Category: parenting
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video: books in kate’s life
Another video I edited here in Paris http://www.youtube.com/v/4zQvCjuxmAE
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The Good And The So So
Kate arrived yesterday, her mom brought her over to Paris while traveling towards eastern Europe. Kate was excited as was I to be reunited after a month. The good. We spent the day visiting a few food places around Rue Lepic, and I was introducing Kate to the vendors. The good The vendor selling tarts…
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Video: Kate Dancing In A Parade
Kate is coming to visit me for 2 weeks in Paris. This will be her 3rd time in Paris, hopefully we’ll get to chill and soak up summertime in Paris my silly Kate last summer dancing to a her own parade. I’m actually getting a bit nervous, I haven’t seen her for 6 weeks now.…
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Falling For ka-plooyeee
another favorite pass time.. falling into a bed of soft pillows.. it’s ka-ploooyee time! Set to the music of Cecilia Bartoli http://www.youtube.com/v/0SjtVVCfcbQ
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video: kate singing coccinelle
Kate is a very lucky girl indee in her exposure to different languages, especially in a country like the US where we are very mono-language focused. It’s rare for a child to grow up being able to speak another language like a native She grew up with Chinese-mandarin as her first language because we didn’t…
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Video: Kate 2005: water tension experiment
I’m beginning to seriously miss Kate, so I’m revisiting her videos on my little 17″ powerbook. Everyone loves the San Francisco Exploratorium. There are hundreds of science experiments here. Kate’s favorite the first time she was there is this “water surface tension” experiment. You try to make as much water stay on top and not…
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Video: Kate: why I don’t want to play with this boy?
Ok, I’m easily amused by my daughter. But when we speak Chinese, it’s even funnier (at least to me). One day I asked her why she won’t play with this boy at school, here is our conversation while she was making crepes [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWTe7cz8zZs] highlight here to the end for the transcript: Kate: Because his voice…
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Does Parenthood Make You Happy?
I’ve been listening to an audio book, Stumbling on Happiness The author Daniel Gilbert is really funny and convincing in the thoroughness of his research. He believes that humans are the only animals who can think about the future and have an imagination. I still do not know the secret to happiness, but after listening…
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Say Good Bye To Castro Valley House
I’m moving out of the house I bought and lived in for over 12 years. It’s been through 2-3 remodels but until recently it’s been the perfect house for me. Life of course always change and I want and need to live in San Francisco now. So it’s good bye to suburb living and hello…
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Memories
For all the moms and dads out there, really take the time to enjoy the first 5 years of your child’s life. After they start school and learn how to reason with you, the relationship becomes very different. I miss the days when Kate didn’t question anything. I enjoy her current age, but I often…