091410'

Cough a lot!

Went to the 林青穀 this afternoon, the prescription still the same

swollen throat! allergic nose!

since he's not feeling well today, I called off his swimming class this afternoon!

091310' Lawrence

Got 3 smile face stickers today!

First chess class starts @4:00pm, 90min

Can't believe Lawry focused all way thru..., and also asked me to arrange another 1 on 1 class this week! I guess he's quite into the chess world!

090810' Lawrence

Welcome Afternoon Year 1

Has volunteered to be the parent rep. for the Seal class.

1st art class this semester

Lawry got a really nice piece of painting.

Material: corrugated paper (瓦愣紙)/acrylic pigment (壓克力顏料）

Basically teacher taught them how to observe the sunflowers placed in a glass vase by using magnifier from the flower petal/nectar/stem/leaves/and even the fine hair on the steam/also the leave vein (葉脈）

and asked them to have a dark background to highlight the main theme.

Here come Lawry's work, Mark once thought it's done by me!

090710' Lawry

Swimming class- 練習踢水/自由式划手之前的換氣練習

上課前, 樂曾提到他不喜歡練習划手

也對, 同時要腳踢水, 轉頭換氣, 加上划手動作的確不容易

幸好, 姚老師也注意到這點, 今天的游泳課時刻意將划手練習取消, 只專心踢水+轉頭換氣

課程進行順利許多

樂也說, 我有很專心上課呢！

Got a sticker today says "I concentrated for ages and ages today!"

what a funny one!

Writing practice starts today! Ms. Chang asked children to write 5 words a day (that's everyday's homework!)

071610' Zoe

晚餐時間, 舅舅剛回來

兩個小孩打聲招呼後又自顧自的吃飯起來

舅舅說著: 樂...舅舅抱抱

樂繼續專心吃飯沒打理他

接著舅舅轉身說：那zozo給舅舅抱...

zozo 也沒回應

這時, 舅舅便有意無意說着：都沒有人要給舅舅抱, 舅舅好傷心, 那我口袋巧克力要給誰吃啊？？

Da duh.. "巧克力“一詞馬上啓動了 zozo的注意力

她馬上回答說：我吃飽了, 舅舅...巧克力....！

分享：若是有你佇我的生命

詞曲：葛兆昕

若是有你佇我的生命, 我就永遠不驚慌

風雨那呢大

曠野這呢闊

有你同在無搖泏

若是有你佇我的生命, 我就永遠不孤單

有你相作伴

與你逗陣行

充滿溫暖不畏寒

海水會乾石頭會爛 你的愛疼無變換

甘願為我受盡拖磨 將我當作你心肝

海水會乾石頭會爛 你的愛疼無變換

恩情這大怎麼感謝 一生與主連相倚

I just can't help weeping while I listen to this gifted kid singing on the stage.

I believe in God that he will always give us certain challenges no matter we're in good time or bad time; what important is he will always beside us if you have strong faith in thee.

Thanks God for everything you give us!

Praise Lord!

A-men

Praise my Lord!

--- 上帝永遠給你最好最正面的答覆！

在一場船難中，唯一的生存者隨著潮水，漂流到了一座無人島上。
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small,uninhabited island..

他天天激動地祈禱神救他能夠早日離開此處，回到家鄉。他還每天注視著海上有否可搭救他的人，但卻是除了汪洋一片，什麼也沒有。
He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help,but none seemed orthcoming.

後來，他決定用那片帶他到小島的木頭造一個簡陋的小木屋以保護他在這險惡的環境中生存，並且保存他所有剩下的東西。
Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him from the elements, and to store his few possessions.

但有一天，在他捕完食物後，準備回小屋時，突然發現他的小屋竟然陷在熊熊烈火之中，大火引起的濃煙不斷向天上竄。
But then one day, after scavenging for food,he arrived h! om! e to find his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the sky.

最悲慘的是：他所有的一切東西，在這一瞬間，通通化為烏有了。悲痛的他，氣憤的對天吶喊著：「神啊！你怎麼可以這樣對待我！」頓時，眼淚從他的眼角中流出。
The worst had happened; everything was lost. He was stunned with grief and anger. "God, how could you do this to me!" he cried.

第二天一早，他被一艘正靠近小島的船隻的鳴笛聲所吵醒。是的，有人來救他了。
Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island. It had come t rescue him.

到了船上時，他問那些船員說：「你怎麼知道我在這裡？」
"How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his rescuers.

「因為我們看到了信號般的濃煙。」他們回答說。
"We saw your smoke signal", they replied.

人在碰到困難時，很容易會沮喪。不過，無論受到折磨或者痛苦，都不用因此失去信心，因為上帝一直在我們心裡面做著奇妙的工作。
It is easy to get discouraged when things are going bad. But we shou! ld! n't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering.

記著：當下一次你的小木屋著火時，那可能只是上帝美妙恩典的表徵而已。
Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground it just may be a smoke signal that summons the grace of God.

在所有我們所認為負面的事情，上帝都是有正面答案的。
For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves,God has a positive answer.

你說：「那是不可能的。」
上帝說：「在人所不能的事，在神卻能。」(路18:27)
You say: 'It's impossible'
God says: All things are possible (Luke 18:27)

你說：「我累了。」
上帝說：「我讓你休息。」(太11:28-30)
You say: 'I'm too tired'
God says: I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28-30)

你說：「沒有人愛我。」
上帝說：「我愛你。」(約 3:16 & 約 3:34)
You say: 'Nobody really loves me'
God says: I love you (John 3:16 & John 3:34)

你說：「我做不下去了。」
上帝說：「我的恩典夠你支持下去。」(林後12! :9! & 詩91:15)
You say: 'I can't go on'
God says: My grace is sufficient (II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)

你說：「我想不通。」
上帝說：「我引領你前行。」(箴 3:5-6)
You say: 'I can't figure things out'
God says: I will direct your steps (Proverbs 3:5-6)

你說：「我做不到。」
上帝說：「你什麼都做得到。」(腓 4:13)
You say: 'I can't do it'
God says: You can do all things (Philippians 4:13)

你說：「我不配。」
上帝說：「你配。」(林後 9:8)
You say: 'I'm not able'
God says: I am able (II Corinthians 9:8)

你說：「這麼做不值得。」
上帝說：「做了，你馬上就會覺得值得了。」(羅 8:28)
You say: 'It's not worth it'
God says: It will be worth it (Roman 8:28)

你說：「我無法原諒自己。」
上帝說：「我原諒你。」 (約壹 1:9 & 羅8:1)
You say: 'I can't forgive myself'
God says: I Forgive you (I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)

你說：「我是窮苦的。」
上帝說：「我供應你一切所需。」 (腓 4:19)
You say: ! 'I! 'm poor'
God says: I will supply all your needs (Philippians4:19)

你說：「我害怕。」
上帝說：「我並沒有給你一個恐懼的靈。」(提後 1:7)
You say: 'I'm afraid'
God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear (II Timothy1:7)

你說：「我常常在擔憂、受挫。」
上帝說：「放下你的重擔，我為你承擔。」(彼後 5:7)
You say: 'I'm always worried andfrustrated'
God says: Cast all your cares on ME (I Peter 5:7)

你說：「我信心不足。」
上帝說：「我給了每個人相同的信心。」(羅12:3)
You say: 'I don't have enough faith'
God says: I've given everyone a measure of faith(Romans12:3)

你說：「我不夠聰明。」
上帝說：「我給你智慧。」 (林後 1:30)
You say: 'I'm not smart enough'
God says: I give you wisdom (I Corinthians 1:30)

你說：「我是孤單的。」
上帝說：「我永遠不會捨棄你的。」 (來13:5)
You say: 'I feel all alone'
God says: I will never leave you or forsake you(Hebrews13:5)

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.
Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.
Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.
Every moment, THANK GOD.

歡欣之時, 頌讚上帝
艱難之時, 尋求上帝
安靜之時, 崇拜上帝
痛苦之時, 相信上帝
每時每刻, 感謝上帝

God has a positive answer......

Lawrence's Daily 041210'-041710'

041210'

*Books we read: Swing!/Waddle!

*Words we write:

swing/run a relay race/cartwheel/Penguin waddle/Frog hop/Pig prance/Elephant stomp

*Math book: P40-45

041510'

Woke @7:10, we hurried to Taipei Main Station to take THSR to Zuoying.

He was quite okay on the train, still lots of questions.

Arrived at Zuoying, we transferred to local train to Gangsan. Lori kept asking about how to say the stop name in Chinese and English repeatly (He tried to pronounce it on his own)

In WP, he played w/ pyramid game, and designed a maze game and some pages of his math workbook. Was a chatter box while doing every steps!!

On the way home, he tried to take a rest, but couldn't fall asleep.

I asked him to write the stop names in his note book and found his handwriting is terrible.

Arrived home, I asked him to practice the alphabet writing (Capital/Lower case). Some were doing good and some were bad. When I asked him to rewrite, he started to get irritated and started bending his head and tears were in his eyes. Keeping saying "Mom, are you angry? I can feel that you're so angry to me!"

Finally, he had corrected some of his re-writing and we headed to mom's. On the way to mom, Lori said that mom you've been so mad at me, I am about not liking anyone on this world because of you. You know, you shouldn't be so tough on me....

Later at mom's, he was so upset about me not bring him his play toys and tried to became clingy on me again. I also find out that he blink his eyes quite often while get stressed and I showed him that what if I blinked my eyes just like he did and asked him what was his idea about it? Lori replied it was not very good looking!

I told him that once he finished his dinner before 18:30, he can watch Doraemon until 19:00.

And he managed to make it work and later he had banana chiffon cake and fruit/chicken soup when done the TV watching.

Later when we got home, he became so tame and took very good care of Zoe, and asked me if I can pamper Zoe to sleep alone and he would like to read his book in his room and I granted his request. He read a book that we bought in the bookstore with very little help while I was with him and later he read other 5 books before Dad came home and read him another bed time story book-Mooncake.

041610'

Comments from class teacher:

I have read Lawrence's psychological report - it is very interesting and hopeful. I will use the information to help me organize the lessons/class time to ensure Lawrence has as little stress as possible and hopefully a happier time.

On a positive note, he sat thru an entire assembly today (on a chair next to me) and even sang a little bit during singing time.

He brought home a reading book (blue label) with 400 words reader, a much more difficult reader than it's normal reader. Don't know why Ms. Mayhew let him choose this one. The first time reading was a little bit hesitated, but it went pretty well; just a little paused at the words like "Tortoise, Kay, guess.."

Since Lori was doing good yesterday at school, I took him to see a movie- “How to train your dragon馴龍高手“ in I-MAX theater in Miramax Shopping Mall. We wore a 3D effect eyewear thru a whole movie. Lawrence actually complained several times about the very loud speaker during watching the movie. But, I believed he enjoyed a lot in watching it!

When we arrived home yesterday, Dad was already at home. And Lori seemed very happy today, so he drew some maze and game plots on his own. And we read a book called "Olivia acts out!"

041710'

Went to Da-an Park this morning, and Lori actually did pretty good w/ his sis, zozo. He took care of zozo for some times, but also searched for my attention while not seeing me around.

After having his favorite spaghetti, he went to his room to take a rest as I told him. Unfortunately, he couldn't fall asleep at all. Instead, he was reading books, and tried to roll over and over in his bed, and was doing rather quite activities in the room. But I do notice a loud noise from his room once like try to phlegm out. And he managed to read the reader "The Tortoise" all by himself fluently.

Later we went to Grandpa's, he actually watched a lot TV and was games played by his cousins. And ate lots of snack than usual. While stayed in grandpa's, he liked to play games such as throwing balls and building blocks...

Tonight, he stayed at 婆's.

2010.03.05 Meeting with Head master- Mrs. Martin

Lawrence's anxiety has increased during this period, and he has been unintentionally hurting people around him.

ex.

Lawrence is hurting adults and children.

He is not intentional to do it..

I just think he is not being naughty, he just anxious

During the lunch time, he tried to scratch the assistant teacher using his claws just to want her to stay with him.

He wouldn't come into the classroom, he kept running out of the classroom.

maybe 3 or 4 times a day!

School tried a few things to keep him in the classroom, like basket works. whenever his anxiety level rises, he can go to the basket and fetch a paper to do/draw his favorite number works.

All those things showing that he is not learning, he is a bright boy and with natural intelligent.

But he is not ready to cope what is going on in this environment, he has got too much on his head.

Every time when he walked into the classroom, it's quite colorful, stimulating, those adults/children and movements; things like these are just too stimulating, and he can't cope with so he runs away.

Here comes some of the option that Ms. Gare and I have discussed.

1. 1-on-1 studying, and all the expenses shall be covered on your own.

2. Repeat the Reception Year again (to be decided in late May/early June)

3. Part time study (which has been successfully proved on other kids)

Before the assessment outcome been delivered, we will start from the option 3, and this will start from Mar. 15 2010

Monday 1210pm start

Tuesday 0940am start

Wednesday 0940 am start

Thursday 1020am start

Friday 0840am start

We tried to skip out the classes that causes the anxiety levels up, which are music (Mon/Thur), PE (Mon/Wed), assembly (Fri) and lunch time. Because we don't want him to be anxious and we do want him to start learning.

We really want the parent and the school to work together.

Mark's remarks:

What we observed from Lawrence is that he tends to play and work with kids who is elder than his age or adults. And also, he likes challenges. Thus, we don't quite feel comfortable that he will need to repeat the reception year once again.

However, as my point of view Lawrence actually lack of patience and he tends to back off while facing obstacle.

Student who need to go up to next level needs to assessed by 6 categories, which are PEHE, CLC, Math, KUW, C, P. And we want all these field to be balancedly developed.

His creativity is quite rigid.

He shows that he likes to learn only when he is in the mood of doing it.

He maybe scored highest level of Math and KUW; however he is really low at PEHE and C (creativity), so his curve is not balanced.

He definitely wants to make friends with other kids. As we observed that he is not isolated so far. We have been watching it very carefully and we wouldn't want that to happen.

Try to be positive to Lawrence while applying part time schedule for him. All we want is to help him to get used to this new environment in a least stressed way. And please don't worry about Lawrence at all, we will help him as best as we could.

2010.03 Daily

Mar. 2

Told by Ms. Gare that Lawrence is not getting improved lately but getting worse.

He demands much more attention from the class teacher and assistant teacher too. Have arranged a meeting w/ Head principle and Ms. Gare to better support him to adopt to school life sooner.

Told me that I have been very mean to him lately because I intervene most of everything that he wants to do. He often walked away before completely listen through what I have told him. Have trouble following the instruction and choose to what to listen and what to obey.

Still blinking his eyes while get stressed and anxious.

Mar. 4

Lawrence knocked on Yuan's head cuz she doesn't want to play with him.

So, I had a role play with Lawrence teaching him how to react while people said No to him.

At last, we come to conclusion that we can said "That's okay, maybe next time!" to those who maybe not in the mood to play w/ Lawrence. Or maybe a little nice treat to show friendly gesture would be nice way too!

Told Mr. 光光 that it's really fun to see all the colors mixing all together. This is about that he run around in the music classroom just want to experiment the color stimulate.

Mar. 5

Wake up 5 minutes early than ordinary schedule on his own.

Enter classroom in good mood.

Show me the work he did at school which is placed in the other classroom. This work is about filling sand in an empty bottle and poke a stick on top of sand work.

Not paying attention in extensive logic class, so I decide to suspend for 2 month until Lori's hyperactivity relieve.

Runs a lot in the evening.

Still hide under table.

Mar. 7

Went to a called Surfbeach restaurant in GinShan area with Families.

A cousin of mine brought a cute poodle called Mini, Lori loved her so much. He hug her and fed her snack and water... seldom see him so tender to treat a creature. Haha!!

Mar. 8

There is an assessment hold by Dr. Wilson starting from today. That will be a 3-day assessment work on Lori.

Lawrence's Monthly: 022810'

Feb. 1 2010:

Arrived at school on bell-rang time, and stand by the door for a while as always.

Yuan reminded him that he forget to bring the folder into the classroom, but he coldly asked her "Go away!"

Started w/ a very passive attitude today!

Feb. 4, 2010:

Happily entered the classroom this morning!

Happily showed me his work (a tower made by bricks/ branches/ falling leaves)

He was taken out some points because of not listening by teacher who asked them to tidy -up and still stayed outside playing with his work. And insisted to ask Ms. Chou to take a photo.

Feb. 5, 2010:

Stayed in the car for a while when we arrived at school!

Hesitate to go into the classroom alone w/o Yuan.

Try to talk to Ms. Mayhew about he's hoping to bring Freddy the treefrog home again, but Ms. Mayhew told him that everyone has the chance to bring the toy home by turns.

Lawrence asked me to stay with him even after the school bell rang, but at last Ms. Mayhew asked me to leave, and I saw him sobbing and sitting on Ms. Mayhew's lap for a long while.

Feb. 8, 2010

Refused to enter the classroom and cried.

Talked to dad for a while and showed the willingness to enter the classroom but still hide behind a mirror...

He said to me that "HE WANT TO PLAY ALONE AND DON'T WANT TO PLAY WITH FRIENDS"

Lawrence's monthly: 013110'

Jan. 2010 @ TES

Jan. 7: Hit the music teacher on her cheek

Jan. 8: Said he liked TES very much

Jan. 29 Ms. Mayhew left a msg @ communication book-- need to discuss with Lawrence's progress and see how best to support him at school!

有攻擊行為出現：打人, 抓人, 生氣

喜歡和老師談天, 鮮少與同學玩樂

上音樂課時從不唱歌; (回家卻唱得非常開心）

老師說 academically he is a bright kids, but he can't evaluate how much he learn from the class.

Lawrence's Daily 121609'

We got a very math-oriented dinner tonight!

Lectured by Evelyn Chiu, My cousin.

不知從何起的頭, 吃頓飯也可以上起數學課來了

好笑的是, 樂開心的不得了！

因為齊齊姨對他的表現稱讚連連啊～～

樂(L): 齊齊姨, 你知道10*100等於多少嗎？

齊齊姨 (E)：那你知道嗎？

樂(L): 1,000

齊齊姨 (E)：哇！好厲害喔！

E: 那你知道, 12*100等於多少嗎？

L: ㄣ ... ...

E: 是 1,200, 因為10*100=1,000, 所以12*100就是1,200

E: 那我問你, 11*100= ?

L: 1,100

餐桌上所有的人, 都一臉狐疑, 這樣講, 樂就懂了嗎？

E: 那我再問你, 21*100= ?

L: 2,100

哇！！大家驚歎聲連連！！ （心理想, 應該不是矇到的吧！！）

樂話鋒一轉便說, 我還知道 9*9=81 （意思是, 我還會99乘法啦！）

E: 那, 9*9+9呢？

L: 9*9=81, 81+9=90

E: 嗯... 那 2*2+9=?

L: 4+9=4+10-1=13 , 還補上一句, 因為媽教我, "每次看到+9就想到+10-1"

E: 那看到+8呢？

L: 嗯... 就想...到...+10-2, 最後補上的這句更絕 “每次看到+1就想到+10-9"

哈哈哈！大家哄堂大笑

我必須承認, 這麼難的算式+1=+10-9, 我還真的沒教過他耶！噗～

不過, 他今晚舉一反三的能力怎麼這麼好啊！

齊齊姨說, 哇！樂, 你可以跳級念小三了！真厲害

樂說：嗯, 因為我很喜歡吃魚啊

（媽媽內心的口白：樂可是被洗腦得粉成功啊! 吃魚就會便聰明也可以拿來炫耀！）

L: 齊齊姨, 那你知道根號嗎？

E: 你連根號也知道喔, 太厲害了吧！

那, 4開根號等於多少？

L: 嗯.....????

媽媽連忙補上一句, 會知道根號這個符號完全是因為愛玩計算機啦！

E: 那我教你,

2*2=?

L: 4

E: 所以 4開根號=2

E: 那, 3*3=?

L: 9

E: 所以 9開根號=3

E: 那, 4*4=?

L: 16

E: 所以 16開根號=4

E: 那, 5*5=?

L: 25

E: 所以 25開根號=5

E: 那, 36開根號呢？

L: 嗯... 6

E: 那, 81開根號呢？

L: 嗯... 9

E: 那, 100開根號呢？

L: 嗯... 10

E: 哇！！樂, 你好厲害喔

你以後當數學家的時候, 不要忘了是齊齊姨教你開根號的喔～

原本, 一碗飯吃得零零落落的樂

因為直被他很愛的齊齊姨稱讚他的數字能力很棒之下

臉上再度出現笑容！

哎～

人真的是有一好就沒倆好

在其他問題正搞得媽媽我焦慮不堪之時, 無形中也給了樂樂很多壓力 (小孩都是超級敏感的動物!)

真是謝謝身邊總是有人幫忙舒緩一下緊張的氣氛啊！

Lawrence Weekly: Flower the Dinosaur 112709-112909

On the Friday of "Lawrence's week", he took a class pet called Flower the Dinosaur home for the weekend and she need to return to school on the following Monday. During the weekend, Lawrence is asked to take care of Flower and include her in family activities. And there is a journal included in Flower's bag for each family to share pictures and write down what they did over the weekend. Of course, on Monday, Lawrence will need to share with the class about what he did with Flower at our home.

Come and see the photos!

Weekend with Flower the Dinosaur

Lawrence Weekly: All about me week! 112309-112709

Starting the week of Oct. 5, PA class has "Student of the week." This is a time to celebrate each child individually. They were sent home an '"All about Me" bag on the Friday before the week, and this bag shall bring to school the following Monday with some of each child's favorite things inside and also some pictures. Those pictures will be used to make "Special books." And the most special part is each child will be sent home at the end of the year with the "Special books" they made in the class.

Nov. 23 ~27, 2009 is Lawrence's week.

That's see what he prepares for his "All about me" bag, they are:

1. Calculator: Always ranked at No. 1 place

2. Sticker: No idea why he put this in the bag??

3. Insect card: "The private life of insects"; very interesting DVDs

4. A marker: to write/draw with

5. A CD (Piano de Chibli): his recent favorite

6. Book：The magic school bus, his current favorite book series

Photos that we prepared for him are some recent taken ones, and hopefully he enjoyed to share to his friends~

Lawrence Daily: 112009 school work

這是樂今天在學校的center time時所做的作品！

通常, 這是他最不愛的時段 （據他所說, 是因為要畫畫！所以不喜歡！）

而老師呢會利用這短短的30~60分鐘時間,

做些勞作, 或者教他們字母的書寫以及相關的用語與字彙

這學期, 老師比較著重數學概念的啓蒙 （像之前的pattern 或者邏輯與數字概念...)

這個作品, 我猛一看也不覺有什麼特別 （覺得就是張塗鴉罷了！）

後來, 看到老師在這張紙後面的評語,

便覺得樂還真是個蠻有邏輯概念的孩子, Good Job Done!

圖示 no. 1 (左上）Fishing Pole 釣竿

圖示 no. 2 （右上）Catching Fish 釣魚

圖示 no. 3 （左下）Catch a Big Fish 釣到大魚

圖示 no. 4 （右下）Put it into a bucket and carry home 放到桶子, 帶回家

老師評語：

I am really impressed with his work! He chose to do this all on his own.

Everyone had to choose to draw something that has 4 steps. Most children just copied

my example, but Lawrence was more creative!

看到這, 還真是要給樂一個大手！（give Lawrence a big hand!)

2009 Christmas Music Concert

這是今年聖誕節樂樂他們將演唱的曲目 No. 1 （不要懷疑, 他們總共要唱3首歌！！）

Keep Christmas With You (All Through The Year)

Words by David Axlerod
Music by Sam Pottle
from "Christmas Eve on Sesame Street"

When Christmas time is over and presents put away, don't be sad

There'll be so much to treasure about this Christmas day and the fun we've had
So many happy feelings to celebrate with you
And, oh, the good times hurry by so fast,
But even when it's over there's something you can do to make Christmas last

Keep Christmas with you
All through the year,
When Christmas is over,
You can keep it near.
Think of this Christmas day
When Christmas is far away.

Keep Christmas with you
All through the year,
When Christmas is over,
Save some Christmas cheer.
These precious moments,
Hold them very dear
And keep Christmas with you
All through the year.

Christmas means the spirit of giving
Peace and joy to you,
The goodness of loving,
The gladness of living;
These are Christmas too.

So, keep Christmas with you
All through the year,
When Christmas is over,
Save some Christmas cheer.
These precious moments,
Hold them very dear
And keep Christmas with you
All through the year.

曲目No. 2

As Long as there's Christmas (Beauty and the Beast 2)

Belle: There is more to this time of year Than sleigh bells and holly Mistletoe and snow Those things come and go Much deeper than snow Stronger than the strongest love we'll know We'll ever know  As long as there's Christmas I truly believe That hope is the greatest of the gifts we'll recieve As long as there's Christmas we'll all be just fine A star shines above us lighting your Way and mine  Cogsworth: Just as long as there's Christmas There will be Christmas pud Tons of turkey...  Mrs. Potts: And cranb'ry sauce And mince pies if we're good  Lumiere: Loads of logs on the fire  The Ornaments: Lots of gifts on the tree All wrapped up in red ribbons...  Chip: Wonder if there's one for me  Cogsworth: We are due for a party Where on earth do we start?  Fi-Fi: I may wear my tiara You bought me in Monmartre  Cogsworth: All the silver will sparkle  Mrs. Potts: And the china will gleam  Lumiere: And we'll all be as shiny As a brand-new centime  Chip: After dinner we'll play games  Mrs. Potts: 'Till the morning breaks through  Lumiere: Then we'll meet in the garden This is what we shall do  Chip: We will build us a snowman That will reach up to the sky  Belle: It will stay up until July  Belle/Chorus: As long as there's Christmas I truly believe That hope is the greatest of the gifts we'll recieve  Chorus: As long as our guiding star shines above  Belle: As long as there's Christmas we'll all be just fine  Belle/Chorus: There'll always be Christmas  Belle: So there always will be a time When the world is filled with peace and love. 

曲目No. 3 We are the world
老師肯定是麥可迷！噗～

We are the world

There comes a time
When we head a certain call
When the world must come together as one
There are people dying
And it's time to lend a hand to life
The greatest gift of all

We can't go on
Pretneding day by day
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change
We are all a part of
God's great big family
And the truth, you know love is all we need

[Chorus]
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

Send them your heart
So they'll know that someone cares
And their lives will be stronger and free
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread
So we all must lend a helping hand

[Chorus]
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

When you're down and out
There seems no hope at all
But if you just believe
There's no way we can fall
Well, well, well, well, let us realize
That a change will only come
When we stand together as one

[Chorus]
We are the world
We are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let's start giving
There's a choice we're making
We're saving our own lives
It's true we'll make a better day
Just you and me

Zoe/ 1Y5M: 好一個多事之秋

（是個好奇心十足的孩子！）

（最愛讓Dede 抱！）

早就滿17個月囉！

身高約：?? 目前穿90cm size的衣服

體重約 +/- 12kg

身高明顯抽高之後, 綽號從之前大家習慣“肥知知“變成“肉肉知“

<食>

仍舊是個胃口很好的女孩！只要看到可以吃的東西, 從來沒有說No的時候！

目前計畫將逐漸把1日3 餐的主食(粥品)退役

至於十全大補食物泥, 仍舊需要stand-by

除了因為小妮子的乳牙至今只長了8顆(上下排各4顆), 所以無法將食物完全咀嚼後幫助腸胃吸收

所以, 看似隨意實為用心調配的“十全大補食物泥“是補充營養不可缺的祕方啊～～

(補）

上週清洗牙齒時發現, zozo 的上臼齒竟然左右個長了一顆

所以, 長牙目前進度邁向10顆 （咻！還真慢耶～）

特別喜歡和哥哥一起用餐！

麵包, 饅頭類的早餐, 只要稍微處理成bite-size的大小, zozo 都可以自行進食, 完全不需讓人擔心

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活動量依舊良好！

天氣好時, 一天至少要放風兩趟！

不過有時玩得太high, 所以大傷小傷不斷！

大傷1.：左腳腳背處有一不明割傷, 是在爺爺家發生的 （目前仍在貼美容膠中！！）

大傷2. : 右手手背處的割傷, 是在家恣意拿取DVD, 結果被抽屜櫃收邊的鋁條割傷所致 （也是再貼美容膠中！！）

小傷.....: 完全是因為“叩頭 （台語）“所致！我家小女, 前叩後叩, 再怎麼撞都是額頭兩邊...

bruises 不斷啊～～

除了是哥哥的小跟班之外, 也開始學會和哥哥鬥嘴 （氣勢也不差呢！）

Lori/ 4Y7M發展大觀：世界正繞著我旋轉

很快的, 樂也4Y7M了！

體重還是在21kg上下遊走 （算是瘦巴巴一族）

身高依舊很超前, 約2個月前量時, 是 116cm (竟然已經到了該付錢買票的身高）

<語言能力>

目前是標準的雙聲帶 （國語/英語); 中翻英或是英翻中都很okay!

（尤其有時老媽聽不懂他再說啥or唱啥時, 他會自動翻譯！）

喜歡聽台語童謠, 加上在婆（外婆）家的時候, 大家喜歡和他講台語, 所以常常會落一些台語 （媽媽我唯一的concern是有天將無法在他人面前說他的543)

仗著自己愛聽波妞的歌並可哼上一段, 就會很耍帥的說 “媽！我會說日文對不對！？“
不過說真的, 樂樂除了會說あいうえお之外, 源自於天生對數字的狂愛, 數數倒是一流; 從3歲多就可從0數到100 （不過有時會走岔到台語數數去！哈哈！！）

目前,
中文口說能力還好, 不過有時會“卡“在聽到同音不同字的時候, 做過多的連結以及聯想！

所以要常常需要媽媽解釋來解釋去的, 粉累！

還有, 正在訓練他的口語表達能力 (包含用語）;

因為樂有時會表達得過於簡化, 而無法讓人了解他想要講的意思
還有, 最近剛開始對ㄅㄆㄇ注音符號表示興趣, 一想到什麼詞句或字, 就請你拼音！

總括來說, 就是個粉多話的孩子！

＜動作能力＞
目前, 手腳雙側協調度還不錯
可以雙腳併攏做前後左右跳的動作！也可以單腳做金雞獨立或跳跳跳的動作～

力氣控制仍有進步空間！
喜歡和人擁抱, 可是每次都是熱情到一副非把人撲倒不可的！不是每個人都承受的起的啊～

每次看他牽著zozo的手走路, 總覺得zozo的手會被樂扯痛; 看在樂主動照顧妹的分上, 所以我是不會太積極介入！而且zozo可是惜肉的小女生, 真的被扯痛, 她可是會出聲抗議的呢！

手部精細動作越來越純熟！
不論是書寫數字,字母, 注音符號... or 畫圖都可以看出筆順的流暢度, 而且寫字也不再那麼使力！撕紙, 折紙 （會折扇子！）, 擰乾毛巾, 使用剪刀, 抓握物品... 都有明顯的進步

可能有感覺到自己手部能力的提升, 目前也喜歡完疊積木的遊戲, 尤其是疊疊樂 （抽取以及放置積木時, 都很小心喔～）

圖示：蓋個會左右傾斜的高塔 （訓練左右辨識度/ 手部穩定度）

圖示：隨意畫圖作品

（放大圖）非常天馬行空的構圖, 裡頭有幫家人打分數的格子圖

還有他想說的文字, 當然是他口說, 我們拼讓他得以書寫下來的啦！

<情緒表達>
偶爾會害羞躲在人後, 尤其是人家一直盯著他看時; 這時候, eye contact會很不好, 會呈現眼神游離的狀況

要不然, 其實算是個不怕生的孩子
之前, 看到陌生人最喜歡問的問題就是 “你家著幾樓？（尤其搭電梯時？）“ “你幾歲？（別人最常問他的問題）“

喜歡別人順從他的意見, 要不, 很容易生氣; very bossy sometime!

這是媽媽我目前最棘手的問題之一

算是個自我感覺良好的孩子;
目前正在調整他過於cocky的表達, 希望在他惹怒其他朋友前, 能讓他了解self-confidence is not cocky!

Other than that,
他是個貼心的孩子！ （很多人都這樣說！）
因為
他過馬路, 會主動跟義交or 警察說 “謝謝！“
每天吃完學校點心, 會主動去跟做點心的老師, 說 “Thank you, Ms. Hsieh; It's good!" (老師說, 全校只有他會主動說謝謝！）
去小吃攤, 會跟老闆說, "你要小心喔！xx很燙喔...“ or 吃完後, 如果覺得很好吃, 還會走到老闆或廚師那說 “廚師, 謝謝！！
很好笑吧！

<其他>
目前強項仍然與數字脫離不了關係！
計算機是他的好友, 常常帶著到處玩！

99乘法已精通, 也因為如此, 等差級數更是難不了他 （最多, 我們玩過1~10跳數到1000+/-)
簡單的二位數加減也還過的去
基本上來講, 只要是邏輯性高的遊戲他都很愛！

閱讀習慣已養成！
每天睡前必看書！
再加上學校老師為了鼓勵親子共讀所要求紀錄的Reading Log 更是一大助力！
目前, 除了練習看字發音之後, 識字能力也大增; 有些字數少用字淺的書, 他都可自讀！
通常, 選書方向以當時興趣為主
之前是天文方面的書 （8大行星的順序, 特色都很清楚！！）
目前以magic school bus 為首愛, 因為學校的圖書日, 會讓他們看半小時的DVD (這學期, 老師幾乎以magic school bus的為主！）

然而,
老媽我唯一還想加強的是--- 專注力 與 持續力

報告完畢！

忘了宣傳一件事！

樂樂從1個半月前開始戒掉對尿布的依賴！

替他高興之餘, 也慶幸不用再處理尿床之後的清洗工作！！ (補 111509')

Halloween Performance Day 20091030

今年學校的萬聖節表演照片

樂還不錯！今年沒有演出落跑事件！

請看照片！！