39 Months Old

39 Months Old, a photo by Brandi, Jon and Isobel on Flickr.

This month Isobel returned to preschool after Winter Break. They learned about time, calendars, and clocks during the month. They also learned about Chinese New Year and had a dragon parade. They ended up the month with a winter picnic outside.

Isobel started ice skating lessons this month. She's in the boots to blades program and in the same class as Cordy.

A new set of ballet lessons also started. I was a little worried about the timing of the class as it's 45 minutes long right after preschool once a week and that could make for a long day for Isobel. But she seems to be really enjoying class. Plus the instructor is great with the kids.

We had a couple of snow days this month. Even though it was not a lot of snow, and it did not last long, Isobel was able to spend some time tobogganing with her classmates.

Isobel started successfully entirely dressing herself this month. She does occasionally still need help sometimes, especially with socks.

She can almost recite the alphabet song; and recognizes some of the letters in her name in written form. She can count to 10. She can spell daddy's name verbally.

This month Isobel has gotten into a princess phase; she wants to dress up in princess dresses and says pink is her favorite colour. I think Jon is a little happy that he no longer has to be the princess whenever they play princess and pirate but still hopes this really girly phase ends quickly. Isobel enjoys playing house and has role played herself as Mrs Tietzmann (one of her preschool teachers) and Miss Vanessa (her new ballet teacher).

Her favorite stuffed toy is still Kitty, who usually goes every where with us.

She watched Disney's Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid for the first time.

Isobel had another cold sore this month and visited the doctor as a result. She was really good at taking her medicine for the cold sore and would remind us that she needed some. Dr Hui confirmed that Isobel is still in the tenth percentile on the growth chart. She weighs 26 pounds and is 90 cm tall. In terms of height, she can now turn off the lights without a stool, reach the elevator button for our floor and turn on and off the tap while on a stool.

Isobel ended off the month with a haircut.

Also, happy 5th birthday to Mason today.