Balance bike

Shi-Shi borrowed Luna's balance bike yesterday afternoon and practiced pushing and riding the bike. She amazingly did well on pushing. Just because her hight is not high enough, she use her toes to walk when riding. Since many of her friends have their own balance bike, and she is always curious about it. So mama is thinking of buying one for her. Mama had a little reseach on a balance bike and found out that there were so many of kinds in the market. There are wooden type and steel type. Mama found a homepage about comparing many kinds of bikes, and mama thinks that Strider sport prebike is the best. According to the homepage, it can be as low as 11 inch.

Ponyo?!

Shi-Shi's family is a member of Netflix, and they can order DVD online, and DVD is delivered in a couple days. Mama ordered Ponyo, which is the newest GIBURI picture film, and watched once. Shi-Shi liked Ponyo so much. Actually she watched the film when she was just 3 months old at a theater; there are days when moms or dads can take their little kids along. And after watching Ponyo for the first time, mama liked the thema song so much and bought a music notation and practiced everyday. Since we finished watching the film and shouldn't keep the DVD for a long time ( there is no regulation for renting due, though, just in case somebody is waiting for this film), mama took the DVD to the outgoing mailing box in an apartment. Then Shi-Shi started crying right after, and have cried for about 30 minuits until she got asleep. Is that becasue of Ponyo?! By the way, she really looks like Ponyo because of her hairstyle. Mama hope that Shi-Shi forgets about mama returning Ponyo when she get up from her nap.

Pescadero Beach

Shi-Shi's family went to Pescadero Beach with Luna's family. It was really nice weather in Palo Alto in the morning, though, when we got to the beach it was dizzy. But it turned to be better in the afternoon. Shi-Shi and Luna tried a natural slide (which is a little cliff, and since many people go up and down often, it eventually became a slide-ish thing that kids can enjoy sliding down to the beach.), and got closer to shore and wet. Water was really cold, but there were a couple people running on shore. They had lunch on the beach and played with sand and went back to home at around 2:30pm. It was really relaxing excursion for everybody. Mama and Luna's mom talked about coming back with other moms sometime the weather was nice.

First time poo on a toilet!

Shi-Shi pooped on a toilet for the first time in her life!! She did a day after of papa and mama's 4th wedding aniversary. Mama found Shi-Shi straining after breakfast and asked her if she wanted to sit on Elmo, and Shi-Shi said yes and took mama to the toilet. It was funny that she took mama instead of papa. She might want to have little privacy?! She sat on Elmo and strained a few seconds and pooped!! Congratulations Shi-Shi!! She haven't sat on Elmo for a while. Whenever mama asked if she want to sit on Elmo, she refused, but not in this morning.

First Scissors

Mama bought two pairs of scissors yesterday at a kids' toy shop. Now Shi-Shi masters using chopsticks, so it's about time for her to practice using scissors. Those scissors are not just simple scissors that cut a paper straight, but cut with wave shape and jagged shape. Those are designed for children 3 and plus and for safety uses by little kids, so mama shouldn't be worry too much when Shi-Shi uses alone. For the first time Shi-Shi holded the scissors, she put her fingers into the rigs in righ way. But as she practiced holding and opening and closing scissors, she holded scissors like chopsticks, which means that sharp ends are toward her. Is she confused by using chopsticks and scissors?! Mama keeps telling her the right way, and Shi-Shi will figure out soon! By the way, mama didn't know there were kids' scissors until Luna's mama mentioned.

Chopsticks

Shi-Shi mastered using chopsticks! Shi-Shi's grandmother gave her children's chopsticks, which are used for little kids to learn how to use regular chopsticks. There is "Winne the Phoo" character on the top of the chopsticks, and Shi-Shi calls it "Phoo san" which means Mr. Phoo. She grew up with seeing her parents using chopsticks, so using them for her is not really special, though, it is still difficult for little kids to make two sticks under control with one hand. So Japanese inovators created this children's chopsticks for a training tool. She ate macaroni salada with chopsticks at breakfast in this morning. It was really amazing to see how fast she learned so much complicated tool! Mama is really proud of her!!

I am on my own now!

Shi-Shi mastered putting a diaper on and gargle all by herself recently! Yesterday mama was busy cooking dinner, so she asked Shi-Shi to put a diaper on by herself. She didn't really listen to mama for the first few muinets and played without a diaper for a while. Though, after mama asked her to put a diaper for the second time, Shi-Shi started to find a diaper and put it on!! She uses easy-up type diaper, so she can wear it easily. Only probrem is that she doesn't know which side is front. She will know after a few more trainings for sure! She's practiced gargling with papa for a while, though since she is still too short to reach to a washbowl, and papa needs to lift her all the time. Papa is always happy to help her, though, once she starts gargling, she never stops doing, so papa is a little tired of it. Yesterday she came to a kitchen with her yellow chair while mama cooking and asked to give her a cup. And she started to gargle and spited water to the kitchen sink. The kitchen sink is also a bit high, though, she streched and nearly reached. Shi-Shi has surprised me how much she could be done alone recently.