昨天陪一一去看医生，小人儿流鼻涕，揉鼻子，晚上睡不安稳，咳嗽打喷嚏，所以这几天半夜我总是起来三四次看她被子是否踢翻。昨晚干脆重新搬进她的房间，在她床边的地铺上睡觉了。

小人儿昨天看医生，头一回没有哭，非常配合医生，让医生阿姨检查耳朵，鼻子和嘴巴，还有测体温。虽然有些紧张，但是好像是因为她能听懂妈妈和医生对她说的话，心里有底了，所以就不会像原先那样害怕地大哭了。将要离开诊所的时候，一一还对医生阿姨说，“阿姨byebye".

早晨妈妈带一一去图书馆，一一到图书馆总是去拼图，对满屋子的书的兴趣远没有对拼图的兴趣大，所有的拼图里面最爱的是字母拼图，看到每个字母都兴致盎然地大声朗读，妈妈不停地提醒她小声点，小声点。下午，妈妈带一一去附近的儿童乐园玩，还没到，一一就问妈妈“姐姐”（因为上次有个比她大几个月的小姑娘和她一起玩，所以她一直记得这个姐姐）。可惜，昨天没有其他小孩在玩，一一玩得有些孤单，不过还是玩了十几次滑滑梯，四五次秋天，骑车，骑马，骑海豚，玩了一个遍，然后自己对妈妈说“回家”。离开儿童乐园的时候，还一边挥手一边说“byebye 滑滑梯“，”byebye 秋千“。

这些天忙这忙那，忘了给一一誊录选摘她幼儿园的日志。

3/11/2010

All day long, Clare was saying "Mommy, Daddy, I love you" (I'm sad because there is no "Magit, I love you")!

Outside, she was so cute pushing a popcorn push toy, next to Sean who was pushing a truck all around the yeard, and they were both laughing.

Yesterday when she woke up, I gave her a book to look at it, and she did the same thing, she pushed it under her cot laughing!


3/12/2010

Clare had a very good day, she was happy and cheerful all day long, even when she was trying to jump of the Bear Block, and fell! She continued jumping, and I didn't want to discourage her (because this is the way she learns), so I stayed next to her just telling her to be careful and watch!

She sat on the rug right in front of Ms. Debbie, enjoying the singing, clapping, and shouting "Hurray!"


3/15/2010

She heard me reading a book to Ethan and she came pointing to my lap. I picked her up and put her on my lap next to Ethan to read the book to them.

She stacked the Balancing Bugs, she stacked 3 of them in a pile, then another 3 in another pile. Then she looked at them, and put them on top of each other looking at me and clapping. I told her "Good job, Clare. I am so proud of you!"

We played in the Rumble Jumble, and she sat on the rocking horse saying "Rock, Rock, Rock".

风雨交加的周六，因为要给爸爸的车维修，全家顶着大风大雨地在外面跑，可能因为这个，小人儿着凉了。在等爸爸的车维修的时候，我们到shopping mall玩了一圈，小朋友还真不少。



妈妈最近作的一些菜一并加上。（蛋挞，宫保虾球，黄瓜凉拌粉条，洋葱煎三文鱼，什锦炒面，排骨汤，清炒藕丝）

一一开始挑食了，这个要吃，那个不要，不要的一定要从她的餐桌上拿走，不拿走绝对是眼中钉，着急了就往地上丢。不过有的时候，今天不要的，明天吃的蛮好，今天吃得好好的，明天碰都不碰。完全是随着当时的心情决定，毫无理由可言。可是，小人儿还能“头头是道”地和你“讲理”，为什么自己不吃，她会非常认真激动地指指盘子，又指指碗，再指指杯子，振振有词地说上一大堆，可是爸爸妈妈除了几个食品的名字勉强能听懂之外，其余一个字也不懂。唉，和这个小人儿如何讲道理辩论啊？

疾风劲雨，午睡后，一边读书，一边听媛媛推荐的歌jardin d'hiver，后来又找到这首End of May，不同语言的演绎，但都很美，女人的美。听着那旋律，即使不懂歌词，感觉心里的自己闭上眼睛沉浸在乐曲里随着缓慢优美的旋律慢慢摆动。

有点像这个评论者说的：“this is such a feminine piece of music, performance, perspective, playfullness, love, all the things the world needs...”

。。。“谢谢你的时间”，因为时间是我们这个时代最宝贵、最不可替代的资源。只有时间，我们租不到、借不到，也买不到。

。。。别听那些花言巧语，男人是否爱自己的女人，父母是否关心自己的孩子，子女是否孝敬父母，熟人是否把你当朋友，唯一可衡量的标准就是他是否愿意因此付出时间。通常情况下有些人试图用钱来衡量，但每个人所拥有或者可支配的钱差别太大，大多数情况下你也无法判定他愿意给你付出的钱占他实际拥有的百分比。但所有的人都拥有相同的时间——一天24小时，他对时间的分配，决定了他对人生重要性各种元素的价值判断。

This morning, I read the following news and want to mark down some quotes and add some personal comments.

《Questions about research slow climate change efforts 》
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2010-03-10-warming_N.htm

Knowledge and interest are sometimes conflicting. People are not rarely doing what they know is not correct, but what is for their best current interest.

With limited science knowledge and lack of thorough research of climate change, I am not sure whether human activities produce the major core force in global warming. However, the thing for sure I know is the environmental damage caused by ignorant and irresponsible human activities, and short-sighted development driven by economic interest. Environment needs protection, economy and industry need to change and they have the capability to improve. Polluted environment have already caused a lot of damages to our health and society and will have serious impact on our children.


《English Sets High Hurdles to Learning ABCs》
http://news.discovery.com/human/english-language-reading.html

“Parents should try to devote at least 20 minutes of reading interaction to their children three times a week.”

"It's not only purchasing the book and perhaps reading to the child, and the child having a passive role in this interaction," said George Georgiou, an educational psychologist at the University of Alberta who contributed to the study. "It should be very active. You should be asking questions to your child: Would you change the title of the book? What do you think about the character names? What about the events of the story?"

"I think it's more the physical presence of the parents and the natural interaction with them that makes the difference," Georgiou said.

Reflecting upon this article, I realize that I am not doing very well in the “active interaction” part. Sometimes I merely keep the physical presence with YiYi without much interaction with her.


《Educated and Fearing the Future in China》
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/educated-and-fearing-the-future-in-china/

Some warning and stunning figures:
“This year, more than 6.3 million graduates will enter the job market, up from one million in 1999.”

“less than 8 percent of the Chinese population are college-educated compared with more than one in four in the U.S.”

“In 2007, the job openings for new graduates fell by some 22 percent compared with 2006, according China’s National Development and Reform Commission.”

“the urban unemployment rate for college graduates increased from 6.3 percent in 2000 to 11.9 percent in 2005”

However, some debaters are too extreme, like the one quoted below. This may apply to some students from certain period. (I may be one of the examples.) However, I have seen many Chinese students with great innovation skills, entrepreneurship spirit, independent thoughts, etc. The education system and culture in the U.S. has its own problem as well and far from perfect. Undeniably, the education system in China has a lot of space for improvement and change. However, denying it entirely is improper and running away from its root to the extreme is dangerous of losing itself completely. What I feel is that some Chinese scholars are expert in finding problems in Chinese system, since they are familiar with the source of problem, etc. But things usually have two-sides or even more. There are some good points existing in the system as well. Besides, the task of analyzing and discovering the problem is easy, the one of finding the solution, acting upon it and contributing to its improvement is more important and tougher. For these people in China who are working hard and struggling hard to improve the system, they are respectable and they need warm-hearted praise, constructive advices and guidance, instead of destructive criticism.

“The Chinese educational system is terrible at producing workers with innovative skills for Chinese economy. It produces people who memorize existing facts rather than discovering new facts; who fish for existing solutions rather than coming up with new ones; who execute orders rather than inventing new ways of doing things. In other words they do not solve problems for their employers.”

On the other side, some outside observers and commentators did have some objective and concrete findings, provide some good suggestions and send their good wish and hope based on their reorganization of the relationship between the current issues and the long-run development process:

“The only long-term solution, in my view, is to change parental expectations. Not everyone is destined to be a successful professional or government official, and students will need to be filtered at an earlier age to vocational training, similar to the educational system in Germany.” (I agree with him except of the word “only” J)

“But parents need to accept that working with hands can be just as socially valuable as working with the mind.”

(To accomplish that, the salary gap between different jobs should not be unreasonable large, like the one in the states and China now. Otherwise, it is hard to convince.)

“If a student makes a high enough score on the university entrance examination, he or she may be able to not only select the university of their choice, but also the major (discipline) of their choice. Those with lesser grades may end up at bottom-tier universities majoring in a discipline in which they have no interest. I have met young people who were assigned a major in a foreign language when language was of no interest to them. It was either that or no university education (degree) at all.

Consequently, many students make the decision to attend a top-tier university (if their test scores allow) and accept a major (discipline) in which they have no interest. They know that, due to their university ranking, future employers will recognize their intelligence and may very will provide them On The Job training in their discipline of interest.

I have other friends who were smart enough to select both their university and their major (which makes them pretty smart indeed) who now heartily dislike what their jobs. Going back to university to get, say, a teaching degree is not generally possible.

As these commentators explain, China has grave problems, both social and educational. However, I wouldn't count China out because of them. My best guess is that the university-education problem is a fairly short-term situation that will be solved over the next decade or so.”

(As my friend maotouzi mentioned in her recent email, many young people she met in CA know what they want to do, although they have lost or failed before. A good education and social system is to encourage people to search for what they truly want to do. Since the path for each one may be short or long, the system should provide some protection to ensure that even if the initial search is incorrect, people can still have second-chance to change and eventually work on something they can put their heart in through their life if they work hard to pursue.)


《Attacking Lawyers From the Right and Left》
http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/attacking-lawyers-from-the-right-and-left/#more-32651

I respect the following comments because they reason from understanding and justice.

“Litigation unearths facts and tests the wisdom of legal rules. The information and rulings it produces can expose factual errors or bad laws. Because litigation happens in public, it educates us and enables the law to grow.”

“Sadly, people are sometimes quick to criticize lawyers because of the identity of their clients. These critics may not understand the role lawyers play in our constitutional democracy. Or, far worse, they do understand yet act for their own ideological advantage. Their criticism is not only wrong, it is dangerous. It subverts the rule of law.”

“Fortunately, as we now see, when lawyers are attacked for fulfilling the promise that enables us to enjoy the rule of law, other lawyers, from across the political spectrum, rush to their defense. That is the profession at its finest. This response is our best protection against the ignorance or opportunism of the critics.”

“If our counter-terrorism detention and prosecution policy is going to succeed in the long-term, it will be in part because of advocacy for the rights of terrorism suspects and adherence to constitutional and international legal standards, not despite it. For example, to promote cooperation from our international allies and partners — law enforcement, detention policy and other forms of cooperation — the legal processes involved must be viewed as legitimate.

Zealous legal representation is critical to that legitimacy. Portraying legal advocacy for detainees as contrary to national security interests is short-sighted and a one-dimensional perspective of a complex set of issues, viewing law as a constraint on American power rather than often a source of it.”

“I may disagree with their legal position as I disagree with their moral self-indulgence, but the representation was itself an objectively good thing.”

一一现在常挂在嘴边的就是“不要”，而且无论是开心逗你玩，还是害怕，不满，发脾气，都是一连串的“不要”。

昨天回家，见到妈妈，笑盈盈的小脸，一开口便是“不要”，然后还变本加厉说“不要，不要妈妈”，一边说，一边眼神里带着逗你玩的神情。一连串的“不要”说完之后，好像是过了把瘾，马上乐呵呵地扑向妈妈的怀抱。

晚上，妈妈给一一看刚从图书馆借的儿童DVD“Barney”，看了不久，一一开始焦急紧张的说“不要”，一边说，一边开始哭，流泪，还不要爸爸妈妈安慰，使劲往地上躺。后来还是爸爸理解女儿，是一一对新的DVD陌生，害怕。于是妈妈换成了一一看的最多最喜欢的”Leap Frog – Letter Factory”，一一才又一切恢复正常，专心认真地看，一边看还一边配合故事里的情节，挥手，说话。这个DVD少说已经看了几十遍了。”terrible twos”的小人儿，比较难接受新事物了，他们喜欢他们熟悉的东西，DVD, 音乐，生活规律等等，这给他们带来安全感，和自我控制的成就感。

最近幼儿园老师的报告选摘：

3/9/2010
Now Clare is screaming a lot instead of using her words, when a child is trying to take her toy (I always encourage her to use her words).

(It is a good warning to us and we work hard to do the same at home as well. It is tough sometimes especially when she is very anxious and upset. However, we will keep working on it.)

I sat next to her to do a puzzle, and I was asking her what was the piece she was putting on the board, she told me all of them: bear, car, telephone, airplane, tree, flower, house, cup, but when she was holding the elephant and the cat, she was making their sounds, so I told her “cat”, and she repeated it, the “elephant”, and she said it.

(The teacher may add a few more words than Clare really can, unless she can say it in daycare, but not at home, e.g. telephone, airplane, elephant.)

3/10/2010
Clare is happy singing all morning. She was sitting down with her friends at the table doing puzzle, and she heard me telling Olivia “This is a rooster”. So she said “Cock a doodle doo”.  She finished 2 hard puzzles fast and watched her friends still working at theirs. When one of them left the table, she switched chairs and finished his puzzle.

(It is good to know that YiYi enjoys doing puzzle, however, not preferable to introduce competition. Play is for fun.)

She played with magnetic tiles then followed Barbara and her friends, to the housekeeping area where they got each a pocket book and went shopping. They each stopped at the bookshelf and got a book putting it in their pocket books. Then Barbara sat down and started reading to them each one her/his book!

一组今天拍的照片，是一一向春天说“Hi！”

一些最近做的家常菜和点心。

1。百叶节鸡蛋烧肉（非常想念很多很多年前奶奶做的红烧肉，炖的肥肉入嘴即化，味道浓郁不可言表）
2。今天早晨作的煎饼果子 （油条是买的，味道样子都还挺像那回事）
3。煎饺 （锅贴/饺子是买的，煎饺的方法是一一奶奶的发明，非常简单，百试不爽，锅贴下了锅之后基本不用操心，不会失败，油烟少，味道棒）
4。排骨青菜面 （马马虎虎）

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2010-03/05/content_9539996.htm

http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2009-12-29/150519361424.shtml

最近作的一些小菜，因为考虑到一一和我们吃相同的菜，所以不敢加料酒和任何辛辣的佐料。一一爸爸最近对ham很感兴趣，Sam's买了一大包，共三大块，所以妈妈很多菜里都放了ham（洋火腿）。

1。豆腐干榨菜咸菜肉丝 （偏干，比较失败）
2。清炒豆角火腿丁 （一一对豆角基本是来者不拒）
3。茄汁鱼片 （味道还不错，可惜不上照，一一不吃，爸爸妈妈都喜欢吃）
4。萝卜丝火腿春卷，绿豆芽肉丝春卷 （一一非常喜欢吃，一个接着一个地往嘴里送）

1。蛋炒饭（蛋，黄瓜丁，火腿丁） （一一爸爸很喜欢吃，一一昨天不怎么吃，今天很爱吃）
2。回锅肉（无辣版） （一一爸爸说口感不错，可惜红椒有些太甜了，一一还能接受绿椒和肉）
3。鱼香茄子烧虾（无辣版）(因为一一爸爸上次说好吃，这次再做，还是很受好评）

从几天前的晚上一一的一场噩梦开始，爸爸妈妈领受了一一的歇斯底里大哭，而且一边哭，一边不停地说“不要，不要”，同时小身体使足了劲地和你对抗，抱也 “不要”，放下也“不要”，听音乐“不要”，什么都不要，情绪激动地无法平静，什么话也听不进去。今天晚上可能是一一乏了，洗完了澡，情绪开始有些烦躁，不愿意配合爸爸换尿片，于是爸爸妈妈只有用力压住她才可以将尿片换上，这下子，小人儿大发雷霆，大哭大闹了好久，什么都是“不要”，穿衣服“不要”，穿袜子“不要”。。。后来总算是听进妈妈说，去看“ABCD”，开头也是惯性的哭叫“不要”，过了一会儿，想明白了，终于不哭了，拉着妈妈去电脑前看 “ABCD”，看了三遍之后，和“ABCD”说了“bye bye",很乖地扑向爸爸的怀抱让爸爸抱下楼喝牛奶了，前面发生的事压根儿都不记得了。

小人儿大发脾气，歇斯底里的时候，妈妈真是无计可施，对她无论做什么都似乎无法让她平静，心里着急又担心，怎么会这样，这样正常吗？爸爸问过幼儿园老师，老师说一一在幼儿园一直都是很乖的，不发脾气，不哭，多数时间都是乐呵呵，很听话的，只有在其他小朋友要从她手里抢玩具的时候，她会大叫"No, mine!".

又一篇幼儿园日志：

3/4/2010

Clare was happy, content and playing nicely with everyone. The only time I heard her screaming loud and saying "No, mine." was when a child wanted to take her hard hat from her head.

Now I notice that she is playing more with dolls.

She is doing something new at snack now, when we have cookies, she dunk the cookies in the water then eat it (she saw one of her friends doing that one time)!


3/5/2010

I gave her a puzzle to do, and I put the board in front of her, but there was one piece missing. You know what she did? She pushed it back to me pointing to the missing piece (she was so cute, and I had to give her another board.)

She scribbled with marker on the big sheet of paper on the activity table. She was standing next to Ethan (because he was the one that called her to come and join him)!

一一不久前会造句了。以前爸爸妈妈提醒一一，在爸爸妈妈为一一作了什么事之后，（比如说是爸爸给一一换尿片之后），爸爸妈妈会问，一一应该对爸爸妈妈说什么，一一会说“谢谢爸爸","谢谢妈妈”。现在，一一得到提醒之后会说“谢谢爸爸片片”，“谢谢妈妈穿鞋”。 以前如果一一要求爸爸妈妈帮她做什么事，比如说是上了车，一一要听歌，爸爸妈妈会提醒一一，要说“请”，一一会说“请”，现在一一会说“请爸爸拿书”，“请爸爸听歌”，虽然有的时候动词说不清楚，有的时候谓语和宾语次序会颠倒。

昨天一一吃完饭，突然冒出一句“mommy,daddy, I love you",一一很少在家里说英文，而且总是喜欢唧唧呀呀说很多很多爸爸妈听不懂的话，妈妈有的时候会努力想要分辨出她究竟说什么，多数时候是一无所获。这次，一一刚说完，妈妈突然意识到是说“mommy, daddy, I love you.”。于是爸爸妈妈那个兴奋呀，不停地要求一一说了又说，还努力纠正一一的发音，因为一一说“love",还不完全正确。爸爸妈妈从来没有教过一一说这些词，一一一定是听幼儿园小朋友和老师说的“mommy", "daddy", "I love you". 有一次，老师说，一一玩打电话，将电话拿到耳边甜甜地说”Hi, mommy.". 那天，爸爸晚上去接她，她高兴地大叫着“mommy”冲向爸爸，旁边的老师告诉一一她说错了，看来一一对“mommy,daddy"还没有完全领会，对号入座。

一一特别热衷于看照片，尤其是妈妈刚刚给她拍好，小手立即指着照相机着急地说“看，看”。昨天妈妈给她照相，让她站到墙边贴着图片的地方，一一赶忙站好，然后妈妈说，“一一笑一笑”，一一立刻给妈妈展示了她的经典笑容。后来，一一从远处跑来，看到妈妈正端着照相机对着她，未经妈妈要求，立刻高兴地跑到刚才站的地方，站稳之后，脸上立刻给妈妈展示出她的笑容，让妈妈拍照。

喜欢给家人做饭。其实做饭需要用心用手用脑筋，很具挑战性，创新性和成就感。

（附最近尝试的几个小菜，1。萝卜排骨汤 2。什锦炒面 3。冰糖猪蹄 4。酸菜鸡肉豆腐羹 5。什锦炒饭）

一一喜欢什么事都尝试自己做。现在，已经能做如下的生活自理了。

早晨看着爸爸刷牙，自己也和爸爸一起刷。
出门前，自己戴帽子。
妈妈给穿衣服，自己会将长长的袖子卷起来，把自己的小手从里面拉出来。
进自己房间前，自己坐下来，拖鞋，一边脱一边说“鞋鞋脱”，鞋子脱下来以后，认认真真地把鞋子放到门旁边的小凳子下面。
自己脱袜子，然后开始认认真真地抠小脚丫，因为袜子经常有一些碎屑留在脚趾间。
洗完澡，自己用小手指从护肤霜管子里掏油往脸上擦，还不够，还要往爸爸妈妈脸上擦。
已经基本能够自己扶着栏杆上下楼梯了。

一一吃饭，几分钟就会要求擦一次手手，前天妈妈做了红烧猪蹄，那个粘的，一一更是不停地说“擦手手”，“擦手手”，爸爸递过一张纸，一一自己将小手在纸上揉搓，擦干净。

一一打个喷嚏，不管有没有鼻涕，都会立刻说“鼻涕，鼻涕”，让爸爸妈妈给她递纸，然后自己给自己擦鼻涕。

2/19/2010

Clare sat at the table for a long time doing two puzzles, one of them was 8 pieces and the other was 9 pieces. I was watching her and she was turning the pieces with her tiny fingers until they fit (she has a long attention span for her age)!

Then she had her favorite time with music, she sat on the blue rug (in front of Ms. Debbie) just listening with a big smile, and doing all what Ms. Debbie asked them to do clapping, touching their heads and shoulder, stomping and wiggling! When Ms. Debbie put the stamps on her hand, she showed it to me saying "Kitty Cat"!

妈妈的附加说明：

一一对拼图还是没有很强的概念，所以老师说的拼图可能就是那种简单的图案一对一的配对拼图，而不是化零为整的拼图。一一在家里有的时候也能一个人专心玩一段时间，尤其是不厌其烦地玩学习字母的卡片，一遍又一遍地，妈妈在旁边都快被催眠了。不过，一一玩其他的，比如说是Lego，如果花了一定的时间和努力还是搭不上，小人儿马上会急躁地大叫，表示对玩具的不配合产生的不满，并希望用叫声唤来外援。

一一对字母的喜欢要非常感谢丹阿姨送的字母DVD，妈妈没想到小人儿看的津津有味，从此以后就和字母成了好朋友。对数字，可能是从Jennifer姐姐送的数字拼图那里开始学并喜欢上的，虽然她对于数字还是只有像对图画那样的形状上的理解，还没有数字概念。小人儿对抽象的形状，颜色还没有开窍。

一一喜欢唱歌，跳舞，要求爸爸妈妈不停地给她唱ABCD，不停地又唱又跳Head Shoulder Knees and Toes.

大半个周末妈妈都病了。可能是陪一一滑雪的时候大意了没有套上防水裤，裤子都湿了，所以着凉了，再加上可能吃坏了一些东西，从周六下午起肚子疼，呕吐，恶心，虚弱无力，头昏，动一动全身酸疼。这下真感觉自己老了。妈妈病了，只有爸爸一个人照顾一一了，爸爸和一一也辛苦受累了。以后妈妈一定要多保重身体，对自己负责也是对家人负责。人一病，不仅伤了自己，家人也一起跟着辛苦。唉。。。

送上妈妈周六早晨做的葱油饼，一一和爸爸非常喜欢吃。（外加前几天煮的腊八粥，料非常丰富：糯米，棕米，黑米，大米，红豆，黑豆，红枣、桂圆肉、栗子，核桃仁、枸杞、cranberry干、莲子、花生仁、芝麻、冰糖）

向孑孓学做“天鹅泡芙”，结果做成了“丑小鸭”。一一爸爸开玩笑说一一妈妈做的菜都是“恒古一菜”，“绝版”，只此一回。不知道，这些“丑小鸭”是否有下一回能变成"天鹅" :)

过年那几天，一一爸爸生病，我要一个人照顾一一，腾不出手来做年夜饭，又因为担心一一爸爸，也没有过年的心情。大年夜吃了饺子，馄饨，年初一早晨吃了汤圆，也就如此了。

现在终于有时间有心情了，所以从毛毛妈妈家搬来几个菜谱，做了几个小菜，算是补上过年饭。

鱼香茄子虾仁 （外加给一一爸爸的冰糖枸杞炖梨）



家常爱心豆腐



土豆胡萝卜鸡肉焖饭 （一一很喜欢吃这个）




一一小朋友快进入TT了，TT的世界很自我，从老师的报告里就可以看出。

2/17/2010

Clare was rolling two school buses on the floor, and one of the children was trying to take one of them, she screamed at him "No, mine.".

喜欢看图说话的小人儿

爸爸生日，妈妈和我送给爸爸一张生日卡，妈妈握着我的小手签名，还让我在卡上贴图片粘纸，妈妈为爸爸做了一个生日蛋糕。这次我终于可以吃妈妈作的蛋糕了。我非常捧场，吃了大大的一块，爸爸试图将蛋糕拿走，我都急哭了。

今天老师又表扬我了，这也算是我送给爸爸的生日礼物吧，请爸爸笑纳。

我在幼儿园很开心，回到家，妈妈问我在幼儿园开心吗，我毫不犹豫地说“开心！”。

2/15/2010 (part of the report)

After breakfast, Clare got a soft bear, she showed it to me saying "Bear", and walked around hugging it. Then she put it on one of the chairs, and put her head on it (she was so cute)!

Barbara put on a new CD called "Baby Dance", and Clare started dancing right away.

I took her with Ethan and the 2 Sebastians for a walk to the end of the hallway and she got a book from the shelf and sat down on the lady bug to look at it. The boys made a mess taking the books out and throwing them on the floor, but when it was time to clean up so we can come back for lunch, she was the only one who helped me. I thanked her so, so, much!



（各色水果的蛋糕馅）



（我和妈妈送爸爸的生日卡）



（爸爸很喜欢）



（点蜡烛喽，我很严肃的好奇神情）



（开吃喽）



（我用勺吃，蛋糕很快被我吃完了）

一一不知道从哪里学的，突然有一天开始热衷于两个手插在外衣的两个口袋里，有的时候，甚至不让爸爸妈妈在外面加上小马夹，因为那样，就没有办法插口袋了。

一一已经基本可以自己上下楼梯了。

一一只要一看见妈妈打开电脑，就马上说“ABCD”，要听“ABCD”的歌，而且百听不厌，爸爸妈妈也只有陪着她听上无数遍，丹阿姨送的Leap Frog字母DVD,一一也是百看不厌，从A看到Z,专心致志心无旁骛，而且刚开始还一定要爸爸或妈妈陪在旁边看，爸爸妈妈也只有一遍一遍地看。现在一一除了“ABCD”歌，还喜欢听“Head Shoulder Knees and Toes”歌，一边听，一边看电视里阿姨姐姐的跳舞，一边也跃跃欲试，目前为止，只能唱和跳“Head”，“Toes”，”Eyes，Ears， Mouth and Nose"也只是一个大概（中文倒是都知道）。这下好，她一想起要听“Head。。。”，就要求爸爸妈妈给她唱，给她跳。

一一还会自编自唱，唱“爸爸哈哈笑”，“妈妈哈哈笑”，“一一哈哈笑”，爸爸妈妈说“爷爷”，她就会说“爷爷哈哈笑”，如此类推，有“奶奶哈哈笑”，“阿婆哈哈笑“，”外公哈哈笑“，”姑姑哈哈笑“，”叔叔哈哈笑“，”舅舅哈哈笑“，”姐姐哈哈笑“，”哥哥哈哈笑“。。。

小一一的成长，也带动了爸爸妈妈的童心，唱歌，跳舞，画画，捏橡皮泥的“艺术”细胞 :P 妈妈现在不经意哼歌的时候，竟然哼的就是“Head， Shoulder， Knees and Toes".

幼儿园老师的报告(2/12/2010)：

Clare was in a great mood today (as usual), singing at the table, and smiling at everyone. When she was done eating and washing her hands, she put them again in her pockets and even walked on the bridge with her hands in her pockets.

She went to the shelf and got 2 musical instruments, one in each hand and was walking around making music with them.

Today was our music time, and she sat down on the rug, in front of Ms. Debbie for half an hour, listening to her singing, with a big smile on her face (she loves music and singing)!

She came to me with a plastic letter "A" showing it to me saying "A". I took her back to the shelf and got the container with the rest of the letters out, and started asking her about each letter (I love when she says the letter "W".) (注： 一一说“W”，是“爸爸六”，而且知道说的不对，一边说，一边脸上露出故意逗你玩的笑容，然后还会根据爸爸妈说的词，引申到“妈妈六”，“爷爷六”，“奶奶六”，”阿婆六“，"外公六”，等等。。。）


附上一张一一送给爸爸妈妈的第一张自己制作的情人节贺卡。

（尽管到处是厚厚的积雪，通向住家的路很快都已经被小区铲的干干净净）

（车的主人显然不需要用这辆车，于是它就静静地和雪作伴）

（小区的羊肠小道现在已经变成了”战壕“）

(车道畅行无阻)

(每家每户门前的”战壕“)

(爸爸，谢谢你带病陪我玩)

(每次滑完，都是妈妈把我重新抱回坡上，妈妈，你也辛苦了)

(羊儿踏雪而来，原来是因为爸爸给他们送吃的来了）

（一一也来喂羊啦，羊儿都舔到一一的小手了）

（妈妈和一一给你们送饭来了）

（羊儿着急地把头伸出栏杆，差点顶到了一一）

（羊儿，你要斯文点哦，饭饭吃完了，我们下次还会来的，byebye)