After Cadence didn’t wear her costume at school, Jane convinced her to go trick or treating and dress up. She dressed as a kitty. After her first successful candy retrieval, she got into it. We were out for a little over an hour before she got too cold.

Cadence made an observation while we were trick or treating — she noticed some people gave her candy and put it in her bag and some let her choose. She was wondering why that was. She’s so smart.

And she’s sweet. She gave Adam all her kit kat bars and said “eat as much as you want daddy” ❤️❤️❤️

cadence has always been someone who does things on her own timetable and can’t be rushed. Jane has been trying to teach her letters for awhile but she’s been uninterested.

this year she seems ready! I was worried I’d have to homeschool her since she seemed to have little interest in school. This year she loves corner coop & wants to go on her off days! She’s finally taken an interest in letters and numbers. She’s picked up the concept of adding and can recognize quantities without pointing and counting.

Shes too smart!

Cadence: can I tell you a secret?
Me: yes
C: Anthony kissed me!

Yes, he asked.

Yes, it was on the lips.

she said maybe someday they’ll fall in love.

I asked her what about Jon & she said she always wanted 2 boyfriends.

she told Adam she would always be his boosens.

Anthony & she have been playing a lot – they play a lot of dinosaurs together (Cadence is the baby, Anthony the father.) & have become best friends. We’ve hung out w them the past couple of days.

 

 

Cadence has stopped napping.

ever since Cleveland in May she’s gotten much braver (mee mee got her climbing at the playgrounds) & more independent (requires less snuggle time).

and she’s a faster runner!

cadence has recently started to lie.

did you eat chocolate? No. <Chocolate on face.>

Here’s a list of words she currently know:

1) ball
2) butt
3) bubble
4) cat (aat)
5) up
6) down
7) shoe
8) banana (nay nay)
9) hi
10) bye
11) hello
12) blue
13) baby
14) hat
15) jump
16) ready
17) hide
18) book
19) doll
20) boo
21) Leung Leung (Chinese for bath)
22) bit bit (frog)
23) hop hop (rabbit)
24) woo woo (dog)
25) neigh (horse)
26) eey eey (monkey)
27) guys
28) cool
29) get
30) oh dear
31) eye
32) mouth
33) teeth
34) nose
35) eat
36) home
37) me
38) toes
39) Bo
40) go
41) that
42) spoon
43) juice
44) no
45) knock
46) boot
47) gross
48) soap
49) good
50) cake
51) more
52) sit
53) arm
54) nut
55) help
56) yea
57) why (for super why)

-mama
-da
-meemee
-teetee
-d (Daniel/tv)

It’s cool she can answer questions now!

Shoes
No
Leurung leurung (choong leurung leurung is taking a bath in Chinese)
Cool (which she said with mee mee after she put her sunglasses on)
Get

Cadence has started stringing words together.

She says:

Hi da
Mama/daddy home
Mama and daddy
Home
Ca(r)

She’s started running, which is slightly terrifying.

She holds our hands when she walks (Adam has been waiting for this!)!

Cadence has walked more than crawled. :0

feeding the baby

raspberries

eating rice

walking to San

walking

mee mee taught me five little monkeys

eating out of the palm of my hand