Disney on Ice : Disneyland Adventure

We watched Disney on Ice early yesterday afternoon. It was Griffin's second time to watch while it was Hailey's first time. At the beginning , the National Anthem was played and Griffin stood up and even put his right hand on his chest. Griffin seemed to enjoy it more this time than when he watched it in 2008. He clapped and shouted and participated when the characters asked for audience participation. On the way home, he said that he liked the show. On the other hand, Hailey slept through the first half and watched the show for quite a long time before she fussed. She was relatively good as she did not cry during the whole show. Of course, we got some souvenir items which were so expensive. It was a good thing Griffin was feeling much better already and his cold sores were almost gone or else he wouldn't have enjoyed the show and he would not have been able to eat pop corn and cotton candy. My poor little boy, he suffered from so many cold sores in his mouth and he could not eat for 4 days. It is a lesson for him to stop putting his fingers in his mouth and to always wash his hands. We told him to stop eating his fingers if he does not want to suffer from cold sores again.

Hailey is 7 months old

Hailey at 7 months is still vary attached to me. She does not like anyone else to carry her except me. When she is on her walker and sees me walking away from her she starts to cry. She is also starting to crawl. Although not very well yet, she can easily and quickly move around the bed. I just tried feeding her Gerber (squash) today and she really loved it. I tried to feed her homemade baby food but she could not eat it properly because I just found out that I should have made the consistency more watery like that of Gerber. When she sees us eating or drinking, she also wants to eat or drink. She knows how to make a sound telling you she wants something she sees. She starts laughing with sound now although still not that often. She also loves commercials specially Selecta 3 in 1 plus 1. I have a video of this commercial in my iPhone so when she is crying I play the video and she stops. She still has no teeth as of today. I wonder when her first tooth would come out.

Learning Filipino

As I have mentioned before, it is my greatest worry that Griffin would not learn to speak Filipino before he enters Prep. My worries are slowly disappearing as he is learning the language slowly. He can now understand more words and can even say simple sentences in Filipino. He also gets practice while playing with Ran Ran and Em Em. He told me he said, " akyat na" when he was done playing with Ran Ran and he was ready to go upstairs. He also said, "opo, sira" when he was agreeing with Ran Ran that something was broken. It also helped that the song they sang for their Christmas program was also in Filipino. He has also learned new words because of the song.

Yesterday, he was at the playground in Timezone playing with a little girl who spoke to him in Filipino. Whereas before, he would speak English to his playmate, this time, he spoke in Filipino despite his limited vocabulary. Here is a sample of how he spoke to the girl:

Girl: Dito na tayo!
Griffin: Opo.
Girl: Color tayo!
Griffin: Exercise tayo!
After going on the treadmill...
Griffin: Play na tayo! ( proceeding to go up the play structure)

Some of the other things he can say...
Ligo na tayo!
Nanay, laro na tayo!
Ano pangalan mo? ( although he would say it as "ano palangan mo?" sometimes.

Willie asked him some questions which he was able to answer.
Willie: Sino tatay mo?
Griffin: Ikaw
Willie: Sino nanay mo?
Griffin: Siya (pointing at me)
Willie: Sino kapatid mo?
Griffin: Ano kapatid?
Willie: Brother or sister
Griffin: Si Hailey

He has learned so fast that's why I'm no longer worried that he would not learn Filipino.

Chinese watcher

Griffin is one of the students selected to be in the Chinese dance for Chinese New Year this coming February. He had his last practice for the year last Thursday. Their dance practice will resume next year and will be from Monday to Friday. I asked him yesterday, if his other classmates are not Chinese dancers, what are they? Are they Chinese singers? He said, "No, they are Chinese watchers. They only watch".