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Khai's been in pre-school a little over 2 weeks now. Its been a bit of a rough transition, but it could be worse. Week 2 came with wimpering in the mornings - but YAY, not tears! Week 3 is much better. There was some wimpering earlier in the week, but this morning was like a miracle morning! Khai slept thru the whole night until 5:30am (first WOW). Then he woke up happy an hour later (second WOW). Got to school and he said YAY!!! When he saw the building (third WOW). Then scrambled to get out of my arms and rush to his teacher and friends, saying HI!!! very happily (fourth WOW) followed by a Bye Momma! (sniff). The only drama this morning was him getting mad at me for putting him in a red tshirt so he could be easily spotted on the webcam. heh. Well, that and he didn't want to wear his coat - but we got past that quickly with the lure of apples.
Yesterday on the drive home from school, Khai and I were tapping to the music on the radio. A Linkin Park song came on (my favorite band) and Khai sang along!
Well, he was just able to sing the end of a repetative phrase - "blow it away".. but it was very, very cute. He was so happy singing along, bopping his head as we both tapped to the beat. Finally he had enough and said Mommma!!! Stop It!
This seems to be his newest phrase these days. I guess I annoy him a lot b/c I hear it a lot. ha ha.
Lili now makes it a point to tell me everything Khai eats and doesn't eat. So does Carina/Catrina. Good.
Carina/Catrina said he did really well at lunchtime and ate most of his chicken minus two pieces. I had asked Lili to please sit and work with him at lunch - maybe he'd eat for her b/c he refuses to eat for me. Sometimes I can't get him to eat and then my mom will try and he opens wide. So I'm thinking he just tries to work me sometimes. He'd rather starve than give into me, just to be difficult.
For dinner last night, Khai ate french fries, a slice of cheese, watermelon, some noodles and a yogurt drink. It took him over an hour to finish it all, but he did.
Stopped by the school at lunchtime today to donate some of Khai's old toys and of course to look in on him. It was naptime and he was lying there on his cot WITH a blanket on him. This is huge b/c he absolutely refuses to have a blanket on him at home. He seemed very happy - probably because he was right next to one of his girlfriends.. ha ha. I talked to Nancy, and she said he's SUCH a good boy and that he's adjusting very well. She said he was singing this morning, takes naps very well, and is a very well liked kid in his class and one of the sweetest. Do you think she's just fluffing me with air? Ha. I mentioned this to my mom and she agreed that he's such a sweet and cooperative little boy. So why is it then, that he's a maniac with me? Hmph.
Khai's appetite is starting to return. He ate a full dinner tonight! Tofu burger, rice, zuccini, and cucumbers. Yay!
Hey guess what?! I'm TWO today! I can't believe I'm two whole years today. I'm such a big boy! I can do tons of things, like count and sing and yell at Mommy (and she totally understands me now, so I don't have to repeat myself a million times)! My birthday this year falls on Columbus Day, so I got the day off from school and Mommy got the day off from work. Long weekend! So much happened this weekend. So many parties just for me! As you know, I had a party at school on Friday, but then on Saturday night, Chris and Amy threw me a dinner party! I've never had my very own dinner party before. Amy made me chicken nuggest and french fries - yummy!! And she didn't forget the ketchup either. She knows me well! After dinner, there was cake and then presents! I wasn't interested in the cake much and figured if I cried then maybe we could just skip the cake and go straight to presents. No such luck. They kept shoving this spider web cake in my face until I agreed to blow the candle out and take a taste. Fine. Done. Presents Please!!! I got lots of cool presents from everyone and had lots of fun playing with them the rest of the night. Thanks Everyone for a great night!!! By the time I got home, I was so tired from all the activity I passed out cold. Dinner Party Pictures (please ask Mommy for the password).
Sunday, I got to go to Cox Farms. Unfortunately we didn't get there until right around my naptime so I was a bit of a crab, but what outing of ours isn't complete without me being a crab at some point in time? You know me.....I like to stir things up, just for the sake of drama. I made Mommy carry me most of the time which she didn't like very much because it was hot and I was squirmy and heavy. There is so much to do at the farm - slides, rides, animals, kettle corn, a corn maze, and I even saw some dinosaurs! My most favorite part of the whole place was the trains. I really liked playing in and on them and was mad when Mommy and Daddy made me leave. The funniest part of the day was when Daddy was standing with Carter and I and he reached down to grab Carter, only he grabbed another kid standing closer to him, thinking it was Carter and held onto him for a moment...only to realize it wasn't Carter. hehe. His Mommy said Daddy could take him home if he wanted to. Cox Farms Pictures Here .
Today, the Greatest Day EVER, I woke up to find my train table filled with new tracks and Tommy playsets (thats Thomas the Tank Engine for those who don't know)!! My old wooden tracks were ok, but my die cast trains kept falling off the sides and that was sooooooo frustrating!! Around lunchtime, I headed upstairs in my Superman PJ's to my birthday fiesta. Ba Ngoai, who I now call Ma Moy by the way, put down a camo blanket for me to sit on (which is the same blanket Mommy sat on for her 1st birthday party) and Daddy brought me the cake he baked and there were soooo many presents I couldn't believe it, and Noe came to see me too! It was like Christmas (what do I know about Christmas? I just heard everyone saying it was like Christmas.. hehe)! I really have gotten this present opening thing down too - RIP the package open hand the trash to Mommy and be sure to say "thank you". I spent the rest of the afternoon playing with my new toys and want to have another party so I can get more presents! OH and guess what? I got the rocketship from The Little Einsteins!! Jackpot!!! Birthday Pictures . 
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