Sadie's Parent Teacher Conference

It's so strange....to have a parent teacher conference for a two year old preschooler!  It was really neat though, to hear about Sadie's behaviors from an outside perspective.  She had nothing short of rave reviews from her teacher, Miss Mika, who used word such as: confident, comfortable, thorough, playful, happy, energetic, and social.  She showed us a few of Sadie's drawings and paintings and pointed out some details from that demonstrate these characteristics.  For example: the drawings were large, and covered most of the area of paper --> confidence, the crayon impressions were dark --> also confidence, she used 2 sides of the paper --> thorough, detailed.  Miss Mika also told us what we already know about Sadie, which is that "you will know when she wants to do something and when she doesn't want to do something."  Interestingly, however, at school she doesn't throw tantrums or cry like she does at home, instead, she tells Miss Mika she "doesn't want" or "no."  Finally, Miss Mika did come up with 2 areas for Sadie to improve on: 1) Running in the classroom 2) Potty training.

Beach bound

Our little swimsuit models

The girls....shredding the 6" waves

Callie....staying high and dry, and out of the sun

BIG Little sister

"WOW"....that's what daddy and mommy both said at Callie's one month weigh in when the scale registered a whopping 9 lbs 13.9 ounces!  Which, doesn't sound like that much, but that's a weight gain of almost 3 & 1/2 pounds in one month, and to put it into further perspective, big sister Sadie was 8 lb 6.3 oz at this same age.  She also measured 1/4 inch longer than Sadie...guess all this growing is a result of her being a VERY good eater and a pretty good sleeper as well.

A smile (after doo doo!)

"Who the heck are you?"

11/13/2012

11/17/2012 - "TICK"

Bee-sy Halloween!

It was a fun-filled halloween this year...with pizza and pasta at Aunty Jenn's house, followed by trick or treating around the "small circle" (half of keikilani circle).  The kids had a blast running up to the different houses with their buckets and flashlights, and yelling "trick or treat!"  Chase was the leader of the crew, followed by Paisley, then lastly Sadie, who was always a few footsteps behind her older cousins.  Surprisingly, this old neighborhood had quite a few houses giving out goodies, so the kids were all very happy with their "score."

**Special thanks to Paisley for lending Sadie her bee costume from 2010!**

New Cousin

Baby CALLIE is here!

Callie Katherine Minn: born at 1:01 pm on October 4, 2012.  6 lbs 7 oz, 19.5 inches.

Dr. Minn says baby is happy and healthy

2 days old, just cruising

It's been a week since the arrival of baby Callie, and I have to say it's been going great.  Despite going through a couple of drastic changes, Sadie has adjusted extremely well and hasn't missed a beat.  Surprisingly, her eating and sleeping patterns have been unchanged, and she tries to be a helping hand with diaper changes and feedings.  She gets a big kick out of Callie's burps and loud doo doos, and she also likes watching her make different faces and sounds.  As for baby, she's been nothing short of an angel of a baby so far.  She really only cries/whines when hungry, sleeps for the majority of the day and night, and has a healthy appetite.

2 weeks old:
Weight - 7 lb 3.5 oz (29%)
Height - 19.75" (27%)
Head circumference - 34.9 cm (41%)

First Day @ Wailae Baptist Preschool

Concentrating at the water table

Sadie's (FIRST) Daily Report:

Hi Michelle,

Sadie has been having a good day:)  She was a ready and willing participant doing indoor activities such as - listening to stories, taking turns pushing the shopping cart, putting together different puzzles and also doing outdoor activities, especially liking to play at the water table with spoons, containers, and water wheels.  

Sadie ate some of her morning snack and some of her lunch (afternoon snack is at 2:30p.m.) and then came nap time.  She didn't want to nap and started to cry.  Routinely, Miss. Casey made her round to our class during lunch time, so while I helped with toileting, she helped rock Sadie to sleep.  She is napping well.

Aloha,

Miss. Mika