Now Leah can climb up and down stairs, go down slides on her own, eat on her own and everything she is a real sister for Hannah. So the kids are playing in playgrounds together, sitting on the bobby-cart together, and even sitting on canons together (in an old fortress-town we visited with some work colleagues) and going to the dentist together (though Leah didn't do too well at letting the dentist into her mouth for more than 10 seconds it was better than Hannah managed at that age!).
They are brushing teeth together, reading books together, playing with dolls together, playing in the playhouse together, dressing up together, even sleeping together, doing lots of painting and drawing together (though Leah still has a long way to go here!). Normally it works out well - they like copying each other and we try to ensure it is a race to the top, but it can end up a race to the bottom too (if one starts refusing to do something the other might too). We are constantly reminding ourselves not to ever compare either of them or play one of them off against the other though... and hoping this will last a long time! It gives us a bit more of a break since they can play together a lot, but we still need to stay in our toes and be highly involved. Leah is not yet able to satisfy all of Hannah's play needs :)
They are brushing teeth together, reading books together, playing with dolls together, playing in the playhouse together, dressing up together, even sleeping together, doing lots of painting and drawing together (though Leah still has a long way to go here!). Normally it works out well - they like copying each other and we try to ensure it is a race to the top, but it can end up a race to the bottom too (if one starts refusing to do something the other might too). We are constantly reminding ourselves not to ever compare either of them or play one of them off against the other though... and hoping this will last a long time! It gives us a bit more of a break since they can play together a lot, but we still need to stay in our toes and be highly involved. Leah is not yet able to satisfy all of Hannah's play needs :)
In Shenzhen there is a routine involving Taekwondo twice a week, regular swimming now the pool is open (and some hit-and-miss swimming lessons for Hannah), and frequent trips during the hot summer to indoor playgrounds that are air-conditioned, as well as some trips to the beach in Hong Kong or to play in the water fountains outside some of the shopping malls downtown.
Kindergarten regularly organizes activities, often that require buying special clothes for various dances. There are constant requirements for us to do something for kindergarten - most recently there has been a theme of dinosaurs, so we've been drawing lots of dinosaurs, making dinosaurs out of play-doh, making dinosaurs out of cardboard, buying books about dinosaurs and all sorts.
Kindergarten regularly organizes activities, often that require buying special clothes for various dances. There are constant requirements for us to do something for kindergarten - most recently there has been a theme of dinosaurs, so we've been drawing lots of dinosaurs, making dinosaurs out of play-doh, making dinosaurs out of cardboard, buying books about dinosaurs and all sorts.
The rainy season has come and gone, which was disrupting my pleasant bike ride into town, and it is full-on hot now. There are constant issues revolving around ice-creams for Hannah, who often wants several per day, but of course rarely gets them. And there is an increasing stream of friends that Hannah regularly plays with.
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