Sanjay's Birthday

Kamie came for Sanjay's birthday this weekend along with Shen. It was a good weekend. Someone was joking that she is a computer junkie like me. She really is almost fully proficient in using the computer and she plays a lot of computer learning games. I customized google chrome browser so that the home page would just have different children's websites, so she could just click home, and click on any that she liked. All she needs to do now is to learn to type, and she will be all set.

On Sunday, when we got Sanjay's birthday cake, she was watching videos online. I kept calling her to come (so she can light the candles), but she didnt want to stop. I wait for that video she was watching to finish, then I went and grabbed her up. She was struggling to go back, but when she got into the kitchen and saw the cake, her eyes light up. She immediately became excited. Kamie and Shen stayed and lit the candles. Shen then brought the cake in to Sanjay, in the room, but I had not set up the camera yet. I went and set up the camera and brought out the cake with wine glasses. We sung happy birthday to Sanjay and he blew out the candles. We ate dinner of curry chicken before having the cake. It was lots of fun. We took lots of pictures. Kamie, as usual always love to take the pictures, so she used the remote. We had variety pack cheese cake. It was so yummy. Kamie ate her dinner without hesitation. I told her that we would have cake only after eating off dinner. It is the first I see her eat so quickly. She normally takes long to eat. I guess that runs in the family because that is how we all were when we were growing up.

UPDATE:
Well, here are pictures from Sanjay's Birthday party with all of us.

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Kamie Flu

Kamie has been down with the Flu since Saturday Oct 24th. She had to miss school for 4 days. She was okay during the time once she took her medicine, but once the medicine wears out, her fever came back. She recovered on Thursday and got to start back school on Friday.

She is really smart with the computer. She knows how to use everything on it, and anything I show her once, she remembers. I have a extra laptop that I allowed her to use. She knows how to start up the computer and open up the web browser by clicking the start menu and clicking to open Google Chrome. I set the website that I allow her to go on as the home page, so she can go on and play learning games. She really enjoy it. I need to find more websites which are kids friendly. She has known how to use youtube for about 1/2 year now, but I realized that youtube is not very kid-friendly. I need to find a better website with videos for kids.

Kamie's Birthday Party

Kamie had her birthday party at Pizza Hut in VA beach. She was happy at first, but then it seem like she got tired, because she seemed sleepy. She LOVED her Dora cake though, and as always love opening up presents afterwards. I got her a scooter. She loved riding it.

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Kamie's 4th Birthday

For Kamie's 4th birthday, we went to Chucky Cheese. We had a blast. She played all the games and was definitely smarter since the last time we went to Chucky Cheese. We had a lot of fun and she went around and tired everything. She even drove the car games, and was not that bad at driving. SHe still drives like a 4 year old, but I can tell that she is way smarter now.

I did not give her the presents because her mom wanted them to be saved for her birthday party on saturday, but I wanted her to have something to play with, so I gave her the "hop ball" that I got for her. She hopped on it and had a great time. At first, she would fall off, but pretty soon, she got the hang of it. It was a lot of fun.






















Hopping on the HOp ball.




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Kamie is about to start school!!!

Kamie is about to start school! I am pretty excited! She might have to change daycares though, because the school bus does deliver to her daycare. I hate when she have to change daycares, because she has been changing too much recently. She got settled into this one and I REALLY like them. They give a note at the end of every day explaining exactly what she did that day and what they are doing the next day. She is finally at a daycare that I really like how they teach her.

Last week, we went jetsking, she had a blast. She didnt want to come back. I LOVE how she loves water too. We went in Norfolk. It was my first time at that ramp, but I really like the setup. There are lots of boats and other jetskis there, so I felt safe if something were to happen. We rode far out, but keeping the speed down, since she was on it. We rode over to the tunnel, rode to the Norfolk Naval base to look on the battle ships, rode all over. It was so much fun. We came back and started doing tricks. She loves when the water sprays. She is such a adventure junkie too.

We went kite flying on Wednesday at Mt Trashmore in VA Beach. It was a lot of fun. She loves flying the kite.

I have a ton of pictures I need to put up and a few videos as well.

Father's day

Today, Kamie wanted to go outside and play ball. I think she learned to catch now. Before, every time I throw the ball she would only catch it when I am lucky enough for it to not fall through her hands or bounce out, but she went on a roll catching it most of the time. It was a foot ball sized beach ball, so hopefully with some more practice she can learn to catch better and more eye control watching the ball when it comes to her.
The best time was when, we came back inside and got icey pops and went back outside and sat on the curb at the back of my apartment sucking it in the shade. It was so much fun to just sit there relaxing and enjoying the breeze. It reminds me if the days me and my cousins would sit in a tree and just talk, enjoying the breeze over looking the river. This was my very first relaxing day since summer started. Today was just fun and relaxing. I still have to figure out how to get Kamie to eat. WHen she eats, she doesnt eat a lot, and when she is hungry, she is just SUPER miserable, and want to cry for everything. Man, its hard work figuring her out.

Kamie on LovePinkKiwi.com

Kamie is featured on a website, www.lovepinkkiwi.com. She is in the flash pictures on the front page as well as on the "contact" page.

Ringlin Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Well, we had a great time at the circus again! Kamie got to see her favorite animal, the Elephant. I will write about it later, and I have a ton of pictures to upload later.

Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Tomrrow!

I am excited! I carried Kamie to Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey last year, and everyday she stills remembers it. I am taking her tomorrow again! I am super excited! I want to go early so that she can play with the animals and stuff.

I have been trying to see kamie for a while now, but it keep on not working out. I miss her so much. She was supposed to come over tonight, but that didn't work out. My time with her is going to be short tomorrow :(

Church today

We went to church today. I was so good. We had a great time. Shen is mad that i told her to go to the other church first. I love this church, but I thought I'd introduce her to the other one first. She is now mad that she didn't know about this church before. Kamie had a good time. I wish my camera wasn't broke, I would have more pictures.We met a lot of Jamaicans at Church. It was a pretty good day. Lots of people invited us that we can have lunch with them sometime.

WATERSIDE
After church, we drove by the waterside. We stopped at a fishing/beach pier and we went out. Kamie was SUPER excited and she started running all over the place playing. She LOVES water and she really wanted to go into the water. I told her it was cold, but she still wanted to go. We spent some time relaxing, then we decided to walk out to the pier. Kamie wanted to run, so I told her to keep on the concrete and not go on the grass, which leads to the water. She is very obedient. We went out to the pier, but Shen got cold, so she stopped and didn't go on. Kamie on the other hand, I was afraid she would get cold, so I kept telling her that we have to go back now because the breeze is too cold, but she insist that she was not cold, despite cold bumps coming up on her. That is how much she loves water.lol. On our way back, someone was walking their dog, so Kamie wanted to be lifted up because she didn't want to get 'bit'. We stopped and talked with the girl with the dog for a little while. She was from Washington State, so she was loving this weather, because it was still freezing up there. She seem to be walking with another lady with 2 kids in a double stroller and another girl who later came on. We eventually walked back to the car with them.

We then continued our ride along the beach front to home. When we got home, we made lunch, which was left over from Friday dinner. Shen wanted to sleep, and I wanted to sleep as well. I promised Kamie that if she ate her food, we could go riding her tricycle outside though. Despite me wanting to sleep, I decided to go with her.

RIDING TRICYCLE and Playing ball
She was VERY excited to go riding. I do not think she has ever gotten to go riding long like that before, because it has been cold. I had the beach ball and we rode around my apartment building a few times. We then rode around the back, all over the place. We went to ever building in the apartment, to the water etc. Kamie went and picked flowers and put on her tricycle. It was fun. I started bouncing the ball and having her ride to go get it and come back.

We later stopped and started playing with the small ball which she has under her tricycle seat. I started throwing it for her to catch, she throw it for me, we played all the games we could think of. When she was finally tired, we went and she rode some more. We rode all the way to the end of the apartment, where it meets the water and we stop again, while she breaks sticks and throw them in the water. After a while, we decided to go back. We decided we would have a race, so I walked as fast as I could and she pedaled as fast as she could, man, she can ride REALLY fast. We made it back in no time. We then rode around some more, then finally went up. We were probably outside for about 3 hours.

When we went inside, we relaxed a little, then Shen realized that she had to go back to hang out with her friends for their birthday, so me and Kamie took her back to her dorm. We came back and played with her flash cards some more.

FARM VISIT
On Sunday, we planned to go to see the farm animals. I woke up about 8, but I didnt wake up Kamie until about 10, then we made pancakes as usual. She LOVES pancakes. We then got ready and went to pick up Shen and then went to the farm. I was happy to go, because last week we went, and she was warming up to them. She was not afraid this time. We went and she went up to the turkeys and started watching them. The only time she got scared with the turkeys was when we were walking away and one of them came up to the fence and gave a loud gobble and frightened her. We then went to look on the ducks, then she was excited to go over to the Pony. She went up to him. but he walked away. We walked around, and we got to go to all the animals. She still did not get to touch any animals and she was still scared. The last animal we visited was the Lama. We went up to him, but she was stiffening up, and wanted me to lift her up. Luckily a family came by with feedings and each of them took turns to have him eat the feedings out of her hand. By the end of the day, she says that next time, she will be willing to let him eat out of her hand. Hopefully this will put out her fear that the animals are going to bite her.

We then went to the playground. I went over to the swing, but she stared acting up. She didn't want to go in the swing, and wanted to go in the kiddies swing. She started fussing, so I told her that we were going to go, but she didn't want to go either. Eventually Shen went over to her and took her back. We went to the grown children slide, but she didn't want to go on. Everything, she wanted me to go on first. I was disappointed that she didn't want to acting fussy. We went over to the kiddies slide and I went up the ladder and she now wanted to follow me. She want me to do everything with her. I did not want her to depend on me like that, but I went ahead with it anyway. We stared climbing and jumping, and finally she went on the slide. After that, we went over to the better play area now, the the larger slides. She started with the smallest slid on this, and again she started acting fussy. She worked her way up to the middle slide though and then she got enough courage to go to the largest long tunnel slide. I was a little worried that this one was a little fast for her, but man, after she went down it, she had a HUGE smile on her face. She was laughing and she got out and ran around and ran back up to join the line again. She went again and again and again. Pretty soon, I was ready to go, but man, each time she slide, she wanted to slide again. It was after a long time I got her to promise me that it was the last time, and I promised her that I would take her back next week. She came down happy, playing and singing. We went back to the car, and then I took her back to her mom.

I need to get my camera fixed so that I can start taking pictures again. I got pictures with my cell phone, but its not the same like a real camera.

I Love You Kamie

Boy, she is growing up so fast. She is getting taller and taller everyday. Pretty soon I wont be able to throw her up all over the place like I do. Looking back on the pictures, I can see how much she grew since the first few blogs. She is so smart now. I just need to foster her mind so that she can get the correct upbringing to develop her brain to be above average and smart.

Well, we are planning to go to church tomorrow. I guess I need to get some sleep if I am going to get up in time.

Kamie's visit to the Farm to see animals

Things to write about:
-Visit to farm - overcoming her fear that animals are going to bite her
-No seizures, was probably previous daycare treating her badly
-negative test results
-a whole lot smarter
-A normal kid, which I want to be the best she can be, so I aim to push her and identify areas in which she can improve and grow stronger
-obedient

Kamie in SC

Kamie has been in SC since two weeks now. She went down the weekend of March 7th. She should hopefully be back next week. It has been a long time. I hope that she does not get psychologically traumatized from it because she might need some security in her environment, and I think that has been what was contributing to her 'seizure scares' that we were having. Man, I wish things were different.
Anyway, here are some pics from the around the time when she was in the hospital.