Ready, Set, Learn

The boys went to school today to see their kindergarten classroom and meet their teacher.  Fun, fun, fun.

They both really liked it there.  Luk understood what was happening.  Kai was maybe having more fun before I got there. Once I was there he just wanted to be with me.  Should have seen that coming.  He didn't fuss but politely told the teacher "no thankyou" to her request for him to sit.  Once I sat beside him he agreed to sit with the kids. 

Both boys showed off their matching, counting, color and sorting skills.  Luk let them know he was all up on his letters.  Kai tried but the only letter he consistently gets right now is H. ;) 

During music time Kai refused to stand up and do the actions. He preferred to stay sitting in the way. He just doesn't do silly. I was sitting with the principal and she wondered how long he would sit there like that, I told her likely until I go and get him. 

Hard to take them seriously in those monkey hats.

What were the odds of a monkey theme for our monkey boys?

Kai's new glasses.

They came in a few days!

He sat good as gold for his fittings.

Too funny watching a kid who can see for the first time.  He was grinning and chattering.  He didn't trip or miss a curb on the way to the car and his eyes were darting all over the place.  During the car ride he was looking out the window and grinning.  Love.

I called Eric from the driveway so he could see the Transitions.  Jia and Luk came too.  Jia was taking pictures to celebrate his new glasses.  He's pretty proud of them. 

He hasn't touched them yet.  Fingers crossed that seeing is better than breaking!

Kai's Bed

Every day when Kai gets up he destroys his bed.  Un-tucks the sheets and moves the blanket and pillow.  I used to go in and straighten the bed but I've given up he just won't leave it alone.  A couple weeks ago I took the top sheet off his bed because it's just annoying to remake the bed every night at bed time.  I also stopped tucking anything in.  Just put the pillow in place and throw the comforter over him. 

This morning he moved everything except this time it looked tidy and was positioned at the end of the bed, the way the Chinese do it!!  Comforter folded and pillows stacked.  Leaving the mattress or grass mat open to dry.  We've all seen this in the photos from China.  It took until him getting it done properly and neatly this morning for me to 'get' what he's doing. 

Piano Recital

Another one down. 

Fei was a superstar.  Lili stumbled and had a hard time recovering.  First time ever.  She handled it with humor, told everyone there that she did know how to play the song better and she didn't know what happened.  We know what happened, she is eating and breathing chalkboard and the Wizard of Oz and she was two hours late for rehearsal.  As always, so proud of the girls.  Such grace and poise.

The Littles all sat so nicely for the whole thing. 

Sunday morning.

We were expecting trucks at 8:30 to pick up the Chalkboard props but Kathy was here before 8.  She was that excited.  :)

They loaded six trucks and they're off at the theater now getting it all in and set up.  No clue how long Eric will be.  I'm hoping he remembers the big girls piano recital today.  Plus, he didn't get any coffee. That's not good. Everyone was super excited about Eric's creations.  I'm glad he's getting the appreciation and applause today.

So, Jia has been using my old phone. She's been pretty good with it.  She has mastered Netflix,  Shomi, YouTube, a ton of games and general Internet searches. She has settings mostly figured out. She has actually helped me a couple times showing me things my smartphone can do that I didn't know about.  She has even searched an answer to something that Eric and I were discussing once. She moans about needing WiFi.  She wants to text in the worst way.  I told her she could use her email that we set up a long time ago. Last night I cleared my email, contacts and files and added her email as the main contact for the phone.  She has no phone and can't text. The email was fun for a while but Gmail isn't instant and she was going nuts waiting for us to get her messages.

I asked Fei and she suggested Kik. Oh my. A little texting fool has been created.  She is having the time of her life. Kikking me and Fei non-stop. Too cute.  My phone is going to blow up with tons of emojis.  Perhaps this will help her spelling.

I sheepishly have to admit that I had to ask Jia how to screen shot this. In my defense, I don't normally need to do this.

Kids glasses for Kai.

Tough search, he needs kids glasses for the arm length but adult for face width. We ended up with three pairs. Two metal because they're easier to repair and one plastic because they were too cute.  Two of them with photo grey.  $339 total for all three.  Woop! Frames and lenses with a two year warranty.  

He seemed to like the attention of one on one with both parents and he approved each pair. Also the lady helping us was a friend from school and she was thrilled to meet our #5. 

Then as a total bonus I found the dream wish list dishes for the motorhome!  White enamel with a silver trim. Love. 

Kai's pick, black with a yellow arm, plain lense.

These are my faves, they'll be too cute as sunglasses.

Navy blue metal with stripes down the arm. Eric's pic.

Kai's Eyes.

We all skipped out today.  Dropped the big girls at Uptown to shop and took the littles to Kai's eye appt. The specialist pediatric opthomologist doesn't feel there is anything connected to a syndrome going on. No night blindness. Kai is however quite near sighted. As we suspected. He has a prescription. I'm told we'll have a whole new kid once he can see.  Not sure about getting him to wear glasses and he breaks pretty much everything that is ever in his hands. He seems happy about getting glasses like Mom and Lili.  Shopping for spectacles tomorrow. Let's hope for sporty, very twisty ones! Jia knows she needs glasses soon and she isn't at all happy that Kai gets his first. Kai will have one more follow up test in a few months to rule out any syndrome issues.

In other Kai news...HE WAS DRY ALL DAY!! Oh please let this be the new normal.

Spaghetti Factory for dinner and a walk at the breakwater. Perfect night.

Picnic!

Rare treat for Luk to get to touch anything with a touch screen. Kai wasn't allowed to touch at all. We had to keep starting the movie over, the need to touch when told not too is just too much. For both of them.

He wasn't impressed with dilated eyes. He was pretty good but I did have to wrestle with him a bit at the end. He was glad to leave! 

Poor Kai, he has a hard time in bright light and his eyes were still dilated.