Alpha's Egyptian Museum

Alpha's Graduation from preschool

Alaska 2008

Words Recognition

We found out tonight that Archer is able to recognize at least the following words without external aid such as a picture:
Shirt
Dog
Orange
Boots
Hat
Dress
Bird
Water
Balloon
Boat
Horse
Airplane
Turtle
Cow
Shoes
Tree
Shell
Car
Book
Flower

!!!!!!

Waking up Archer

Waking the very sleepy Archer up with his favourite video:

發音問題

話說，Archer在學校看書，有好多flap可以揭開那一種。他每打開一個flap，就說"open"，關上，就說"shut"。於是，他就不斷地在說"open-shut""open-shut"。但Archer很懶，有時想講"open"但只會說"O"；發音又不太準確，於是，想說"open-shut"，就變成不斷地說"O-shit""O-shit"...

At UBC

Fall

Pumpkin

Archer can't stop jumping...

Catch and Throw

Archer played catch-and-Throw (ball) yesterday. It's great turn taking experience. He giggled as he played.

Today is not a good day for Alpha. He pushed a girl at the playground, claiming that she doesn't belong to his preschool, so she should not be there. He was timed out by the teacher.

More words from Archer

Archer's vocab continues to increase. He will now say Ye Ye (grandpa) when being asked. Yesterday, he said Goh Goh (elder brother) to Alpha twice.

Archer First Day of School

Harrison Hot Springs

New photos posted on Facebook.

Archer feeds himself

Alpha Writing

At dinner last night, Alpha decided to write our names out. We spelt them
for him and he wrote them done. He didn't know how to write some of the
letters and we taught him. After writing in English, he wanted to write a
Chinese story. He asked Alan to make dotted lines for him to trace.

English writing: House Yu Yu, My Robot, Constance, My toys, hourhoc
(gibbish), Lisa, Grandma, Grandpa, Archer, Alpha Yu, Alan.

Chinese writing: Alpha is eating in a restaurant. Suddenly he sees a wild
animal.

Archer's new words

Arhcer's new words for the week of June 4:
- 'Puzz' for puzzle
- Ball
- 'O' for open

Archer's new words

These are the words which Archer gained in the last 2 weeks:
* Poh Poh (= granny)
* Bubbles
* Duck
* Po (= pick up)

Archer squibbled on Grandma's sofa

Help! Archer used a red ball pen and squibbed big time on grandma's leather sofa! Mommy is having a hard time to remove the ink marks.

難扮

Alan：（睇完Parade後）明天我們去California Adventure便會見到McQueen了。
Alpha：人扮定係Robot黎架？
Alan：我唔知播。
Alpha：McQueen好難用人扮架播。
Alan：...

Alpha in Disneyland - Video

Alpha in Disneyland

Today

Alpha Dresses Up

Archer in playground

Archer speaks

He says 食.

Archer Photo

Eat

I heard Archer saying "sik" tonight when Alan held a piece of snack in from of him. "sik" is the Chinese word for eat. Later in the evening, just before going to bed, Archer wanted his milk so badly that he kept saying "sik" "sik" "sik" without any prompting from us. This is his first request in word without prompting.

Xy-phone

Tuesday morning, I took Archer to Jill's (speech therapy). He did very well. He said xy-phone (xylophone) once. Good eye contact and prolonged attention.

After work, I took Archer to a paint and play class (every Tue at 6:15-7:15 pm). Archer enjoyed it. He saw a xylophone same as Jill's at the community centre, and said xy-phone again!

Archer at my Photo Booth

Recent New Videos

Archer reads




Alpha eats ice cream




Alpha at the Aquarium


Alpha asks Beluga (the white whale), "Can you hear me?"

Alpha will be mom's boss

Alpha says he will become my boss at UBC, then he will come to work with me every day. He will also assign me work and all for the work that he assigns me, I will have to work together with him, i.e. I will have to be with him all the time.

Some recent photos

Archer uses a straw

We started to wean Archer from his bottle last Wed (Apr 11). He complains but complies. Today, Apr 15, Archer learns to use a straw to drink!

Popcorn

Alpha wants to grow corn this summer. When it is harvested, Alpha will put it in a bag and pop it --- he wants to make popcorn!

Auto Show 2007

Alpha pretends to be a rock star

Alpha is to be a rock star these 2 days. He saw that in Barney's video. Because rock stars have "sparkly stuff" near their eyebrows, so Alpha wanted me to stamp the end of his eyebrows with Miney Mouse stamp. Because rock stars have make up, so he wanted a stamp print on each of his cheek too. Yes, he wore 4 stamps on his face all day.

Constance

Archer feeds himself

A weekend full of flu

Both children and I are sick. Didn't get much sleep last night. I believe I woke up every hour to make sure that Alpha had his blanket on, or his temperature was alright, or to verbally comfort Alpha that I was there with him. At 6 am, he said in English, mommy, I need some milk. Told him that I need to go over to 3655 to get some. He said he would wait for me. After the ordeal, when he laid down in bed again, he said, mommy, you really love me. How sweet!