A New School

That's Niva J sitting in traffic this morning on the way to...her first day of Chinese School! Yes, Niva will now be at Chinese With Meggie, a Chinese Immersion School for a couple of hours each week (in addition to preschool). Daddy and I were so proud of how eager she was to go to her new class and how quickly she became engaged. Any Chinese speakers out there wanna come converse with my kid?

Onward to Chinese School!

Niva enjoyed a tasty picnic lunch at Mayfield Park afterwards.

Ni hao, Peacock!

What else has been going on around here?

We had our annual tradition of making chocolate covered strawberries for Valentine's Day. NJ was quite the little mouse if ya know what I mean...

We rode the Zilker Zephyr with Carla and Sebastian

We got to see our very first Sesame Street Live!

So glad we got to share the fun with Sebastian and family!

And guess who goes poop in the potty now? This gal! We finally got to go to the ice cream shop!

No Nap Niva Strikes Again!

So, the time has come...Niva's afternoon nap is officially becoming a thing of the past. She takes about 2 naps per week now (if we are lucky). However, that doesn't mean I'm giving up MY private time! If you're a toddler mommy, you know this time is precious and I'm clinging onto it until she goes to college. Lucky for me, Niva is content to play by herself in her room for up to 3 hours before I go get her.  When I do retrieve her, this mischievous kid greets me with a big cheshire cat grin and exclaims, "No Nap Niva strikes again!" I can't help but giggle!

You can try wearing me out all you want, Ma! I ain't napping!

The downside of No Nap Niva is that I have been getting a lot of bad attitude from her lately. I do not tolerate this one bit. Niva doesn't like my reprimands and efforts to discipline her. So when she sees my grumpy eyes and hears my stern voice, she quickly protests, "Mommy be good! Mommy be good!" What??! This child has some audacity. But this has led me to try disciplining her with a big fake smile plastered on my face. It has somewhat softened the blow...

Bad attitude? Whatchew talkin' bout?

I'm all smiles...and you should be too!