bedtime so as it got to be 8:30 he was freaking out. I drove us home and Jason and Josie stayed finish up the party and took a taxi home.
Babies.....
Josie brought down one of her MANY dolls. Jevin naturally wanted what his sister had. The fight ensued and ended with Josie running back upstairs and getting a second doll.
However, he was a little confused why no milk was coming out of it.
Jevin Gets High
Someone figured out how to climb and get into stuff. I guess we have to baby proof the house again.
I missed his "scaling the sofa" picture as I had to jump up and catch the daring one.
I missed his "scaling the sofa" picture as I had to jump up and catch the daring one.
Breakfast....
For those of you who will be joining us here, I just thought a nice look at what we eat almost every day was in order... And how convenient that Josie just happened to be eating one. It is called Dan Bein. It is an egg fried on Phyllo pastry and then rolled in whatever you want in it. We usually get the smoked chicken.
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Mother's Day Show
Josie's school had a Mother's Day show today.
Lots of classes...
Lots of shows...
A very long morning...
However, our parental pride was satisfied.
A traditional Taiwanese Aboriginal Dance.
Lots of classes...
Lots of shows...
A very long morning...
However, our parental pride was satisfied.
A traditional Taiwanese Aboriginal Dance.
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