Shuya is 7-1/2 years old now. We are planning our summer vacations. Shuya and Wenguo will go to China for 2 weeks early in June and I will follow along about a week later and we will all come back together. We will spend time with Wenguo's family and do some shopping - for custom curtains for the house primarily. Not a lot of things are cheap in China anymore.
Then at the end of June we will go to upstate NY (it's like Canada) and visit my family. We will go to Glass Lake to see my mom and dad, and Aunt Alice and Aunt Grace, Sacandaga Reservoir to see my brother Donnie's camp, Scroon Lake to visit my brother Jon, and Lake Desolation for the family dinner on the 4th. We are flying into NYC and are trying to pick a Broadway show to go to. I think we might go to see Annie. How ironic!
Shuya is doing great. She had an operation on her wandering eye that has corrected the sideways wander but not the vertical wander and she might need another operation for that someday. She is on the swim team in the developmental group, and is able to swim freestyle, breast stroke and back stroke well. She just learned to dive from the edge well but can't dive from the stanchions yet. She plays piano very well and really seems to like it. I think both swimming and piano help her with her concentration. She is often easily distracted so it's good to have some things (other than the TV) that can hold her attention. Of course, nothing holds her attention like a book! She loves to read - she is a voracious reader.
She also does 1 our of Kung Fu every Saturday morning in Boulder and takes a 2 hour Mandarin Chinese class every Sunday during the school year. She gets an occasional art lesson from a nice gentleman and will start lessons with a voice coach soon. She has a couple of friends in the neighborhood but Audrey is her favorite. Audrey is one year younger but just as tall and they love to play together.
She is in a Gifted and Talented program at what is probably the best local public school and we have her do a lot of extra work - mostly math, in the evenings. She presented Density at her school's science fair this year, and I think she kind of understands what it is. Anyway she had fun doing the experiments, and my wife said she did a great job explaining the experiment. I wish I could have attended the event but I had to work.
She is a wonderful child and we are very lucky to have her in our lives.
Dan
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