K.I.D.S. Family Day

K.I.D.S. had their Family Day at the Fun Farm in Sta. Elena, Sta. Rosa, Laguna. Willie was not able to come with us because of the seminar he had in the office. It was only Griffin, my mom and I who went.

We arrived at the Fun Farm at around 9:10 am. Griffin joined his classmates Enzo and Colin and they tried fishing. He wasn't able to catch any fish though. After fishing, Griffin rode on a cart pulled by a carabao then he went horseback riding. He told me it was both fun.

This is actually Griffin's first outing. He's never been to a summer outing. He's never even been to a beach. Griffin enjoyed the other activities like boating, climbing on the ropes, playing on the swing and going up and down the tree house. He also tried feeding the rabbits and guinea pigs although he didn't like holding the carrot while the animals were munching on it.

There were a lot of games for the family, I wasn't able to join any because of my big tummy. Griffin had so much fun. He even told me that that's why it's called the Fun Farm because you have fun there.

Fishing with Colin

Valentine's Day

We had our Valentine's Day lunch at TGI Friday's last Saturday.

This photo was taken before we left for Glorietta.

Active baby

Baby #2 is a very active baby. She moves around in my tummy so often. When I was pregnant with Griffin he was not this active. It seems that this baby loves to move her arms and legs. Even during the congenital scan, the doctor mentioned that the baby kept on moving. I wonder if she's going to be this active when she comes out of my tummy.

It seems like I've been gaining a pound a day these past few days. I'm not as big as I was when I was pregnant with Griffin but I hope I don't keep on gaining weight.

Baby #2 is .....

a GIRL! I had my congenital scan last Saturday. Results of the ultrasound were normal and it is now confirmed that the baby in my tummy is a girl. As of now, I'm leaning towards the name Hailey although I'm still thinking of a second name. My mom, brought out and washed the baby girl clothes she bought 4 years ago when I was still pregnant with Griffin. We also looked through Griffin's old baby clothes and got the yellow colored ones which the baby could use.

Narrative Report : February 2 to February 6, 2009

Narrative Report
Period Covered: February 2 to February 6, 2009
By Teacher Cristy

Except for the tantrum he threw last monday when his seatmate Maddie accidentally hit his hand while he was doing his dot to dot activity, Griffin was in a positive disposition during most of the week.

When asked to draw God's creation, he drew his family. And as we talked about God's love and Jesus on the cross, he referred to our crucifix as Papa Jesus and kissed it as we passed it around. When he made a doorknob hanger with a sign "Jesus is watching over me" on one side and "do not disturb" on the other side, he asked what "the do not disturb" side is for. At first, he only decorated his hanger with a few cut-outs but when he saw the others full of cut-outs, he asked if he could add more pieces to his work.

He did very, very well (as usual) during worktime and just told his friends to wait for him when the worksheets involved writing letters (which he is still not very comfortable with). During one exercise where there was a picture of a hut and he has to fill in the missing letter _ut, he couldn't figure it out. When I told him it was a hut, he quickly wrote "h" and then asked what a hut is, I tolod him it's a small house. "I don't live in a hut", he was quick to say. :)

During one group hug, which we sometimes do at the end of classtime, he got hugged a bit tighter than usual and cried. He stopped crying only after several prompts. After that though, he went on to join us for our final song, as if nothing happened.

Infected tooth

We went to Griffin's dentist last Friday, supposedly for fillings on his canine tooth. Unfortunately, the dentist said, there is infection on the tooth so fillings are not possible. He has to either extract the tooth or perform a root canal. However, he wants clearance from Griffin's pedia before doing any action. We went to Griffin's pedia yesterday to ask for clearance but he says he doesn't give clearance unless the procedure is to be done in a hospital. He just prescribed antibiotics. Hopefully, the antibiotics would get rid of the infection.

Narrative Report : January 19 to January 23, 2009/January 26 to January 30, 2009

Narrative Report
Period Covered:January 19 to January 23/January 26 to January 30, 2009
By Teacher Cristy

We missed Griffin for several days of weeks 30 and 31 but are somehow glad he was able to join us for our special activities, i.e., pajama day and field trip. Science is something he seems to show a lot of interest in. He was very curious about our little experiment on simulating a volcanic eruption. He was likewise attentive when we watched a video about the solar system, and had a thing or two to say about the planets in space. He really is still a little boy as he initially went in front of our big screen and jumped up and down while playing with his shadow. :)

Because he had to answer extra worksheets, his worktime was longer than the others. "Why am I taking so long"?, he asked, but went on to answer his math and phonics worksheets without difficulty. There were just times though when perhaps because he wasn't feeling very well, he was easily agitated and became irritable with his colds dripping from his nose. He would need extra prompts for work time, especially when it involved a lot of writing. Sometimes he would say he's sleepy. When given time to rest a while, he goes on to work after. He often felt better after snack time.

He missed our lesson about the planets but when he saw our chart with the planets arranged from their proximity to the sun, he read all of them by himself, only needing a little help with uranus. :)

Narrative Report : January 12 to January 16, 2009

Narrative Report
Period Covered: January 12 to 16, 2009
By Teacher Cristy

Griffin's initial comment when we started to talk about our latest theme, EARTH, was about aliens coming to invade it. :) He was quick to identify land and water forms like oceans and mountains and volcanoes as we looked at various pictures, and when we talked about the need to take care of the earth and keep it clean, he said "I always pack away my toys."

Decoding our clean up slogan required patience as it took longer than our usual activities to complete. Griffin needed some extra prompts to finish his work, which he eventually did at almost the same time as the others.

He was very cooperative when asked to do extra activities to improve his penmanship, he answered 2-3 pages at a time of the writing book - so far, so good. :)

During our cloud gazing activity, he was the first to form an image with the clouds, saying " I can see power rangers"! And when we had an activity about clean vs dirty water, and talked about fish dying if the ocean is dirty, he said, "the water in my aquarium is dirty but my fish is still alive". He also said that the glass of his aquarium broke.

When asked if mommy is pregnant, he first answered " I think so". The next day though, after mommy brought him to school, he said "my mommy was wearing that blue dress when I was still in her tummy". :)

Griffin's Colds

Griffin's colds just started again just when I thought his colds were going away. I wonder what's wrong with him. It seems that everytime he's getting better, he gets colds again. It might be allergy since this has been going on for 4 weeks already. My poor baby, I hope his colds go away for good. I don't want him to miss school anymore since they only have a few weeks left before summer vacation.

Handwriting Improvement

I see a lot of improvement in Griffin's handwriting. His lowercase a's look really well formed compared to a few days ago. I think he's just kind of lazy when it comes to writing so he really needs to practice. Hoping he would get better and better before he goes to big school this coming June.

Sand Play at R.O.X.

We went to Bonifacio High Street last Saturday at Griffin's request. He actually suddenly told me that he wanted to go to that place with the sand box and the ball catching toy. When we arrived at R.O.X., the place was arranged differently from wheh we last saw it last year. The toys and sand box used to be on the ground floor. We went up to the the second floor then finally to the third floor where I saw the toys. I tought what he really wanted was to look at the toys but he was actually looking for the sand box, which fortunately they still had. It was even bigger and had wall and rock climbing too. Griffin had a lot of fun here, he played for about an hour until he got thirsty so I told him we would get something to drink outside.

Preggy Belly

Here is my bulge at 5 months. Griffin loves my tummy. I asked him if my tummy was not big anymore would he still like it and he said, "no". I told him why doesn't he like to do what he does to my tummy, to his daddy and ama's tummy and he said, " Daddy's tummy is sweaty and Ama's tummy is yucky". I asked him why Ama's tummy is yucky and he said, "because it's old already".

Field Trip: Science Entertainment Center

Last January 28, Griffin had their field trip at the Science Entertainment Center in the Boom na Boom Complex. We saw how they dub the cartoons and how they do special effects like showing the kids on a flying carpet. After, they were allowed to look around and try out some science displays.

Bad Cough

I've been coughing really badly this past week. My body is aching from coughing so much. I usually sleep sitting down because once I lie down, I cough. A few nights ago, I was sitting on the bed leaning on the wall, while griffin as on the other side of the bed. Griffin told me, "Mommy, be beside me". I asked him why. He said, "So that it will be easier to kiss and hug you".

I'm not getting any better. Just last night, I was coughing and I think I pulled a muscle on the left side of my torso. It is so painful that I try not to cough because of the pain. I'm going to the doctor today but I don't think there's anything she can do about the pain. Maybe she can give me something for my week old cough.

Griffin has also beeen sick with colds and cough these past few weeks and at times has a slight fever. He's better now, but I hope his cough and colds would go away for good.