First Parent/Teacher Conference

We had our first parent/teacher conference at Hsin's school yesterday. Yeah I know...she is only 15 months old...but our center takes education and development REALLY seriously.

We got a bunch of pictures of Hsin "doin stuff" at school. Some pics of her all bundled up playing outside, one of her painting (one of my favorites), one of her and Shiu sleeping at naptime (my other favorite) and one of her stuffing Cheerios in her mouth at breakfast.

We also got all her artwork from the past 2 months. The funniest one is a cut out of an acorn that the kids were given brown paint to color in. Yeah, Hsin's had 3, very small brown dots on it. Her teacher told us that Hsin is often more fascinated by the crayon, or paintbrush...and doesn't really bother with the actual coloring or painting. So a white acorn with 3 freckles it is.

They said that Hsin is becoming very interested in other kids emotions. If another kid in her class is crying, she goes over and looks at them with a concerned look on her face.

She LOVES to eat and is usually the first kid at the table for meals. She bangs on the table and gets the other kids to bang on the table too (somehow this makes me think of a scene from Oliver). Yesterday morning the teacher made raisin bread with cream cheese and Hsin ate 2 and a half pieces. She asked me where Hsin puts it all since she is the tiniest kid in the room. We have also been told that Hsin has tried to get into the little fridge in the classroom. She does eat like a horse!

They said she is making progress with walking, but seems like a laid back and easy going child and therefore doesn't seem to have much interest yet. Her legs are actually sturdy enough, and she can stand on her own for long periods of time...she just doesn't want to.

They also said that when another child takes Shiu she makes a really loud screeching noise like a cat and hits whoever took him. The teacher said she is actually pretty happy to see Hsin sticking up for herself. Being the easy-going kid that she is, and little, she is more prone to be picked on. Word of warning...don't mess with her mouse or you might get knowcked the *&^% out!

There was a ton of other information, and cute stories about Hsin at school, but I won't bore you with all of them. It was really nice to have a little window into her life at school. We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it there! It really does our hearts good that Hsin loves it too. Just this morning when we walked in, her one teacher and one other baby were there. The other baby (who is a bit older than Hsin) yelled "SHEEN", and Hsin got the biggest grin on her face like "yes my friend...I have arrived and your day may begin". We then grabbed Shiu and they all sat down to read a book! LOVE IT!