This is Keith's first time going to a county fair. We went to the one held in Pleasanton every year, Alameda County Fair. As expected, he was thrilled for the rides and can't get enough of them.

Last week, after summer camp on Friday, we met with the Allens at Almaden Lake Park and had so much fun playing by the lake and on the playground. We'll met ( Read more... )

It was the first day of Summer Camp today. Keith was holding Ms. Laurie (thank God one of the teachers was an Aide in his previous class in Gingerbread PreK) crying when I entered the classroom to pick him up.

KEITH: My flower was ruined, ruined, RUINED. It's all ruined now. I snatched the flower and the flower was broken, I want my flower. It's ( Read more... )

We're getting more game boards as many as we can in order to give fun therapy to Keith. These kind of games may fun for other kids but for Keith they're more just fun. We hope they will be helpful for Keith in getting better control of his temper and good tools to improve Keith's flexibility in handling different expectations.

Since about two ( Read more... )

We took advantage of the time between the last day of school and summer camp to get together with family and friends. We wanted Keith had fun before he gets busy in the Summer. He'll take Gingerbread summer camp and swimming lessons (everyday for 4 weeks, each) both are organized by recreational dept of the City of Pleasanton ( Read more... )

Keith will not enroll to summer session at American Swim Academy, instead I've registered him for everyday 30-minutes for a month learning to swim class with city of Pleasanton. The progress of his swimming skill hasn't changed from the last entry, he's still has to be able to control his kicks so he can avoid doing bicycle kicks. So hope he'll get ( Read more... )

On the last day of school, Keith handed over presents for Ms. Maureen and her two aides, Ms. Laurie and Ms. Vickie-Dawn. Keith wrote "Thank you!" inside the card and their names on the cover of the envelopes. Everybody gets a personalized card, pen and magnet but Ms. Maureen got a tumbler as a thank you present.

They didn't have a graduation ( Read more... )

Since Keith has always been a fan of a train ride, we spent the day on Sunday to ride on the historic Niles Canyon Railway. We took the last train at 3:00 PM from Sunol to Niles and back. There were two locomotives pulling and pulling the cars full of kids, parents and railway enthusiasts. Other than passenger cars they also have open top cars and ( Read more... )

Keith is due for a belt promotion. We attended the MAA regional belt ceremony yesterday to witness his promotion and get his new belt: white belt with yellow stripe as well as the certificate that come with the belt. The event lasted 2 hours and Keith (and other Tiger level/Black Belt Club Tiger students, asides from their very young age) ( Read more... )

I couldn't help but notice that Gingerbread school has been displaying 3 big fish tank crafts on the hall way.  Keith setiap kali dianter masuk kelas maunya lari terus mampir itu "fish tanks". Pulangnya juga begitu. Keith is crazy about sea creatures. Fish tanknya terbuat dari karton yg diisi  dengan small toy fish yg digantung2 and dasar tanknya ( Read more... )

We will send Keith to kindergarten this year so we try more to maintain some exposures to academic subjects (by using workbooks) that Keith already has got from his previous preschool daycare in Chicago (his current preschool is a non academic preschool). It's a perfect timing for me since it means less prep time ;)

Some of the TV shows that he ( Read more... )