nick name

When Kate was born, Mum and Dad gave Kathleen Kiera as her name (the meaning is here), and we call her Kathleen.

About two years ago, she got boring with everyone calling her Kathleen, and wanted a different name: Kate. So we started to call her Kate. Sometimes even she called herself as Kath.

Recently, Kate wants her Kathleen back, but to keep Kate as well. So here is the deal: we'll call her Kathleen and keep Kate in this blog.

new routine

This week was difficult to wake Kate up in the morning compared to last week. It started with just one single nap!

One day, Mum needed to go and Kate wanted to read a book, so Mum left her at home for about half an hour. When Mum came back, Kate was sleeping. She must be so tired.

And the cycle begin:

............... *) ................
....... afternoon nap .......
..... late sleep at night ....
.. sleepy in the morning ..
..... tired after school .....
.......... back to *) ..........

who is the baby?

Mum was giving Kate a bath and Dad was just outside the bathroom.

Kate: Do you want to join us, Daddy?
Dad: No, thank you. I'm not Kate. I'm not a baby. I don't need Mum to give me a bath.
Kate: Hey!! I'm not a baby. You are a baby. You need Mum to sleep with. I sleep by myself.

morning session

This year Kate has morning session, which is 7:15-12:55 on Mon, Tue, Thu, and Fri. On Wed, the school finishes an hour earlier, but since Kate joins with one of CCA, she comes home later than the other days.

Mum was worried that it would be difficult to wake Kate up in the morning, because she used to wake up a bit late for the last 2 years (when she had afternoon sessions). And last month during the holiday was even worse. But it came out that Kate is ready for the morning session, not so difficult to wake up early. She is happy with her morning session, which means she has more time to play after school.

Kate is in Primary 2. She gets lots of new classmates (only 6 who were her P1's classmates), new teachers, but the same form teacher (which means the same English and Math teacher) and the same classroom. Hope she could cope well with her subjects in P2 as well as in P1.

december 2007

Unlike last year, we spent the holiday last month mostly by just staying at home. The one and only attraction we went was to Tangkuban Parahu. But we still managed to meet some friends and visited some relatives. And of course, we went out for dining a lot :D

Without Iih Iing as "driver", Mum improved her driving skill, as she needed to drive by herself for the trip Jakarta-Bandung-Jakarta and while at Bandung, with only Kate as navigator :D

At Bandung Kate got diarrhea, and at Jakarta she got flu. Those are common illnesses for children, but didn't go just in couple days. Guessed those happened because Kate was too excited so we slept past midnight most of the time, and of course it made her woke up so late, and have late breakfast, late lunch, late dinner. Well, the silverlining is Kate could spent more time with her grandparents. They must missed each other a lot, as we don't go back there too often.