Tag: children
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Kate’s first day of school
Happy parents, happy kids, crying kids whose parents left too fast, socializing with teachers, proud parents, excited Kate. The first day school for Kate, I’m so proud of her. She will enjoy learning at the French American school so much. But I think she will love the corn meal sandbox the most
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Father’s day at Santa Cruz
Father’s day turned out be to more than just Kate and Me at the Broadwalk. My entire family came along and I’m glad they did. My bro-in law rented a van and the 6 of us hopped in and off we went. We got there at 9:45 and Kate and headed immediately to the beach,…
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Kate: the 2nd year: Languages
First I would like to thank craigslist for helping us find all of our French and Japanese babysitters. Kate is blessed with the gift of language early in her life. Angie and I both speak Mandarin at home, and so Kate’s mother tongue is Mandarin. When she was 1 years old, we hired a babysitter…
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Kate: the first year: diet
Angie took the red pill: She started reading the Super Baby Food book and she decided that we will be making all of Kate’s food ourselves. I was lazy and didn’t read the book but the basic principle was that you want lots of colors in the food you give your baby. There are about…
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Kate: a happy child
When someone asks me how Kate (my 4 year old) is doing, the first word that always come out of my mouth is ‘she is very happy’. It’s pretty amazing that this kid is always happy. Very little gets her down. When she and I get into our disagreements, it takes me half a day…