happy caity » skills

Made by Caity

mom_of_caity — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:03:14 +0000

In a glance the picture below doesn’t look like anything at all. But take a good look and try to see what you can make out of the set-up. (:

Caity was playing one afternoon with her toy animals while I was busy tapping in my computer. I noticed it was time for her nap, so I asked her to clean up her toys, but she refused and called my attention instead “Look mama, it’s a mouse!” pointing to the body of the cow. “It’s my computer, mama.” She proudly showed me her creation. She used an old chess set she found in one of the drawers. For sometime she enjoyed taking out the pieces and putting them back in their respective spaces. But she apparently had thought of something creative to make with it, such as creating her own computer. (: Did you guess it? It’s amazing what kids can do with random things using the power of their imagination, eh?

Performing in a farm

admin — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 13:06:42 +0000

Knowing how Caity loves farm animals, I thought she’d be excited to see them up close. I read from an online article about this place called Toulcův dvůr which is like a mini-farm. They grow herbs and few crops in a small land, not the usual big acres of land for farms. They also raise chickens, geese, pigs, rabbits, sheep, cows, goats and horses. I really don’t care about its size, I just want our kids to be able to see how animals look in real (again). The place seems to have plenty to offer too, like a cafeteria, stores selling their own produce, playground, and even a simple accommodation; and the best thing about it is that it is open to the public to visit with no entrance fee.

We went there on a Sunday, a couple of hours before they closed. To our disappoinment, most of the animals weren’t in their shed. We only saw the geese and rabbits.

Caity was beaming with smile when she saw a pig’s picture pasted in the wall, but when we peeked inside the pig pen, it was empty! So sad. Then she also saw pictures of sheep, cow and goat, and asked “Where is the sheep? Where is the cow, where is the goat?” hahaha Poor Caity. Fortunately we lingered a bit, and we were rewarded when the chickens showed up which brought happiness to our little girl. And when the animals exited, we also headed for home.

She thought she heard an animal sound…

Now what?

Then Caity saw this stage just beside the main entrance, ran to it and started going up and down there. A brilliant idea struck me. I tried to ask her if she can sing which she willingly did. She did a little performance for us which really made us very proud of her. She sang English and also Czech children songs, and also danced. What a talented performer! (proud mom lang po) (:

Here’s Caity singing Twinkle Little Star:

Here she is dancing to a random song from M’s phone:

I’ll update later with her singing a Czech children song.

posing after her performance…

Caity’s outfit:

Being innovative

mom_of_caity — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:35:54 +0000

A little girl’s attempt in being innovative:

She took out the contents of her toy box and made it into a chair with a desk for her cereal.
Superb idea Caity! Enjoy your cereal!

Photos taken on March 9, 2010.

Eating time

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:33:00 +0000

Sorry for the long silence! I haven’t been feeling well lately, pregnancy discomforts have been bothering me! Oh yes, since I’m pregnant, that will make Caity a big sister soon. But she doesn’t know that yet.

Anyway, our little girl is certainly learning more skills as she grows; skills that are important for her survival when I am busy doing other things…

Eating watermelon at 21 months:

Eating all by herself (using spoon and fork) at 22 months: