The life and times of Oscar Marcos Perez-Cytron. Born Thanksgiving Day 11/22/01.
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Friday, June 09, 2006
2:03 AM posted by Anonymous
I can't believe it has been so long since I posted in Oscar's blog! It must be because I have been busy being such a good papi every day, I hope.
The past few weeks have been good for Oscar. He really seems to be coming in to his own. He went on a day-long field trip last week to the zoo. Then they had a birthday party for his classmate Alicia at (of all places) McDonalds. He loved it. A couple of days later there was another b-day party, this time for two classmates, Guillermo and Pablo. Oscar had a lot of fun picking out their presents (Magnetic puppet theater/Helicopter/Forklift truck) and going to the parties. It is funny to think of his social life, but he really has one now.
 The other day I was asking if he had a girlfiend and he said "Yes, Caterina. And also Isabel. And I have a boyfriend too, Joseph. I like everybody! Except Michael ... he hits" Michael (pronounced Mee-cha-el) is apparently the class bully. He is pretty big for his age and the other day we saw him riding a bike--without training wheels!
OK, Oscar has been obsessed with two things lately, so I have to mention them both.
First is a dinosaur "leap pad" module that Maureen got for him. It has these little cards that you can put in it and tells you lots of facts about 15 different dinosuars. Oscar has been studying them diligently and every day asks me "who am I today, guess!" I have to ask if he is a meat eater or plant eater and figure out which dinosaur he is. Then he stays in character the rest of the day, and prefers to be addressed as "Euplocephalus" or whatever. When he eats his breakfast he pretends to be eating whatever that dinosaur eats, etc. One of his favorites is a spiny-headed one called Stygimoloch. He has been drawing some pretty nice renditions of the dinosaurs from his book. The other day he drew a very nice T. Rex, and I had him write "T. Rex," spelling it out for him. He wrote "T. Rex" by himself the next time he drew a picture of one. I was impressed. Then the next day I walk into his room, look at the easel, and it is Stygimoloch up there. It really looked like him! More incredible still was that Oscar had written "Stygimoloch" beside the drawing. I went and asked Megan if she knew what Oscar had drawn and written. We were both shocked. The first word the boy writes all by himself, other than his name, is Stygimoloch? Tonight he drew another one and labeled it correctly, copying from another page. Can't help but think this is going to be interesting.
Second is Muzzy. Muzzy is a DVD for learning foreign languages, an animated series for kids. It started coming out as a supplement with El Pais a couple of weeks ago., and we started buying it, also with out usual sunday Kiosko purchases of the "Cuentos infantiles." It is in English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian. Oscar likes to listen to it in all the languages. It is pretty good. The German is funny. Oscar likes French and Italian. He has also been drawing Muzzy and other characters from the show. Tonight he also drew the logo for the BBC! Ha...
Have to see if Megan can post that Stygimoloch drawing. By the way, he was a plant eater from North America. His name means "demon from the river Styx." He stood about 5 feet tall and had 6 horns on his thick head. He was a member of the Pachycephalosaurus family.
We are are busy planning our summer vacation. Megan is doing her final exams this week and next. Oscar has 2 more weeks of school. Then a week off and 2 weeks of camp! (The camp will be at Nuestra Señora de la Paloma too). I am working on getting a violin teacher for him. He might start lessons next month. I am still pretty busy playing and teaching a bit of bass. It is getting HOT in madrid (95 deg) and we are thinking about breaking down and buying an AC this year!
well, that is all for now, friends and family. much love
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