Photo taken on the morning of April 1, 2010.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tony can recite the "To be or not to be" speech.
It is amazing the things that they teach at preschools these days.
Tony at Preschool: a report.
Jenny tells me that the teachers at the preschool have told her that Tony is a generous kid and knows how to play with toys. One of these two traits must definitely have come from his mother; I may know how to play with some toys.
Jenny tells me that Tony's generosity comes from the fact that he is richer than the other kids there. This thought seems so alien to me -- I have always thought of myself as a poor sot. But dumb self-centered me, I haven't realized, or have forgotten how fortunate my position is here relative to most of the locals. I feel like such a sap now, to put it mildly.
When Tony plays with toys, the preschool teacher told Jenny, the other kids watch, not knowing what to do. Again, this is because Tony has more toys than the other children. Again, I feel the sap because of some beastly behavior you will about in another blog of mine.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Last time AKIC saw TKIC...
was this morning. TKIC was awake but he didn't seem interested to getting up. He was the exact opposite of what he should have been.
The evening before, he was the same way. He was jumping up and down like a ball of energy when he should have be laying about quietly.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Maybe Tony doesn't like James Brown
Earlier, I said that there was a chance that Tony liked James Brown music -- James Brown being the King of Funk or Soul or whatever. Anyway, I then exposed Tony to a few James Brown videos and all my son could say was "We will Rock You!". So, he didn't go for it. Whether that is a good thing or bad thing, can be argued till the cows come home, or the chickens come to roost and then go out again. But, it is amazing nonetheless.
Just think. In the old days, in Canada, if one would have wanted their child to see or hear some James Brown songs, you would have to gone by dog sled three hundred miles to the nearest thing resembling an urban metropolis to find a recording -- and the chances are none would be available, so you would have to order the recording, return three hundred miles to your cold water shack, wait three months, and if the season was right, make another 500 kilometer trip (you missed your chance to vote against Trudeau) through mosquitoes or mud to the urban metropolis (somewhat), and hope the recording that your ordered had come in, and then return home again -- another three hundred mile trip -- pardon my unpatriotic use of miles.
But now, in China, all I have to do is journey the three meters (one yard) from the my living room to my computer, and locate a James Brown Video (thirty seconds), and expose it to my child.
Remarkable. And yet, how we so often take this for granted.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Tony might like James Brown
TKIC danced funkily when he overheard a James Brown song that was being used as bumper music on a podcast I was listening to. AKIC will expose him to more of this kind of music to see how he reacts.
Another site that Tony likes.
Craymachine is a blast. Press a letter key and watch something fantastic. Don't do what Tony does though and press the upper-case key -- the program then won't work.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Putting things out of Tony's reach
Every morning, I have to put the alarm clock on a very high shelf to stop Tony from playing with it.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Unhappy TKIC
Wuxi Tony Update #55: Attack of Stroller Boy!
A blast from the past.
Tony is in a stroller in this video.
Object de Art?
They give Tony colouring sheets at the preschool, and this is what he does with them. He says "Wow!" when he looks at his. Really, he has no reason to, but I think the handlers at the preschool have taught him to react so.
If Tony is going to be a Pollock - better he be Sam Pollock, General Manager of the Montreal Canadiens in the 1970s, than the artist Jackson Pollock who he right now clearly resembles.
Tony's favorite toddler game site
Kneebouncers is a great site for Toddler games. All the toddlers have to do is press a key and watch an amusing thing happen. Tony really enjoys the fish and number games.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tony by the Lake
This photo was taken over six months ago.
Today (March 25), Tony hopefully goes to preschool. He didn't yesterday because it was a rain day.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
What Tony can now say.
He can say "Wuxi!".
When it rained yesterday, Tony said "Xiayu le" which means "it is raining!" in Mandarin.
Monday, March 22, 2010
Wuxi HyLite Language School looking for English Trainers
The School where I work is looking for teachers. If you are interested, you can email me (akaulins@gmail.com) for details. Only Native English Speakers and serious teachers (not tourists) need apply.
Happy 31st Tony!
Anthony Arnis Peng Kaulins is 31 months old today!
Congratulations to Jenny, his mother.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Tony is napping
Tony is napping as I write this. My wife tells me that he slept in the crib of his own volition. I guess he has picked up a habit, from his preschool, of wanting to sleep in a bed of his own.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Wuxi Tony Update #550: On a bridge near the train station
AKIC took TKIC for a walk after preschool one day.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
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