• Us
  • We visited our cousins. Their kids put on a short play for us, complete with lighting and sound effects.
  • I helped GG with math review, using Google Translate to figure out what her paper worksheet said.
  • My mom told me the story about how I almost didn’t get nominated for the BPI Science Award, but ended up winning it anyway.
  • We hosted a get-together for many of my godparents.
• Field trip
  • We went to Mind Museum. My membership let me take in five people total, so it worked out nicely.
• Gross motor
  • A- wanted to be carried. While I carried her, I asked her, “Whose legs are getting stronger?” “Mama.” “Whose legs need to be getting stronger for a pedal bike?” “Me.” Then she got down and started running.
• Language
  • “I want to sleep. I have to get some rest.”
  • “What are the girl marriers for? Guiding the boy ones?”
  • “I’m thinking about plans.”
  • “Back in the old days, I liked guacamole. Now I like both salsa and guacamole.”
  • “I like things neat and organized.”
  • A- was watching videos of herself on my phone. Lola invited her to stand closer so that they could both see. A- said, “I’d rather stand here. You can see half and I can see half.”
  • “Are those the hiccups of tiredness?” “They’re the hiccups of playness.”
  • “I have to have all the love I want.”
• Self-care and independence
  • A- washed her hair with a dipper all by herself.
• Emotion
  • A- missed me because I went downstairs. She got really upset.
• Social
  • We had dinner at Tita Leslie’s. The kids had fun playing hide and seek, making things with playdough, dancing, and drawing.
  • Lola, A-, and I played the “Never Let the Balloon Sink” game.
• Pretend
  • A- pretended to be a baby mosquito.
  • I made a puppet theatre out of cardboard, and the kids put on a puppet show.
• Cognition
  • A- counted people in the car, separating them into categories.
  • “I finished my water. Now I can make something with this.” A- is beginning to think of things as loose parts.
  • We made different shapes using rubber bands and the Junior Engineer kit.
• World
  • We dripped water on a coaster to experiment with its properties.
  • We did lots of little experiments with a slinky.
  • I tried making a coin sorter out of cardboard.
  • “My bladder is getting really full. Maybe I should stop and wait to let my intestines pass it down.”
  • A- got curious about astronaut videos.

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