Tiao Pi-ness (mischevious)

So today Nate's headmistress pulls me aside to tell me that he is very intelligent but doesn't listen to them and when they tell him to do something, he does the opposite. They have to single him out alot and wanted to know how he is disciplined at home. She tthought it would not be good if he is singled out as being "naughty" all the time and so the behaviour has to be corrected

He is actually quite well behaved at home or when I am around, I give him a choice, do you want to go up with me or aunty thembi, he can choose but if he dilly dallies then I say I am going to do something else. I suspect he is picking up alot of behaviour from other kids, some of the moms are not very good at carrying through with the discipline, one kid even tried to teach nate to disobey me! nice try though. The teachers in his school are strict but the childminders are not. I think this will improve in his new school as they are in a smaller environment where he can't run off to the large fields/playground if he is being told off.

His teacher in Taipei also said the same thing about him but in a classroom they are able to guide him better (can't run off!) and also the peer group pressure helps. The teacher did say that his behaviour changed around the time when porpor and bubbi and wendy were in taipei, more people to test! so when porpor or bubbi are here, remember to be consistent with this guy!

Here are some shots of ike on his walk, today I took him on a BIG walk, across golf courses and bridges. He slept well after that. I then went for my riding lesson, its a good workout for 30 minutes, time just flies when you are outdoors on a horse trying to balance with bowlegged feet but at the same time must not squeeze the horse such that it thinks you want it to gallop off fast. I learnt to bounce up and down with a trotting horse, to stick my bum on the saddle as it trots and to stand and hold its mane... My legs still feel ok now but apparently I will be sore tomorrow. The stables are only 5 mins away and apart from yoga, bubbi will be put on a abs building horse riding program!

I do need to find my sketch book, there are so many things to sketch if one has a bit of time. The riding instructor also introduced me to a children and horse playing place called rinky dink, have booked nate for a 30 min session next weds.