School
Mina has been dying to go to school like "Aubie" so I signed her up for a Mommy and Me class that meets one day a week. The class is like getting to be a fly on the wall at a Mother's Day Out program. The kids are learning how to behave in a "classroom" setting, while all the moms are within reach in case separation anxiety strikes. It's so cute to watch the kids interact, and at the same time I am always convinced I could NEVER be a preschool teacher.
Mina asks me every single day, "Mina class?!"
She is the first one in the door and introduces herself, "Mina! From China!", scurries to hang up her backpack, washes her hands, finds her Mina "Mitten" to place in the basket signifying she's present, and then she's off to do some important preschool work.
Basically, she's the cutest thing ever.
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I've always been impressed with Mina's ability to focus.
School is serious business for this girl.
One little boy in her class is always trying to get her to play.
This scene unfolded the other day: he nudged his chair over to her, leaned over to check out her work, and finally worked up the courage to ask, "Mina play?" to which she responded, "No, I'm fine. Busy."
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I took Aubrey ice skating a couple weeks ago and decided she was / is the most adorable ice skater ever.
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I don't think I had been ice skating since Middle School, so we both about busted it when our blades hit the ice. Aubrey said, "It's so slippery! Who even came up with this idea?!"
After clinging to the rink wall for dear life, we started to get the hang of it by the third lap.
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Then she wanted me to take a video to send him, which didn't go quite as planned...
She is so awesome.
Gosh, I love her.
Sunshine
The other day the temperature warmed up to 47 degrees. A few more degrees and the girls would have asked to get the inflatable pool out. It felt SO warm compared to the tundra we've been living in since, well...I can't remember. I do recall our pumpkins having snow on them well before Halloween, so yeah. It's been awhile!
I think Mina was in a slight state of shock at first...
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But it didn't take long for that smile to defrost...
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Ahhhh...SUNSHINE!!!
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Mina has been dying to go to school like "Aubie" so I signed her up for a Mommy and Me class that meets one day a week. The class is like getting to be a fly on the wall at a Mother's Day Out program. The kids are learning how to behave in a "classroom" setting, while all the moms are within reach in case separation anxiety strikes. It's so cute to watch the kids interact, and at the same time I am always convinced I could NEVER be a preschool teacher.
Mina asks me every single day, "Mina class?!"
She is the first one in the door and introduces herself, "Mina! From China!", scurries to hang up her backpack, washes her hands, finds her Mina "Mitten" to place in the basket signifying she's present, and then she's off to do some important preschool work.
Basically, she's the cutest thing ever.
School is serious business for this girl.
One little boy in her class is always trying to get her to play.
This scene unfolded the other day: he nudged his chair over to her, leaned over to check out her work, and finally worked up the courage to ask, "Mina play?" to which she responded, "No, I'm fine. Busy."
I predict she'll be a brilliant heart-breaker one day.
SkatingI took Aubrey ice skating a couple weeks ago and decided she was / is the most adorable ice skater ever.
After clinging to the rink wall for dear life, we started to get the hang of it by the third lap.
This is the pose she struck when I suggested, "Lets take your picture to send Dad." after he texted me to see how it was going.
(The boy talking in the video was calling for a friend named "Temere".
He wasn't saying, "Come here" to Aubrey -- just to clarify in case that was confusing. ;))
I was hesitant to post that video of her falling, but I love her resilience afterward.
"That was a little tumble!"
She is so awesome.
Gosh, I love her.
Sunshine
The other day the temperature warmed up to 47 degrees. A few more degrees and the girls would have asked to get the inflatable pool out. It felt SO warm compared to the tundra we've been living in since, well...I can't remember. I do recall our pumpkins having snow on them well before Halloween, so yeah. It's been awhile!
I think Mina was in a slight state of shock at first...
But it didn't take long for that smile to defrost...
Ahhhh...SUNSHINE!!!
