Advanced birthday celebration at ChangHau 預祝生日快樂！

Next Thursday Angela will be 2 years old, and an advanced celebration of her birthday was held at ChangHau Grandparents' house this weekend. Aunties and cousins came over to celebrated with Angela, Mommy and Grangparents after dinner.

Grandma picked up a tasty fruit cake for Angela.

When the candle was lit, Angela sang "Happy Birthday" song with family and relatives. She looked so happy and clapped her hands after singing.
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Thereafter, Angela cut the cake with Grandma's help and shared it with everyone.

Here are some birthday gifts that Angela got from Grandparents, Auntie, Ho-Ya and Mommy.

Hello! Jerry. 你好，Jerry！

這個週六早上，Angela好不容易有空又可以到圖書館去聽故事了。這一天Angela和Mommy很高興能遇到Jerry和Jerry的媽媽。Jerry比Angela 大兩歲，之前和Angela常常在說故事的活動中碰面，Angela 剛開始參加聽故事活動的時候，因為坐不住，常常在圖書館亂跑，Jerry有時候會去把她牽回來給Mommy，後來兩人比較熟了，就常常會在活動結束後追來追去玩起來。Angela之所以喜歡去圖書館的原因之一也是因為可以和Jerry哥哥玩。上學後，Angela因為感冒，又長針眼已經有一個多月沒有參加圖書館的ABC說故事活動，因此也有一段時間沒有看到Jerry了。雖然Angela偶爾也會唸起Jerry的名字，但似乎印象已經有些模糊。今天Angela剛看到Jerry時，還有點害羞不太敢正視他和他握手。


老師很高興看到Jerry和Angela又一同出現在圖書館，兩個小朋友看起來都長高了，也變得比較成熟，老師也發現Angela的語言表達有明顯的進步。Mommy相信上學，讓Angela有更多練習語言表達的機會是最主要的原因。

At school playground. 在學校操場玩玩！

Angela had a play at school playground when Mommy picked her up after class the other day. She first ran straight to the swing set and played on it.


Angela was in such a high spirit that she tried to engage in unsafe behaviors for playing on it. Look, she even placed her tummy on the swing set instead of sitting on it. While allowing Angela to continue to play and to have fun to her desire heart, Mommy kept saying "Be careful!" and kept an eye on her to prevent from any injures.

Daddy also was worried about Angela's seriously dangerous behavior when seeing the video. However, Angela was so happy to play around and enjoyed exercise.


Thereafter, Angela went on the stage where she jumped, sang and danced.

Hello grandauntie and granduncle! 舅婆舅公好！

This week grandauntie Ching and granduncle Kwan came to visit grand grandpa and met up with Angela. It has been a year since Angela saw grandauntie and granduncle last time and Angela could not recognize their face when she saw them. Partly because Angela was sleepy at the time, she was shy to say hello to grandauntie and granduncle. Angela even cried and hid behind Mommy when grandauntie greeted and talked to her.

Before long, Angela showed interests in the prestzel packs and a box of scented dry leafs that grandauntie brought from the States.

She then gradually started to be active and talked few words. Grandauntie gave Angela a hug and Mommy took a picture of them.

Happy Halloween 萬聖節

Angela joined a Halloween activity for kids nearby the shopping area of Taipei Main Station last Saturday. Before that, Angela's preschool English teacher had talked about trick-or-treat in class, so she was quite looking forward to the event.
The area was decorated by common Halloween imagery such as pumpkin lanterns, themes of death, witches, ghosts, etc.Unaffected by the gloomy weather, this event attracted lots of kids and toddler to have fun and to get free gifts.




Angela bumped into one of her preschool classmates, EuiShuan.




Many kids dressed in costume wigs, character masks. cloak and hats to make their Halloween costumes stand out. But, Mommy preferred Angela to be a sweet, cute bug in the ladybug costume.









The Halloween program included a series of interactive activities, storytelling, trick-or-treating, and a costume contest. Angela went for a DIY activity and used straws to make a dinosaur, as shown in the picture.

Angela got a lot of toys provided by sponsor, MacDonald and a scarf and a pair of gloves. Cool.

During story time, Angela was sitting with kids to listened to the storytellers and watched their performance. She also paid attention to the conversation between storytellers and other kids.

Attending a wedding banque 參加喜宴

Angela週六中午陪Mommy參加弘敏阿姨的結婚喜宴。弘敏阿姨和Mommy曾經是同事，Angela出生不久，還送了一套粉色的洋裝給Angela，祝福Angela健康長大。

Angela很期待參加這個的活動。喜宴當天氣候暖和，Angela身上正穿著弘敏阿姨送的小洋裝。在喜宴開始前，Angela和Mommy先去看新娘子並合影留念。
雖然這是Angela第二次參加喜宴，但確是第一次近靠穿著白紗的新娘子。在小小Angela的眼中，新娘子的特殊裝扮，與一般人不同，讓新娘子近身與她照相，心中又是興奮又是緊張。雖然也想給弘敏阿姨抱抱，可是還是會害羞得往Mommy身上靠。


Angela 當天觀看著弘敏阿姨的爸爸牽弘敏阿姨進入喜宴會場，印像極為深刻。事後，還會常常念起「新娘子要來了！」

Double-Tenth National Day 國慶日

On the national day, Angela and Mommy went to see public parade nearby the presidential hall. The parade drawed a huge crowd to gather at Jen-Ai Road in the afternoon.

There were various characters bolloons. band performances, dance and people in the parade.

Angela watched happily and waved her little hands and said hello to them. However, because these characters were so big that Angela was afraid of shaking hands with them.

In the evening, Angela, Mommy, Grandma and Uncle watched beautiful fireworks displays, which is one of the most excited events on the national day. For an hour, the fireworks turned the night sky into a dazzling explosion of color, a perfect final hurrah for the nation's birthday party.

長針眼 Sty

Angela在星期五左眼突然眼睛有點紅腫，原本Mommy以為是因為Angela身體不舒服，又愛哭造成的。可是到了星期六，Angela 左眼眼睛的紅腫不但沒有退，連右眼也出現一粒，有腫脹的情形。於是Mommy帶著Angela 到醫院就跈，才確定小恩恩的眼睛紅腫是因為長了針眼。

醫生說最近氣候轉變，小朋友容易感冒，也容易火氣大，因此比較容易長針眼，醫生囑咐小恩恩要避免油炸躁熱的食物，並為小恩恩的眼睛塗抹藥膏，醫生開了藥膏給小恩恩，要Mommy每天為小恩恩塗抹2次，直到眼睛不再紅腫。
希望Angela的眼睛能快好起來，不致紅腫化膿。

後記：Angela因為強力抵抗，Mommy無法按時為她塗抹藥膏，以致眼睛持續紅腫，一星期後，右眼化膿流血，左眼雖然紅腫沒有右眼嚴重紅腫，但還是有輕微化膿流血，經過了3個星期才逐漸復元。

校外教學 Preschool excursion

Angela 今天參加班上的校外教學，地點是位於淡台北捷運淡水線水復興岡站的台北捷運逃生體驗營。活動內容包括：認識捷運、學習防災知識、模擬逃生體驗，最後的結束活動是在捷運的北投會館的兒童遊樂場玩耍。


Mommy和Anglea早上8:30到校，老師點完名，小朋友就開始整隊，兩個兩個手牽手準備出發。小朋友步行到中山捷運站 ，搭程淡水線到復興岡站下車。





這是Angela第一次和同學校外郊學，一出校門在路上就很興奮，一直想要脫隊落跑，上了捷運Mommy要Angela像姐姐一樣坐好照像，Angela卻很不自在，面有難色。


到站下車，同學們跟著老師上天橋前往目的地，Angela在天橋上很認真得看著經過的捷運。到了學習營模擬逃生體驗時，Angela 在老師的協助下，學習如何用手轉動開關，讓捷運的門可以在沒有電的情形下打開，以及有火災的時候，如何使用滅火器、打開逃生門窗及墜道中的躱避常識。 小恩恩雖然不見得每個都聽得懂，但是跟著大家一起學習體驗，也玩得不奕樂呼。




離開前，老師發給每個小朋友一個捷運車箱的小模型，小恩恩高興得愛不釋手，還一直唸著MRT。

First time to pee in the potty 第一次使用小馬桶

今天小恩恩第一次主動坐上她的小馬桶成功地撒了尿。為了鼓勵她的進步，Mommy和外婆都鼓掌歡呼，並熱烈地給小恩恩一個大的擁抱。


話說這個小馬桶是Mommy 今年4月的時候買的，小恩恩看到時覺得很好奇，經常站立在上面玩或是打開蓋子腳踩在裡頭蹲著玩。Mommy和外婆曾經嘗試要訓練她如厠的計畫一直沒有成功，每次要小恩恩坐上去，不到3秒鐘，一下就起身跑走。就這樣小馬桶放了將近半年，只能算是小恩恩的玩具。

這幾天或許是到學校的關係，小恩恩似乎有意願學習班上的同學上厠所的樣子了，希望小恩恩能愈來愈進步，早日向尿布說Bye-bye。

First Day at Preschool 開學第一日

It was Angela's first day to go to preschool. On her way to school, Angela was so excited, but when Grandma said goodbye to her, Angela showed sign of separation anxiety and cried aloud in the classroom. Miss Chen, one of the two teachers, came to carry Angela and conformed her for nearly half an hour to stop her crying.

Normally, a full-day preschool program is from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. However, since Angela is under the age of 2, long school hours may become too much burden on her and may not good for her development. So, Mommy reconsidered the program and decided to let Angela attend half-day preschool.

The first half of Friday's program schedules 50-minute English listening, chanting and singing , 15-miniute break, 50-miniute walking and outdoor activities, 30-minute educational theme teaching and 40-miniute lunch time. The teachers also help young toddlers with potty training and self-care skills.

This evening when Mommy was home, Angela eagerly showed me her new books and CDs from school. Mommy played one of the CDs "Go to School", and Angela watched, sang and danced happily. Mommy hopes that Angela enjoys preschool programs, which stimulate growth and development, and gradually learns gross and fine motor skills, emotional and social skills, and intellectual skills.

Yesterday Angela got her school uniform and school bag with eating utensils. When Mommy help her try on her pinafore, Angela seemed so happy. She also was eager to looked inside her bag.

Sunset at DanShuei 淡水的夕陽

小恩恩和Daddy、Mommy這個週末下午和雅雅與三姑姑相約到淡水踩馬路逛街，並觀賞淡水的夕陽。

這個週末是個秋高氣爽的好天氣，淡水老街充滿了遊客。

沿途的店家很多都是賣兒童的藝品與玩具，小恩恩和雅雅姐姐看得目不暇給。小恩恩和雅雅姐姐在一家拉麵館前的展飾模型玩得很開心。 雅雅姐姐還請三姑姑買了一個Deigo的氣球，當作是今天遊淡水的戰利品。

看完了夕陽，小恩恩和雅雅一同到天母Sogo用晚餐，在等候進餐廳前，兩人在Sogo兒童遊樂區玩跳跳馬，十分快樂。