Tetsushi the Blue Butterfly

At Campus Creche.
He's going to have 4th Birthday on this Friday - We will throw a small party with friends.

ABC song

Tetsushi loves Alphabet song. He learned at Campus Creche, but he doesn't remember it properly so it's so funny when he sings it. Next I will upload his singing video. In the meantime, sing this music.

7 sleeps before Xmas

It's nearly Xmas. Tetsushi had a Chrsitmas party at Creche, and his Creche will close on 18th as Papa finishes his job. University is on holiday for two weeks till 5th January. Lots of counting things... Shizuki is coming in one month.

This blog can't be accessed from mainland China because of Google and Chinese Government contract (censorship!), so this blog has only very few readers. Next year we will set up another blog based in mainland China, and Mummy's friends in China will be able to read our blog.

Chickenpox

Tetsushi contracted with Chickenpox. he got virus from someone at Creche. There are several kids like Tetsushi at Creche now. Many say you have to have it once in your life, so it is good for Tetsushi to have it now, but he cannot go outside for next two weeks, including Creche.

Parents got virus too. It seems we have immunity from chickenpox but we are not 100% sure so Mummy who has next baby Shizuki did another booldtest to check. We feel very tired, and weak like having cold. Papa was very tired Monday, and now Mummy is down. How can we survive? We don't have any helpers here... Our midwife Clare said it's warm, and it's a Chickenpox season. It is aweful.

Also we are fighting with our naighbour who makes crazily loud music. We call Hamilton City Council's Noise Control every day. Hopefully the council helps us to stop the neighbour's beat music. They play it at their garage every day, which is very close to our bedrooms. We had bad neighbour at old house, and now again. There are so many low quality people who don't care about others. If you get angry at them, anger lowers yourself to their low level. It's not worth getting angry, but how about the noise??? Life is tough...

OOOPS!

Now Tetsushi loves doing something always by himself, but he actually cannot. So it's hard to control him. He's willing to do anything, and if we don't let him to do so, he becomes crazy. He needs to learn how to control him.

He loves saying OOOPS! Most of his exclamation words are in English. He learns heaps at Creche

One week from the operation

Today we went to GP Joann at Radius Clinic. His scar is being healed well, and no problem. Next Thursday we go to Waikato hospital for final check. He can go back to Creche tomorrow, but he was home for one week. Can he be okay tomorrow? Maybe he doens't want to stay there all day???

Still rainy day! Our new gates' undercoat painting is coming off. We must work asap, but this weather prevents us from painting... Awful spring rain!

New Backpac - Pikachu

Tetsushi's recovery from the operation is incrediblly fast. He's very active again, but until next Tuesday he's not allowed to attend the creche. So he has to stay with mummy all days - poor mummy! He's so agile as a kitten and she can't catch him...

He got a new backpac from Obachan. The character is Pikachu. He loves this bag, and carries it all the time even at home. We can put his nappy so it's very handy. This photo was taken at River Park where we can enjoy wathing many birds in big bird cages.

Now his English is pretty good, and when papa drives, he keeps saying, 'Papa! Be carefull, Another Car!'. He certainly enjoys driving.

Got better

Tetsushi got Conjunctivitis from Creche, and his right eye became very red, but thanks to a new eyedrop we got from his doctor , his eyes are getting better. At first, he said 'Tommy Pain (おなかいたい) , and the doctor diagnosed it's because of infection. Anyway, it's the first time he told us his condition is not good. If he can tell us more about him, it's easier to look after him.

He makes pee in a small plastic container. He doesn't like going to toilet so he decided to do this way. This way we can save nappies, hopefully.

The monster who ate darkness is his another favourite book. He call it '真っ暗モンスター’. This morning he took it to his creche. He always carries with him something.

Barbapapa!

We got a new picture book from OBAACHAN (おばあちゃん）. It's another Barbapapa book, in which Barbapapa goes to find his partner, Barbamama. Tetsushi liked this book instantly, and I had to read this book five time last night. he likes バーバモジャ（Barbabeau) more than anyone. He laughs loud when he hears モジャモジャ. He's a very hairy barba and he is an artist.

Japanese language is very rich in onomatopoeia, and every time he hears this kind of sound, he's so happy. ごぼごぼ、ばちゃばちゃ、どんどんetc.

At Campus creche, he can make pee when they use a potty. Maybe to resume toilet training, we might have to buy a new potty. The second baby is also coming. It will be useful, but he's such a big boy but back to potty??? He doesn't want to go to toilet

He likes staying at Poppets now.

This is the second week to stay at Poppets for Tekkun. He is used to stay there finally without crying. There is a Chinese teather and he likes her so much. He also can make pee in the creche. But he doesn't want to do it at home. His English is getting better as well. His favourite words are" Big One; More, More; Another One".

New start at poppets

Tetsushi's sickness is getting better. He still coughs sometimes. He can sleep much better than last week. However, he still cann't play alone by himself. He picks up books and we have to read for him all the time. From yesterday, he started to stay at Poppets. He cried a lot in the morning when Papa droped him because he wanted to go the Teenees. He is not used to stay there at the moment even he has been transfered for few times during the last few weeks. Maybe he will take few weeks to get used to stay there.

Yesterday, Tetsushi couldn't be found when Papa went to pick him up. The reason was that he was feeding a rubbit at Pre-school with a chinese teacher. Nobody knew he was there. Teachers' communication was not clear enough. However, he was so happy to feed the rubbit.

Tetsushi Spreading Germs

Tetsushi got cold from Creche, and he stared terrible runy nose and couging. First mama got cold from him, but she can't have any medicine because of little one in her tommy.

AT Sunday night, he couldn't sleep well, and he woke up Mama and Papa every hour, and yelled 'あっち行く、あっち行く' (Iwant to go there). He wanted to go to the lounge to play and wacth Anpanman. It's 1 o'clock in the morning! He had medicine, but didn't work. Mama was down, and to let her sleep quietly, Papa and baby went to the lounge and slept there... (We used sofa bed). His breathing became funny too. And we started using Ventolin and it looks like it worked well (he doesn't have asthma though).

Now it's Tuesday, and Papa got cold, and his throat is painful. When he's sick, he has always mucus. It's aweful. But now Tetushi is better. When he's sick, all families are sick... Good greif!

Mama is still sick... and papa having a throat candy. Poor parents.
By Papa

Don't know! = Don't! No!

Tetsushi speaks Japanese when he talks with PAPA, and Chinese with MAMA. These days, thanks to long hours at Creche, he learned lots of English words. One of words he speaks very often is 'Don't know' - it should be a shorter form of 'I don't know', but for him, it means 'I hate it! (キッライ). When reading his baby bird book, at the point a naughty black crow appears, he starts shouting 'Don't know! Don't know!' Where does he mean 'I hate you!' by that?
... don't know...
By PAPA

Tekkun is a good boy.

Tekkun is quite close to me these days. He can let me wash his hands, change clothes and read books. He also says MAMA a lot more than ever. He is a mature boy now. However, his toilet training is not in progress. He is going to Poppet group from the end of this month. He went there one hour yesterday. Tetsushi's creche's teacher said he enjoyed staying there and watching a gold fish happily. There are no Chinese teachers in that group. He is going to lose his favourite Chinese teacher -Michelle soon.