Planting a rainbow

A few weeks ago, when reading the book "Planting a Rainbow," Vivi decided to plant her own rainbow. Mom drew out pots and Vivi colored them in the colors of the rainbow -- we had our plan.

The next weekend we bought some little pots -- one for each color of the rainbow -- and painted them as colorfully as possible.

After two full days of drying, they were ready to plant. We went to the garden store and bought some flowers and seeds.

Vivi's rainbow of flowers - red, orange, yellow, (green leaves) and blue-purple.  

gold balloons

Singing in the rain...

February photos

Need some safety goggles

Went to Staples with Mom. They had put a bunch of paper towel rolls out for me to play with.

We went to the garden store. I thought these plants looked like the ones at Bapa's house.

We made lanterns for Chinese New Year in my pre-school class

Legoland

The beginning of patching

 Artwork in Vivi's eye doctor's office

I've been noticing Vivi's left eye wandering ("disassociating is the scientific term) for a few months. We finally got an appointment with the pediatric ophthalmologist in town last week who confirmed that she has strabismus. This is no surprise since it runs in families and I also had a lazy left eye as a child. On a scale of 1 to 10, hers is currently a 1, so that's good news. We started patching her good eye (the right eye) this week for one hour a day. She will be reevaluated in 3 months.

Vivi interview - 2014

An interview with Vivi. 

1. What is your favorite color? Green and Blue
2. What is your favorite toy? cows (she was looking at a carton of milk that has cows on it)
3. What is your favorite fruit? Apple juice
4. What is your favorite TV show? Tigey (daniel tiger's neighborhood) and Rogers (Mr. Rogers)
5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? Pasta (though she usually requests quesadillas now)
6. What is your favorite thing to wear? My party dress
7. What is your favorite game? All the games
8. What is your favorite snack?  Cheerios
9. What is your favorite animal? Lion
10. What is your favorite song? "What do you see" (?)
11. What is your favorite book? Doggie book (?)
12. What is your favorite friend? Aina
13. What is your favorite dinner? Quesadilla
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? swings
15. What is your favorite place to go? playground
16. What is your favorite breakfast? cereal
17. What is your favorite thing to take to bed at night? monkey
18. What is your favorite drink? Apple juice
19. What do you want to be when you grow up? Mommy or daddy or grandma

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

We went to Noah's Ark as the Skirball Institute. Lots of animals made out of recycled materials, interactive exhibits for the kids, and a fantastic climber.

Snake made of bottle caps

Zebra made from roof vents

In the climber

Putting animals on the conveyer belt

Owls made of springs and fans

Climber

Playdate!

Granny's Visit

Granny came to visit

We rode the train at the zoo

Baked a lot of cupcakes

Attack of the drill monster

Thank you for the Christmas presents!