We took Kasia to her first vet visit today. Kasia has an upset stomach, and wasn’t feeling well all day. She supposed to have her last immunization shot today, but the Vet recommended us to come back next week instead.
We got some medication for her upset stomach from the vet. Janly administrated the medication to Kasia, and she took it very obediently. Poor baby.
Today is the last day of the long weekend. Both Janly and I were busy with our own works, and we left kids to their own demise. Tahlia set up her own watercolor studio in the study and was diligently working on her sketches all afternoon. Keely was busy working on multiple projects and she had pieces of balsa wood, scraps of paper, clay and cut- up popsicle sticks all over and under her desk. Tahlia has great intuition with colors, and she paints beautifully. Keely, on the other hand, is a fearless maker. Nothing is ever too hard to make. She is constantly searching on Youtube for new projects.
Keith Haring. | Radiant baby
“Representing youthful innocent, purity, goodness, and potential.”
Neon light installation of Radian Baby
We visited the Keith Haring Exhibit during the Chinese New Year. It was a small exhibition held in the National Museum of History.
Tahlia and I will be working on our 30 swimming sessions in 10 weeks challenge. Last week, we took Tahlia to Hospital, and she was diagnosed with Scoliosis (under 20 degrees) and she also has Pectus Excavatum – the funnel chest condition. We were surprised by these medical conditions but we knew these are messages that telling us to make a lifestyle change.
We felt the urgency of counter these conditions by working out right away to strengthen Tahlia’s back and chest muscle. We hope that by swimming consistently for 10 weeks, we will be able to improve her funnel chest condition and also help her to have a better spinal alignment.
We went to Daan sports center at 10 am today, and we accomplished our first 500M in 30 minutes. We are going to correct our body condition by a consistent exercise routine. We are going to beat scoliosis and Pectus E. without having to use any brace or to undergo the surgical procedure. Our goal is to swim 15000M by end of April!
Good job, Tahlia.
We took TK to get a much-needed haircut on Sunday. They will be attending boarding camp next week for 9 days and we need to help them simplify their life as much as we can.
Today Tahlia has orchestra practice and her math tutor was going to study with her from 7:30-9:30 pm and since Tahlia has been battling a cold I told her to skip school and stay home and get some rest. Exams were over and the teacher was not going to teach anything new anyways.
Keely went to school and she told me that her teacher taught the class how to ride a bike.
She said: ‘There were 3 people in our class who cut their hair today. : my teacher, Benson and me.’
Took the kids to Cosmed today just to take a look at the new contact lenses on the market. You are now able to have your eyes shine with Hello Kitties and Little Twin Stars.
Here is Tahlia enjoying her new book on audible (Land of Stories) while jumping on the trampoline. This makes her super happy.
What a wonderful trip in California! We traveled from 8/7 to 8/22 for a total of 15 nights, and we drove altogether 2082.2 miles or 3334.56km equivalent. We began our trip from L.A., drove up to Yosemite National Park, went further north to Lake Tahoe, and visited San Franciso, finally returned to L.A.
Tahlia is really proud of her cat sketch. She created it with 13 circles.
This is how I feel after a 2 hour conversation with Tahlia and Keely. Today’s topic was about how to be a responsible human being. I touched on topics of cleaning after themselves and that everyone needs to start carrying their own weight and start appreciating that while we as parents are doing our best to them to give them a well-rounded upbringing we need a break and we cannot be expected to do everything for them. To understand and not take for granted that while we love you and love to spend time with you that we have a business to run and need time to tend to our work. There are times when you need to entertain yourself.
