37 Months Old

Sometimes Mr. CP is a substitute teacher for children's wu shu classes a couple times during the summer when the coaches travel to China.  The youngest kids are 5 years old and they learn how to kick and punch and study some forms.  We brought Baby CP along this year so he could run around a little and see what the older kids are doing.  He really embraced it and would follow along pretty well for about 20 or 30 minutes before losing interest.  He would try to do all the stretches and some of the line kicking and punching.

 

The older kids loved watching him and talking to him and he really enjoyed all of the attention.  One extra unexpected bonus from bringing him to class was that some older kids (maybe around 7 years old) decided they'd teach him the concept of addition by adding some fingers on one hand with another hand.  He picked it up right away and now he asks me about it every now and then - 2 fingers on one hand + 2 fingers on the other = 4 total.   It reminds me of when I used to teach my younger brother how to add decimals a couple years before he would have learned them in school.  Little kids love learning from older kids.

I also overheard one very ambitious child asking Baby CP he knew multiplication...which was very quickly poopoo-ed by another one - "If he doesn't know addition, he OBVIOUSLY doesn't know multiplication yet!")  Funny!

Saving the best for last, here is a short video of Baby CP showing off some dance moves while we were watching So You Think You Can Dance.  His teachers are always telling me about how they are impressed with his dance moves.  Today, was the first day he didn't cry when I dropped him off at school.

Baby CP Visits Grandma and Grandpa

For July 4th, Baby CP and I took a week long trip to New York to visit grandma and grandpa.  He was entertained by his videos and snacks and didn't give me any real trouble during the flights.  Our flight to NY was actually delayed for a couple hours, with one of those hours sitting on the runway, but he was a trooper and cooperated the entire time.  Thank goodness for Peppa Pig!

On the night of July 4th, Baby CP was excited about the fireworks which were on display from both the front and back of gong gong's house.  At first they were in the back only so he stood in the window.  Then when they also started to have them at the beach on the other side of the house he ran back and forth trying to see everything.

Baby CP had fun playing games with gong gong and po po.  He liked to bury gong gong with EVERYTHING, including pillows, clothing, tools, shoes (until po po told him that was dirty), and anything else he could find.  He enjoyed playing with gong gong's tools and swinging upside down.  He and po po also enjoyed having pillow fights. 

Since it's summertime, there were many delicious treats to be had - Baby CP enjoyed long yan, lychees, watermelon and many popsicles.  He was a pretty good eater during the entire trip.

Baby CP had his semi annual checkup - no cavities - but didn't really agree to let gong gong do the the flouride treatment this time.

Of course there was mischief all along the way, including shoving a headphone into his nose on the plane ride back.  Little punk.