The little things that count

As Hubs has pointed out, I am such a paranoid and OC Mom. But as protective as I am with our daughter, I am at least at peace that she is taken cared of well at daycare (there actually are times I’m the one pressured, like making sure there’s at least two kinds of vegetables on the menu!).

Today was such a rainy and windy day but I wasn’t that worried (well, aside from the difficulty and unsafeness of maneuvering the baby stroller on one hand whilst holding an umbrella on the other hand whilst battling the strong wind and hard rain) because Yui had a rain cover over her stroller and her daycare bag was waterproof. The bag was obviously waterproof yet we were really touched how Yui’s teachers made the effort of putting the daycare journal (where both parents and teachers write Yui’s activities at home and at daycare) inside a plastic bag so that it won’t get wet.

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Little things like that somehow comforts me that they can be trusted with big things.

Daycare Market Day

When I went to pick Yui up at daycare, I was delighted yet baffled to see this taped on the wall right near the entrance to Yui’s classroom.

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Then I got wind of the news – today was Market Day, in which the older classes “sold” goods that they helped prepare. And so the younger ones “shopped” around with bags that they helped design with stickers (look how tiny some stickers are! Very good practice for the little hands) and sketches.

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Inside their bags, they also have a wallet but sans play coins for safety purposes.

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So what did our daughter buy?
Negi/spring onion! She must have been fascinated with how long it was. Quite good artwork too. It does look like the real one.

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When she actually got “reunited” with her bag of goodies after I took it off the wall, she exclaimed an exuberant “Ahhh!” when she took out the negi from her shopping bag.

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She also “bought” a donut! She probably was curious as we haven’t given her a donut yet and have no plans to give her one in the near future.

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And, Yui’s most “expensive purchase” – a wrist watch!

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Fun day! Too bad Mom and Dad weren’t allowed to shop!

baby diaries: our sweet

It’s been a while since Mom had one of these diaries, baby. We’ve both just recently recovered from fever/cough/colds (and Dad too!) albeit Mom still has “residual” cough. Mom can only hope you won’t catch this cough again otherwise we’ll be on a cycle again – you’ll catch the virus then Mom (and Dad) will catch it, und so weiter.

You’re growing up really expressive anak and even your senseis are commenting so. You have that happy pride look whenever you achieved a new feat (and you’ve been having some almost everyday, recently!) and even led your baby classmates on eating well – one which your sensei wrote (in renraku note) as something you took a pride on. I can just imagine the look you had then. πŸ™‚

You also tilt your head whenever we say ohayou gozaimasu/konnichiwa/konbanwa/hi/hello similar to the one below, whilst showing a big (and now, toothy) smile.

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You’ve also been very hyper recently, so much so that it’s been a bit difficult to calm you down at bedtime, even after having a bath. One way to calm you down was to have you sleep on Mommy’s arm.

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Whenever Mom picks you up at daycare, the moment you see Mom, you immediately put on the floor whatever toy you’re holding and spread your arms. This afternoon however, right after hastily dropping your toy, you had on a laugh and crawled towards Mommy really fast. It was more than enough to bring happy tears on Mommy’s face, Yui Moirraine. Thank you.

Yet even when I already have the jackpot with that alone, Mom still got some bonus. All your baby classmates and some of your older schoolmates also come to Mommy to either give/take a hug to/from Mommy. Thankfully, you’re not the jealous type, you just let the other kids crowd around Mommy, sometimes even smiling at them.

Grow well baby, we love you so.

 

 

daycare Summer Festival

The daycare staff picked a good day and time to have the summer festival/natsu matsuri. It started off at 5:30pm so when we left our house, there was a cool breeze blowing, not humid at all.

At the registration table right before the entrance, Yui was given a sling that would keep tab of all our “purchases”.

Yui keeping tab of what we've ordered so far ^-^

Yui keeping tab of what we’ve ordered so far ^-^

The first floor was where we could buy festival food – frankfurts, yakisoba, choco banana. It’s only for the older babies and adults though, we had to bring Yui’s food with us. It felt weird to bring food at the daycare since they usually provide food for Yui. With a couple of the senseis.

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We ate our fill at one of the rooms of the second floor. Dad and Yui while Mom eats her yakisoba. It was the most bland yakisoba I’ve ever had though – naturally, because it’s also meant for kids.

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Yoyo ball pool!

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We didn’t get one for Yui. Turns out she wants one for herself!

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We had this for Yui though.

Please tell me what to do sensei

Please tell me what to do sensei

Art time! Design-your-own-fan.

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Mikoshi time! For the older kids. Sorry for the blurred photo.
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Obon dance time.

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Thankfully, the time was right for Yui’s sleeping cycle that’s why she didn’t have a meltdown. A lot of kids had a meltdown however towards the end of the program (it lasted about two hours). Hubs and I could understand. Both of us were actually tired after the activity, to think we just looked around. How much more overwhelming it would be for the kids, and the teachers for that matter!

Instilling culture right at a very young age. Very nice. Thankful.

 

 

 

natsu matsuri

Tomorrow’s the Natsu Matsuri/Summer Festival at Yui’s daycare. ζ₯½γ—みにしています‼

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Above is the announcement posted right at the daycare entrance. The white block is for us to enter the PIN so we could enter the premises. I like it how the arrangement of the number changes after every input.