The woman besides him seems quite taken with him.
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Three hours to take Tony's passport photo!
Tony's mother took Tony to a photo shop to get a passport photo taken. A simple thing, one would assume, but it was a three hour ordeal for Jenny.
Tony just wasn't able or willing to sit still long enough to pose for the photo. Jenny became frustrated, after about twenty minutes and slapped him. She then had to let him play with the Ipad awhile so he could calm down. And the whole rigamaroll happened again.
Jenny has two different sets of photos of Tony that she hopes will pass muster with the Canadian passport office in Shanghai.
Friday, February 17, 2012
Daddy! Don't buy drink!!!!!!
Tony and I were on the E-bike. I told him that we were going to the school to buy drinks. Tony replied, "Don't buy drink!" I told him again I was going to and he insisted that I wasn't. And so when I took the E-bike towards the store, Tony began to cry.
When we arrived at the store entrance, Tony stood in front of me and tried to block me from entering As I tried to get around him, he grabbed me by the legs. He didn't stop me and so as I entered and went to the store shelves to find drinks for purchase, a bawling Tony clutched onto my legs forcing to me to drag him as I walked. It was a curious sight for the storekeepers who know Tony and Tony's Baba very well.
Why was Tony acting as he did? Tony and I had a conflict of agendas. We had gone to do some trainspotting, after which I wanted to go home, but not before buying some drinks because Casa K was empty; and after which Tony wanted to go a nearby park and some do climbing on the slides and rope play sets. Tony was upset that I didn't go to the park. He had expected it because every other time we had gone trainspotting, we went to the park afterwards.
It turned out that we did go to the park afterwards. Tony was so upset that I had no choice. And after we went to the park and were on the way home, as I had wanted to do much earlier, Tony asked me to go to the store and buy him a lollipop!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Daddy! Don't get up!
Tony doesn't like to be in bed alone. When Mom has to be up earlier than Dad, Tony won't let Dad leave bed.
"Don't get up! Daddy!" he says to his father who finds himself in complete agreement with his son and yet can't fulfill the request.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tony greets Daddy. Asks for the Yellow.
When Dad arrived home from work. Tony opened the door for him. Tony noticed Dad was wearing headphones and thus realized that he was listening to the Ipod which has a yellow cover.
"Give me my yellow!" said Tony.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
What Tony did to Dad's laptop!
Those who have an Ipad or Ipod touch know that pivoting the device can change it from landscape to portrait configuration and vice versa. So, it is not a rare thing for Tony's Dad to turn on his Ipod touch, when Tony lets him, and to see the screen in an unwanted configuration.
Monday evening, after letting Tony play with his laptop, Dad turned on that device to see the screen in a configuration that he didn't want. The sign-in screen of the laptop was in a portrait configuration -- that is, everything on the screen was flipped ninety degrees from where it should normally have been . Having this problem with the Ipod, it took Dad a few more seconds, than it should have, to realize something was wrong. When Dad entered the password, the "*" character, used to hide the password, went upwards on the screen instead of left to right as it would have normally. The desktop and all its icons were also ninety degrees off. And maneuvering the mouse on the screen was impossible.
Fortunately, Dad was able to quickly discover, after a minute, what had happened. Dad saw a key on the keyboard that had a picture of a screen on it: the F1 Key. To activate the function of that key, one had to press the function (Fn) key. Doing this, Dad fixed the screen configuration problem by pressing the keys and choosing the correct option of the menu that then appeared. Tony had pressed the function (Fn) key and the F1 key at the same time -- a possible mistake Tony could make playing with the Microsoft Train Simulator program.
In the aftermath, Dad had three thoughts. First, he fixed the problem so quickly that he didn't have time to really get upset about it. The problem was, in essence, fixed during the moments of it setting into Dad's awareness. Second, he should have taken a photo of the problem and put it into the blog instead of trying to describe it. Of course, he could change the configuration of the screen again to take a photo, but that was asking for trouble and so it would be better to let things be. Third, he wondered if he should let Tony use the laptop again.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Tony uses Dad's housecoat as a blanket
Dad was wearing his housecoat as he sat on the sofa in the Casa Kaulins living room when Tony came up to him with his dolls and started to pull at the robes.
Dad didn't know what Tony was up to. But as he tried to stand up, Tony got very upset and insisted that Daddy "sit down!"
Tony then took the bottom of Dad's robe and used it as a blanket to cover his Eego Beego doll.
"Strange!" thought Dad.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Daddy! Give me the Yellow!
Daddy has a yellow cover on his Ipod; Mommy has a pink cover on her Ipad. So, Tony calls each respective device "the yellow" or the "the pink."
One evening, Daddy came home from work. Tony opened the door for him and appeared excited to see him. Jumping up and down he was. But the first thing he said to Daddy was "Give me the yellow!" Mommy then explained to Daddy that Tony hadn't been allowed to play with the Ipad all day.
Many mornings when Tony gets up and is dressed by Daddy, the first thing he will say is "Daddy! Give me the Yellow!"
Sometimes, Daddy will try to dissuade Tony by telling him to ask Mommy for "the pink." Most times, he will give up the yellow because Tony will otherwise put up a horrific whine.
Sometimes, Daddy will pretend to not know where the Ipod is, but Tony will then search Daddy's pockets.
There is no deterring Tony from getting "the Yellow."
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Tony during Chinese New Year 2012 in Beixin
Tony is scared of fireworks. So he spent most his time in Beixin either with his ears plugged or sitting indoors.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Does Tony like David Hasselhoff?
Tony's father, despite his better judgement**, really likes this video, and now Tony likes it as well.
Tony's father put the video on his mobile phone. He showed it to Tony once, and now Tony insists on watching/listening to the video at bedtime. Tony even tries to sing along with it
**Actually, this is a great video. It is fun and bouncy, and one should have no reservations about liking it.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
I want Toby! and other observations about Tony.
Tony had an idea: we, his mother and his father that is, were going to buy him a Toby train engine. Toby is a character, a train actually, in the Thomas and Friends t.v. show.
Tony was watching the show a few days ago and saw Toby the engine; Tony already had a Thomas engine and a Percy engine for his TOMY train set; and I had already put Thomas, Gordon, and Percy engines into the train simulator program that is on the computer at home. Tony plays with the train set and the train simulator program every chance he gets. So, I can understand his jump in logic. I supply him with all this train stuff, so it must be his right. So far, though, we haven't given in to him.
Tony is getting proficient at the Microsoft Train Simulator program. Last night, he played with the program for an hour without requiring my assistance. He can release the brakes on the trains, put the trains in gear, and set the throttle.
Tony got a hold of the ear-phones I plug into my Ipod. I noticed that he had pulled the plastic covers off both the ear-jacks. The covers allow the ear-jacks to fit snugly in my ears. I was able to find one of the ear-jack covers, and not being able to find the second I asked Tony where he had the put it. I said this in frustration, but he then surprised me by handing me the missing ear piece.
Tony has an annoying habit of wanting me to carry him everywhere. He will stand in front of me and beg, by jumping and having his arms outstretched. I try to run away but his wailing is too much to deal with so I give in and take him in my arms.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
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