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The Nursery Report

Here’s a holiday treat. Regular readers know how much we love the nursery (daycare) that takes care of Nyan all day every weekday. The women who work there seem to completely adore our boy, and he loves it too. And we love the variety of activities, not to mention the socialization; he’s really advanced in leaps and bounds in the four months he’s been there.

Each day when we pick him up, we get a little piece of paper outlining his activities for the day, what he ate and how he napped, and any significant developmental milestones. Also, the caregivers – led by his key worker, Sophie – take great notes and numerous photos, which they then put into a scrapbook. We got a chance to review it the other day, and borrowed the book for a few days, long enough to scan the pages into JPGs which we now share here. It’s a remarkable document, and for the Nyan Thomas purist among us, it’s a must-read. It start with reports on his first few days of “settling in” at the nursery and continues through late November.

(Click on any photo to make it bigger so’s you can read what it says. Also, depending on your browser, you may also need to increase the Zoom on your browser’s view settings to see it more clearly. What can we say, WordPress has changed how it displays photos. Sorry!)

Enjoy!

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Posted by on December 24, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

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Today’s Photos: Nyan Thomas at School

We write today from the Christmassy land of Iowa, where Nyan Thomas is being spoiled and greatly enjoying exploring his grandparents’ house (particularly between 3am and 6am – his body hasn’t yet adjusted to the time change!) More on his time here, and about what a true trooper he was on the long, long journey here, in a later post. For now, a handful of photos taken over the past couple of months at his nursery, a.k.a. daycare, or as we have taken to calling it, school.

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Posted by on December 19, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

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The Things He Does

A few random snippets of life with Nyan in recent days, with a couple of photos for good measure.

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Posted by on November 29, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

Breaking News: Standing

Our boy doesn’t yet walk on his own – not yet – though he’s gotten quite good at walking around with one- or two-handed help. So he’s close. We’re not concerned, really. But still, he’s nearly 16 months; it’s time to walk soon, pal.

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Posted by on November 16, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

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Quick Medical Update (Nothing Serious)

It’s becoming abundantly clear that this is how it’s gonna be: an ongoing series of small medical hiccups – slight colds, mild teething-induced fevers, this and that. It’s also clear that, as Nyan Thomas spends his days in nursery, he’s going to bring home all sorts of little bugs and viruses, and – because he has learned to share – he’ll share them with Mommy and Daddy, who will themselves spend this entire fall and winter always feeling like they’re fighting something off. (Of course, they also ride the extremely crowded Central Line tube at rush hour, and people being people, there’s often someone who coughs or sneezes without covering their damn mouth. C’mon, people!)

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Posted by on October 20, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

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Today’s Photos: Summertime Memories

We’ve finally got our desktop PC working here at Nyan Thomas HQ, for the first time since late May (don’t ask). Which means we can access old photos and videos! Which means, for now at least, a trip down memory lane: here’s a pair of shots of the young man back in Iowa in mid-June.ImageImage

 

 
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Posted by on October 8, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

A Year in the Life: Month 12 (6/26/12 – 7/25/12)

Last in a 12-part series looking back at the first 12 months of Nyan Thomas’s life, in advance of his July 26 birthday.

What a wild and wonderful year it’s been. And Nyan Thomas’s 12th month of life – which stretched from late June through, well, today – was no different. It was the start of our new life in the UK, and it was pretty unsettled, as Mommy and Daddy hunted for jobs and a new home (with success on all fronts, we might add).

We arrived in the UK just before the start of his 12th month, and since then we’ve been staying with Uncle Noel and Aunt Lisa, not far from the other K. siblings (literally – three of them live within a five minute walk from here. And that’s if you walk very slowly!), and just a short drive from Pho Pho and Phwa Phwa’s house. So we’ve had a ton of support in taking care of the little guy as we look for homes and jobs.

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Posted by on July 25, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

A Year in the Life: Month Eleven (5/26/12 – 6/25/12)

It was a busy month, with lots of travel and lots of change. But through it all, Nyan Thomas was a trooper, with the worst effect being a slight disruption to his sleep patterns brought on by jet lag. But even that was fairly mild.

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Posted by on July 24, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

A Year in the Life: Month Ten (4/26/12 – 5/25/12)

Tenth in a 12-part series.

Our last month in New York! It was the month where Daddy left his job; where Grandma L. came to visit for a week or so; and where our nice hardwood floors were covered in cardboard, packaging tape and bubble wrap. But we still managed to find plenty of time to have fun with the boy – and we even let him “help” with the packing!

Before all that, though, at the end of April, Nyan Thomas went to his first art show, a gallery in Chelsea that was displaying the works of a photographer who had been among the Karen freedom fighters in the Burmese mountains. We met some interesting people, and most of them were quite impressed with our boy, as you saw here.

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Posted by on July 23, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

A Year in the Life: Month Nine (3/26/12 – 4/25/12)

Month Nine in Nyan Thomas’s life – from late March through late April – was a big month for both Nyan and for his parents, with lots of travel for him and for them, and with some major life decisions finally set in stone and begun to be implemented.

When we last left our hero, he was having a good time in the UK; that’s how his ninth month of life started as well, as Mommy was putting the final touches on her preparation for her professional certification exam. Nyan, meanwhile, was hanging out in laundry baskets, here; and enjoying the cozy comfort of a bucket for a bath, here; and playing with his relatives, including Auntie Zuzu, here, his cousins the cheeky moos, here, and Uncle Noel and Auntie Lisa, here. Oh yes, he also very much enjoyed hanging out in an empty cardboard diaper box, here.

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Posted by on July 22, 2012 in Uncategorized