Archive for 'Kevin' Category
kevin able to swim
on the first day of the winter break, 12/20/10, it is a special day for kevin, he is able to swim by himself without any help for ~10 m. wow what an achievement. he picked up a nice lego with 3 houses as a reward:-)
piano xmas party
12/16 Mrs Margaret held a xmas party and piano rihersal event. lots of her students and family gathered together to play piano and to celebrate the holiday. kevin played Silent Night and Chris played Good King’s Wencealas. we also enjoyed hearing a few piece from her top students and they are really good, i said to [...]
chess for kevin
kevin has been learning chess every monday after the school for a few weeks now. he likes to learn the chess and play with his pals in chess class. he is proud of wearing the t-short of the chess club. I played with him the other day and find he learnt alot over the past [...]
kevin’s little toys
kevin finally resolved the game ”孔明锁”。there are many variations of 孔明锁, and i am not sure how this one ranked among all these but it is quite complex with lots of interacting pieces. it took kevin several tries to get it right. glad to see him not giving up on unsuccessful tries and keep thinking about it and [...]
Halloween 2010
Microsoft put up a great show for halloween in advanta campus area. there are exhibitions for general audiences and those scary ones for mature audiences. it is a lot of fun. let pictures speak for the event
kids co, chucky cheese photos & piano
Legends of Flight 3D
took kevin and chris to the Legends of Flight 3D movie over the weekend. kids started to show lots of interests on airplanes, and have the kind of curiosity to explore why birds can fly and human can not. they have some interesting ideas on how to break free in air. this movie, although more [...]
kids and computer
it is always a challenge for parents to manage kids computer time. kids can be adicted to computers. the level of addiction seems to be in proportion to how good their gaming skill. in our case, chris is a gamer and he likes to play. kevin is more of the hand-on guy and like to [...]
shanghai expo 2010
it’s been a fews days since i am in shanghai and today i had chance to visit the shanghai expo. it was a rainy day all morning and part of the afternoon, but it turned out a perfect day to visit expo. the weather is perfect, not hot or humid, some breeze, there is freshness [...]
kevin’s art work
Kevin has done alot of art work at the discovery school. He likes the art class and always come up with cute and creative drawings. The school also encourages the students to design and improve their skills with many open displays, art night with parents, open houses, etc. it is amazing to see how far [...]