东吴西周

小翼最喜欢的儿歌是Hikckry dickory dock，一唱她就开心地笑，是首多次救我于水火之中的歌。

话说这周的某一天，我唱Hickory dickory dock逗她笑，唱到第二段，the mouse ran up the clock, the clock struck two, the mouse said… 她用小小温柔的声音不太确定地接了下去“abooo”。

成长真神奇。

这周我一直感冒着，又忙这忙那，又要从家里办公，一时也就忘了告诉本。等想起来，让小翼表演给他看，已经一两天过去了。本先是惊喜地半天合不拢嘴，然后就很嫉妒地追着问，什么时候，到底是什么时候发现她能接着唱的？怎么不早告诉我。

Isabelle has started to really enjoy coming out in the garden, exploring, crawling around and having fun.

Isabelle has continued to enjoy the garden more and more. She has been getting around  the garden more too!

Crawling around the plants and grass, and over to the sand pit.

Isabelle enjoys picking and pulling the grass up outside. Exploring the sand and been pushed around the garden in her push chair.

 

11 September 2009

I put Isabelle’s shoes on to go outside in the garden. When I put her down in the garden at first she spent a long time looking at the bottom of her shoes, pointing at the pictures with her first finger and all of her fingers. She then crawled over to the plants and started picking up some leaves, but then also went back to exploring her shoes.

Isabelle in the quiet side this morning enjoying playing with the small boxes, she picked some of the boxes up and placed them into the dolls house, then taking them back out. She also spent some time holding a box and exploring it with her mouth, chewing on it.

Isabelle this morning has been pulling herself up using the low furniture. Going up onto her knees with great confidences and sometimes only needing support with one hand. Isabelle would then sit back down again and then would pull herself back up as before. Isabelle pulled herself up on to her knees several times, one time after that she pulled herself up to standing and then crawled away.

Isabelle crawled up to the tent in the quiet side of the nursery. Three children were in the tent. They all started talking to Isabelle, with her smiling and laughing back to them. All of the children were saying to Isabelle to come in and after some time she did. She got half way into the door way and crawled off again. Isabelle then crawled away but kept coming back.

Isabelle exploring shredded paper

Isabelle has been really interested in paper and pen, whenever she see any on the floor she crawls straight over to start exploring. She has also shown an interest in ripping the paper up that she finds.

So I set up a tray with shredded papers for her to explore. Isabelle started to explore really quickly, kicking her legs, moving her arms up and down. She also spent some time picking up bits of shredded paper and putting it back down again.

By Corinne

 

15 September 2009

Music and Blocks

I placed a tin on the floor and Isabelle crawled over and began banging the top her her hands.

I took out the shakes, Isabelle had 2 and shook them as I sang some songs. She was also watching Xavier closely, very vocal.

Xavier began to build some towers with small wooden blocks. Isabelle would knock them down. Xavier found this very funny, so kept building. They played together for about 10 minutes. Isabelle then moved across to play with another child who was also building and knocked their towers down too.

Lots of laughing and very vocal, calling out and clapping when others clapped.

I placed the camera at my side, Isabelle took it and pressed the button, resulting in this picture.

By Claire

 

Water play with Levi

Isabelle loved splashing in the water today with Levi, getting herself and him very wet.  They were taking it in turns to splash each other.

While they were playing in the water together, there was lots of smiling, laughing and taking to one another going on.

Isabelle also started moving her legs back and forth towards the end of this experience.

By Corinne

4 August 2009

Isabelle Exploring a Wooden Treasure Basket 04/08/09

Isabelle has really enjoyed exploring her wooden treasure basket.

She enjoys taking things out of the basket and exploring them with her hands. She has also started to take a few things from the basket to her mouth. She has really enjoyed exploring the wooden necklace which she kept going back to.

 

9 August 2009

Isabelle having lunch

At meal times Isabelle sits on a little chair with straps at the table with the other children from our family group, Corinne and Claire. Isabelle needs someone to feed her but she also has begun to pick up bits of food from the table to explore with her hands.

Isabelle has cooled boiled water to drink from a cup with a lid. Isabelle starting to pick up the beaker herself and having a drink.

Isabelle is trying the lunches more and more, and always enjoys her fruit or yogurt for pudding afterwards.

 

12 August 2009

Water play

At first Isabelle was not too sure about the water in the tray, for a few minutes she just looked at the water. She then took one hand and put it into the water, moving her hand backwards and forwards along the bottom of the tray. She then did this with both hands. She then did some splashing, taking her hands in and out of the tray. Isabelle did lots of splashing getting her face and body wet.

 

14 August 2009

Isabelle first exploring water and then water with corks in it.

Again Isabelle really enjoyed exploring the water. Straight away she started splashing with her hands. With Isabelle splashing she got her face and body wet. As Isabelle was splashing, she also made more bubbles in the water, with these bubbles that she made she started to try and pop them, while doing this she showed lots of concentration as she was poping the bubbles. I then added some corks to the water, which Isabelle liked to pick up and then drop back down into the water. As she continued to splash it also made the corks move around the tray. As they did this, she would watch where they would go.

Above by Corinne

 

17 August 2009

Isabelle now pulls herself up to the sitting position in her cot, by pulling on the bars to gain leverage.

By Claire

 

20 August 2009

Water play

Isabelle really enjoyed water play with Flora. She liked splashing in the water and making bubbles. She also splashed Flora back when Flora splashed her and took  a lot of interest in the boats. When she was pulled/taken out of the water she tried to pull herself back in!

By Rosie

 

21 August 2009

Painting

Isabelle really enjoyed exploring the paint. She used her hands and feet to explore.

Isabelle got into the paint and started exploring with her hand straight away. She then made lots of marks with the paint on her legs and then onto the paper.

Isabelle while sat down moved her foot into the tray and started exploring. I then stood her up so that she could put both feet in, this she really enjoyed. She then made lots of marks onto the paper.

 

Isabelle sleeping in a cot

At nursery Isabelle sleeps in a cot. At sleep times she is put into her cot and covered up with a blanket and has her teddy next to her.

Some background music is put on. Isabelle is then patted to sleep.

By Corinne

 

24 August 2009

I laid Isabelle down for her nap and turned round to turn on the CD player. By the time I turned back, Isabelle had pulled herself up to standing.

Isabelle spent a lot of time on her hands and knees today, moving forwards from time to time, beginning to crawl.

By  Claire

 

26 August 2009

I set up various rattles, soft toys, shakers and plastic toys for Isabelle and also a wooden heuristic basket. I laid them out and sat Isabelle in the middle. She looked at what was on the floor and turned towards the wooden objects and began to pick them up. Shaking the beads, banging the pots together, as you can see in the picture, and grabbing many items, looking at and touching them. Isabelle completely ignored the plastic toys.

 

27 August 2009

Lots of crawling – moving confidently around room on hands and knees, sitting from time to time in between.

By Claire

相比中文名字，南京南京的英文名字其实更贴切，City of Life and Death。

这是一部讨论生死的电影，电影中的每个人都在面对生与死的选择。有的人自己决定自己的生死，主动留下的陆剑雄，姜老师，角川，小江，甚至最后的唐先生。有的人决定别人的生死。太多人则将生的希望寄托在别人的身上。

唐先生在空荡荡的街头遇到日本士兵时那个弯腰退缩的身影，就象是近代史中的中国，也许确切的说是中国的管理者，畏惧，退让以求全，将希望寄托于外力。全是徒劳。

生，活着，真的是件那么重要的事情么？无论什么样的境遇都一定要活着？自己的生命有后代来延续，又或者“还活着”就是胜利？

当生死的决定权被他人操控，一个战战兢兢的漫长人生是毫无意义的。

决定他人生死的人未必就是胜者，没有欢呼的人群，再盛大的庆典也不过就是一场凄凉的独角戏。

It is offical, Issy能往前爬了，赶紧的把插头都给堵上。

8月20日那天晚上，我去XC的leaving do，就在我喝着小酒假装没有孩子的时候，本眼睁睁地看着Issy抓着小床的栏杆颤颤巍巍地站起来，站定之后冲着她爹得意地狂笑不止。

哦，她还能自己拿着杯子喝水。昨天吭哧吭哧地把一个大桃子全吃了。她似乎不喜欢被打碎的食物，就喜欢自己咬着吃。

我对自己挑的这个幼儿园还是颇满意的。设施新，花园大，阿姨们也很可亲。今天把幼儿园为Issy建的文件夹拿回来看，这才发现原来她在幼儿园可以光着身子玩水，赤脚踩着颜料画画，开心得不行。

周二下午去接Issy时，她背对着门坐在地上，面前一框木头积木，有两个小朋友在旁边忙忙碌碌的。她把积木拿出来放进去，一边心情很好地自言自语。带她的key person Corinne坐在她对面，似乎在做记录（有Issy在的地方我基本不太注意到别人）。我在Issy旁边坐下来，递了一块积木给她。她头也没抬就接过去，继续自言自语，突然反应过来，转过头，一看是我，小嘴一扁，作势要哭，一把抱起她，她也就安静下来，高高兴兴地准备回家了。

Slade day nursery离我们的住处步行十五分钟左右，算是city council的幼儿园。几个房间可以贯通也可以隔开，再加上一个大花园，孩子有很多自由空间。这是个混龄幼儿园，一个key person负责一组孩子，从几个月大的小宝宝到三岁的幼童。

Issy这样的小宝宝进园都是慢慢来的。第一天去，她一见Corinne就笑了，看起来是个好兆头。那天，我和她一起在幼儿园呆了一个小时，把她的作息、个性等等告诉Corinne。她就开开心心地坐在地上玩玩具，同组的小男生Tom很有爱地伸出小脏手轻轻摸了摸她的脸，接着拿鼻子蹭了蹭她的鼻子。第二次，让她独自和Corinne在园里呆半小时，第三次一小时，然后一个半小时，两小时，半天。去过7次后正式开始她的全托生涯。

第一周和第二周开始几天，我和她说再见时例牌是要哭一下的，但据说我一离开她马上就不哭了。确实，我也见到我人到门口时，她已经有收声的趋势。下午我接她时，她也会小小地哭一下。这两天，下午接的时候她已经基本不哭了，上午离开时也没有以前哭得那么厉害，看起来适应地挺好。

我曾经担心混龄幼儿园容易磕磕碰碰的，但现在看来，反而key person能花较多时间来照顾年龄小的孩子，倒也是件好事，而且和年龄大的孩子在一起能学到更多东西。今天下午离开幼儿园时，她竟然就会对Corinne摆手了。

这几个月的进步有：能从趴的状态用手推着让自己坐起来，积极地拉着床栏杆想站起来，会鼓掌，说到灯时会看灯，语言似乎更丰富，自言自语的时间更多，这两天似乎有自己入睡的兆头。

她是我的，全是我的。

 

我要一个歇斯底里的人生

 

我爱保龄球

这么搭配也不错。