Life of a Teacher's Child

Caitlin attended her 1st Volunteer Tea Award Ceremony yesterday at my school site. Since I was part of the committee for the event, Eugene had to watch and chase after Super Energized Bunny around the school library. Caitlin was quite well-behaved in the beginning, but got bored quite easily. She really wanted to run around as we're passing out the deserts and the award certificates to our parents, adults, and teen volunteers. Eugene had to go bring her to our school yard to play around the playground equipment. She loved it and got to watch a little bit of our school play, Charlotte's Web , until I was done cleaning and putting things away in the library. Afterward, I got to bring our little Energized Bunny home with me. I didn't want to disturb the audiences with Caitlin's crying and fussing since it was getting near her sleeping time. Caitlin had a great time! It shall not be last either.

Caitlin turns 17 months!

Our little fuss bucket turns 17 months today. Caitlin's strong and forceful personality is definitely showing right now. We're hoping that we can train her more once she can understand and communicate with words. As Caitlin's parents, we noticed that she is like a huge walking sponge. She is copying a lot of my behavior from me. For example, Caitlin watches me get ready every morning like brushing my teeth, washing my face and putting on lotion. Well, she can put her own lotion on cheeks by herself now, which is more like a slapping motion in my point of view. It's quite cute. She knows how to say "sh" with the index finger on her little lips, but sometimes she ends up picking her nose. It is a funny sight! My all-time favorite is the motion of Caitlin kissing, and she can do the flying kisses now, which is called fei mun in Cantonese. Caitie pie recognizes some animals like bear (behbeh), dog (wohwoh), and cat (caca). Our biggest worry right now is that Caitlin is quite daredevil right. Caitie pie knows how to climb on sofa, chairs and beds. She loves jumping off from them time to time. Eugene just put a big pillow for her to slide down from one of her favorite jumping off chair. She sure knows how to make our hearts palpitate.

Busy Week

I had Open House last Thursday. A lot of my parents and students wanted to meet Caitlin. Therefore, Caitlin made some new friends with my students. Caitlin was a charmer as usual, and she charmed my colleagues, parents, and students. Poor Daddy had to take care of her the whole time, especially when she got tired of staying in my classroom. I had to stay since it's my Open House day. I had a really good turn out! Seventeen of my parents came to to the event. On Saturday, we went to Daddy's friend's house for a graduation celebration for finishing up their teaching credential program. Caitlin loved it there, because she got to swim and play in the water, most of the time. Caitlin got to pet a cutie dog at the party, too. Definitely the food and view were wonderful. Our little troublemaker was a charmer as usual for all the adults, tweens and teenagers at the party. We all had a blast.