Notes From My Mommy: OK!

So I spoke to Lili this morning - I don't think she has a clue what I was trying to say to her. I don't think she's stupid - I just don't think she understands English in depth. I tried to express that the logsheet was wrong and that I NEED to know what Khai's eating each day. She just says OK! but like in that clueless, happy way.
I also tried to tell her that Khai has a cold and hasn't been eating anything and that I've brought his lunch but to please keep an eye out on him and let me know how things go. Yes... the response was OK!! smile smile smile.
So I get to work and call Nancy - the director - she's sounding busy and kinda rushes me off the phone as I'm telling her what I've tried to tell Lili, but she does tell me she'll talk to Lili.

When I pickup Khai in the afternoon, Lili is gone, so I talk to Carina/Catrina and tell her I hope Lili isn't mad, that I'm not trying to upset anyone because I just hate making people mad - but that I am just worried about my sons eating habits. She is compassionate and says "No, no, nobody is mad and this is your son, you have every right to be concerned." That makes me feel better.

Logsheet says Khai barely ate today and threw up his applesauce.

Sigh, Its Only Monday??

I'm still sick - much better, but still have no appetite. Currently the only thing I feel like eating is applesauce, yogurt and rice.
I've also got a new molar coming in. Mommy thinks my bite is nasty now... just wait. Chomp Chomp.
Oh, and I'll never turn down a french fry. :-D

Went to school today - bleh. I really didn't feel like going this morning but I went anyways. I'm starting to get used to the idea and really do like my new friends.

Oh and guess what? I barfed!

Sick Again! Arg....

I'm sick. Boo hoo hoo. Last night I threw up in bed. It wasn't as bad as the last time, but still not fun. I was a trooper though. Then I threw up again in the living room. Mommy quickly pulled off her tshirt and let me puke in it. Wasn't going to let her get away with things too easily, so I pooped. Squishy, icky poop, for her to clean up - three times, in a row. Then I made her carry me around the room for several hours before I totally passed out.
I really don't feel like eating much. No appetite. Food = Yecch.

Notes From My Mommy: Lies!

Today was my off day from work - I sent Khai to school anyways so I could take care of some things without him climbing all over me.
The good thing about being home is I got to obsessively watch Khai via the webcam.
The bad thing is I noticed he didn't eat his lunch (none of the kids did) and yet Ms. Lili marked on Khai's logsheet that he did.
My question is this - HOW do they expect 2 year olds to eat a glob of spinach on their own??
When John and I went to pick up Khai, we asked his other teacher, Catrina ( or is it Carina?) about the logsheet. I told her I wasn't mad but that I’m just trying to find out what he can/cannot eat. If he can't eat something on their menu - I'll bring him his own lunch! Ok, I was a little mad - but I don't want to come across as one of those psycho parents raging my child's first week of school! So I had to come at it from a different approach.
She understood where I was coming from though - but said I had to ask Lili on Monday, since she's in charge of the logsheet.
How annoying.

My son ate nothing but pretzels, if that, all day long. I just wonder how many other times this has occurred. I know he won't starve to death, but arg!!

Goodies

I had another rough morning today. I hate the mornings. Mommy gave me a new Little Einstein coloring book which kept me happy for most of the car ride to school, but then when I saw the school building....well, the picture to the left tells it all.

Here's also a video to break your heart:

After school Mommy likes to give me cool little presents sometimes when she picks me up Today I got finger puppets! Now I am a happy boy.

National Zoo

Today I went to the DC National Zoo with Mommy, Daddy, and Carter. It was a perfect day for the zoo because it wasn't hot like when we went to the Reston Zoo. We started the day by going to IHOP for breakfast. By the time we got to the zoo around 10am, it was packed!! We got very lucky and got front row parking though. I got to see lots of animals for the very first time in my life! Lions, tigers, bears, hippos, beavers, seals, apes, gorillas, starfish, huge huge huge turtles that were like bigger than a house!!, komodo dragons, groundhogs... but passed out before we got to the elephants, and the pandas were MIA. I also got to see some bears and monkeys, and a number of other animals .. I can't even remember~ Oh and guess what, there was this one tiger that was pooping and Daddy took a picture of it. It was really very funny. And all the other kids there were saying Kitty Poo Poo, right along with me. I tried to meow at him but I guess he was too busy to hear. It was a pretty long day for me and I got pretty cranky after I woke up from my nap.

I was hungry! We went to Red Robin for dinner - Mommy and Daddy tried to appease me with french fries - but they took foreeeever to get to the table, so I cried and yelled and finally, FINALLY, my french fries came and I was a happy boy again. heh heh.

Day Four of School - Ladies and a Backpack

Daddy came and picked me up early from school today to spend the afternoon hanging out, doing guy things. When he came to get me, we were in middle of snacktime - I was in the middle of two ladies. Heh Heh. Daddy took a couple pictures with his cellphone camera to show Mommy. Please notice that I am the only one with a juice box. I'm pretty cool like that.

Notes From My Mommy: The Camera Freak and The Parrot

I'm sure you can tell we are very camera happy people. I carry a camera with me everywhere I go because you never know when or what you'll need to take a snapshot or video of! Yesterday I had taken a video of Khai when I picked him up from school - it was so cute. But, my dumb self accidentally deleted it!! Grrrr. So I had to re-create the moment on Day Four of school. I'm still kicking myself for deleting yesterday's footage - but this one is just as good. Khai just has so much to say at the end of the school day and also mimicks alot - but I've noticed that he gets annoyed with me half way thru the ride home because i'm asking him to say things over and over and he says Moooommaaaaa!!!! as in to say Shut Up. And pretty much after that he doesn't talk until we get home and someone else or something else interests him. Its just that i'm so wow'ed by the fact that he's saying things now, even if he never repeats the word again.. he's a really good parrot!

My Second Day of Preschool

Well, I made it thru one day of school and now am onto Day Two. I was pretty excited to see my new friends and they welcomed me back - especially this one girl - I can't say her name because if I do, Mommy will tease me - she's already calling her my girlfriend. Sheesh. I therefore couldn't make it too easy on Mommy and Daddy and so I brought on the mega tears as they left. I put on quite a show and my new classmates sat and watched in my performance in amazement as they ate their breakfast. I'm good. By the time Mommy came to pick me up, I had not one, not two, but THREE girls surrounding me, admiring my shoes. I just ate my animal crackers and ignored them all (including Mommy). You can't show them you like the attention too much otherwise it goes to their heads.

Notes From My Mommy

** Mommy wants in on this blogging and has decided to leave notes here from time to time. Just for the record, I cannot be held accountable for what she says - she is nuts. **

Today was Khai's very first day of school. I really thought I would break down like I hear other moms do, in the parking lot or even as I was handing him over to his teacher, but surprisingly I did quite well. It wasn't as hard as I thought! Don't get me wrong, I thought about Khai ALL morning and didn't do a lick of work - waiting for lunchtime so I could go back and check on him. But at most, my eyes teared up as I was leaving...but thats about it.

I had found this daycare center back in May and liked what they had to offer - then this past Friday, John, Khai and I finally went to check it out. We met with the director, Nancy, and she gave us the grand tour. All the kids were SO friendly and the teachers were all very attentive, which of course is a good sign. We also really like that Khai won't just play all day, but will be learning too. Nancy also told us that the kids are taught Spanish and baby sign.

This morning was a bit tough. Khai cried when he realized we were leaving him there - but his teacher Ms. Lili, told me that he calmed down right after we left. When we checked in on him at lunchtime he was sitting with his classmates while the teacher read to them - Khai was sitting front and center, eagerly participating in whatever it was Ms. Lili was having them do (i'll post the picture later - haven't uploaded it yet! Bad me.)
When I came to pick him up in the afternoon, he was so happy and was such a chatterbox. This makes me so very happy and i'm so glad he's finally able to be around other kids his own age!

My First Day of Preschool

Well friends, the time has come for me to enter into a new chapter in my life. Today was my very first day of pre-school - I am truly a big boy now. Heck, just yesterday I started wearing pull-ups! The school I go to is called Sparkles!. Yeah, I know.. a bit girly of a name... but I'm feeling pretty good about this school thing so I'll let the glittery name slide. I've got my own backpack, I get to have breakfast, snacks and lunch with friends.... and GIRLS!!!!
I get to color and sing and dance and play at the playground and sooo many other fun things. When I first got there, I was a little nervous because I didn't know what to expect. My Mommy and Daddy took me to my classroom to meet my new friends and teacher, Ms. Lili. She's very nice. A bunch of kids came and said HI to me and were very friendly and welcoming. I kind of got a little scared and madeMommy carry me. I will admit, I cried. It was a bit overwhelming! Anyways, a true big boy can admit when he's cried. After Mommy and Daddy left though, I had a lot of fun. And when Mommy came to pick me up at the end of the day, I was really, really happy to see her and had SO much to tell her.
I couldn't stop talking and talked all the way til bedtime. Mommy thought I'd be exhausted from such a full day, but I wasn't. I was way to excited to sleep!
I said night night to everything.. the stars, Ba Ngoai, Mama, Papa, Pepe, Lily, my cars, trucks, trains, Kai-Lan, Ho-Ho, Rintoo, Ming Ming, Linny, Tuck, my feet, my hands, my nose, my belly... on and on and on... and finally I fell asleep. Oh and for my very first school lunch, I had turkey tacos!! I have never had those before!! Yum.

Reston Zoo

Mommy and Daddy took me to the Reston Zoo today as a special outing since I just turned 23 months! Its not really a zoo, zoo... more like a petting farm. We were supposed to go to the real deal zoo, but it was way too hot today. Good thing we were able to see everything at the Reston Zoo in about an hour because it started getting out of control hot and I was getting grouchy and Mommy was even grouchier. Not to mention, the camera battery died on us part way thru. I still had a good time though and got to feed goats, ducks, geese, piggies, birds, monkeys and even a camel! One of the camels kissed Daddy on the head too!! It was very funny because I think it kinda scared Daddy at first. Ha Ha Ha! After the zoo, we all went for some yummy, cold ice cream. Ahhhhh.

Baby Jaguar

My big brother Carter made me this at Build-A-Bear!! I'm told its a
cheetah... but in my opinion it looks just like Baby Jaguar from Go Diego Go. I don't care what anybody says.. it IS Baby Jaguar!! Rawr Rawr!!! I looove Baby Jaguar.

I Love Rocket

As you may or may not know, I love the show Little Einsteins. Its one of my latest favorites. I can sing the whole theme song and know alot of the words to most of the episodes because I watch them over and over - nevermind that I don't say the words quite right...but I know what I mean when i'm saying them and thats all that matters! Rocketship is my most favorite!

* You will note i'm coughing and nearly dying and Mommy continues to video me!!!

Here I am watching the Intro to Little Einsteins, for the millionth time on Mommy's laptop - which took foreeeeever to load up. I'd start singing and it would stop on me. Lucky for Mommy's laptop I was in a good mood today.

Lazy Bum

Sometimes its just nice to be a lazy bum and lounge around and watch tv.

I'm Super Khai!!

I am Super Khai. I have a super outfit and super moves. Sometimes I fly, sometimes I run around the house with lightning speed, sometimes I taunt Mommy with my red cape like she's a bull, and most of the time it is a must that I wear my super outfit to bed...otherwise I get angry and have a super fit at Mommy. Plus I'm super cute in it.

Stickers!!!