Farm

Ez and I went to the farm close by. This was his first time and he was excited and kept pointing
at animals. Well, it seems that he was not the only one who was excited... a cow put his neck out of the fence and licked Ez's stroller and his foot!

Cow licking the stroller... now it's worth $300. jk

cute cow, good boy. Could be a girl.

This is my favorite picture. Every time this cow put its neck through, he opened his eyes so wide and stuck out his tongue. So funny!


I couldn't post for a while because I couldn't log into the site! My pc seems to be still infected...

I'm glad I can at least post something now. So, this is my excuse for rather old post.

Which one??

One day, my husband was looking through the homework packet our 1st grader brought home and started laughing. I asked him what the funny thing was and this is what I found! It is in a math homework packet. So subjective! Let's look at each one here - maybe you can tell me which one you think is right.

A. brushing or combing hair.

Less than 1 min.

• He enjoys combing and has a good hair day
• a boy(sorry but I am biased :p)

More than 1 min.

• He wants to style his hair in a certain way.
• He has a bad hair day
• He slept wrong so all the hair is sticking out

B. Rollerskating.

Less than 1 min.

• This is a little kid so he gets bored of playing and decides to quit.
• He falls down and hurt himself so he decides to quit.
• He is practicing but can't get it so he gives up and quit.

More than 1 min.

• He just enjoys himself

C. Raking leaves

Less than 1 min.

• Not much raking to do.
• She gets bored so she complains and quits
• She hits herself with the rake so she cries and quits.
• She sees pretty leaves all around so she starts to play with the leaves instead.

More than 1 min.

• She enjoys raking

D. Eating Sandwich

Less than 1 min.

• She is a fast eater
• She chokes on the food and stops eating
• She gets tired of eating sandwich so she complains and stops eating

More than 1 min.

• She enjoys eating.

So, which one is the right one? Our daughter circled "A" - combing hair. She is not into curling or styling her hair too much yet so she probably marked that without hesitation. The homework came back without being checked so we are not sure what the right answer is. Generally speaking, it is probably A. maybe? So deep...

What did you say? Hamb...

She loves those stickers on fruits. She says she is a "cutie"(kind of orange)!

My 6yrs old daughter has a hard time pronouncing her"R". Maybe because she is half Japanese and lived in Japan while her language skill was developing, I don't know. Anyway, we try to practice with her so she doesn't have to go to the speech therapist.

Here's one of the practice we had with her in the car while driving to the movie theater.

My husband-"Miss S, say 'R'"

Miss S- "Ah"

MH- Hmmmm. Say Red

S- Wed

MH-What about "I want to marry a rich man"?

S-I want to marry a witch man

After watching Harry Potter, it might not be a bad choice actually.

MH- Then say Hamburger

S- Hambooger

MH-(while screaming) I WANT TO EAT HAMBURGER!!!

S-(screaming) I WANT TO EAT HAMBOOGER!!!!!

Then my husband started to sing a song that goes "There's a booger in my burger..."

followed by her song "there's a booger in my booger..."

I guess it's time to get the microscope so we can find a booger in her booger! lol!

She is now inspector Clouseau Junior! (If you have watched Pink Panther, you know what I mean!)

My child's poem

I Am

I am a human

I wonder what I'll be when I grow up.

I hear talking.

I see words in my book.

I want to get strait As on all grades.

I pretend I have a lot of wishes.

I believe in myself.

I touch my desk.

I feel well.

I worry about nothing.

I cry for being hurt badly.

I understand people.

I love my family.

I am - a human.

This is the poem my third grade son wrote at school. The first two words were provided so he just needed to fill the rest. When his teacher gave this to me at Parents and Teachers' conference, I cried. It was embarrassing and I am sure I was not the only parent who cried over the child's poem in front of her but- I just couldn't help it.

When I read the part" I believe in myself" was the beginning. Then " I worry about nothing" "I understand people" and "I love my family".

As parents, we do not get visible things in return very often and we always wonder if we are doing an okay job or failing in some parts but this was one of the moments when I realized that we were doing at least some things right to have him write this. I know, it's simple things and he probably didn't mean anything deep. But now I know he has enough confidence in him to say he believe in himself. He has hopes- he worries about nothing. He understands people around him. And he loves his family. Maybe I am more sensitive because I am pregnant.

But it really gave me courage and strength to carry on. No matter what happens in the future and no matter how mean I appear to him, (well, mean is my middle name anyway) I hope he always come back to this poem and remember how he felt.

Shopping for...

So, I needed to buy some new cloth etc to adjust my growing needs.
I had 30% off coupon for a good department store and the kids needed a few things so
the whole family and 11yrs. old Zenmaster's friend went together.

I needed to get new bra for my girls(check out my friend's site about her girls... quite hilarious!)
I felt a little awkward thinking my kids, especially my boys might notice this but well, I needed them anyway (and I was NOT going to take another trip just for that!!!) so while the boys were at toy section, I went and grabbed some.

Here's the reaction.

Zenmaster and his friend- saw what was sitting on the counter, turned away embarrassed, and didn't say anything.

Mr. S(needs a nickname!)- saw it and acted quite normal. I take a note for myself, "he might be my shopping buddy one day"

Miss S(needs a nickname also!) -As soon as she saw me going to the bra section, she gets very excited, takes one off the rack and put it around her stomach. Then she starts dancing and sings "♪ I look so beautiful". Embarrassed, my husband tells her to put it down (while grinning) and reluctantly she goes with him to get bath towels. She comes back again and gets excited(again). This time she didn't sing and dance but begs to stay with me. I say no because I needed to go try them on and didn't really need any of those innocent curious questions, not in the department store anyway! While I was talking with my husband, she starts to try various bra on again (of course around her stomach) and wonders why she cannot put them on yet. One more thing, she decides, that she has to wait until she becomes a mommy.

She was so funky! Shame on me for having no camera with me!! Now I just hope she would know where to put her bra on when she gets to the age... NOT!!!

Happy Birthday Little Princess

Yes, we call her princess. And she knows she is one even when her brothers tell her all the matter-of-facts kind of things to prove she is not. She believes whatever her daddy says is true -at least for now anyway.

For her birthday, we had a combined party with two of her good friends. Many of the friends we invited came and we made school kits together. Fun!

So she wanted a princess cake for her birthday. I didn't make any cake on her birthday because we went to the museum and ate out. Well, to be honest with you, I thought she would be satisfied with rootbeer float with candle and tons of people singing her Happy Birthday was enough. NOT!

She kept asking and I knew she was going to be 6 only once so I made it for her a few days later. I actually made one two years ago when she didn't even ask for princess cake. She didn't care much about princess then. I just had to make it becaue I actually had a girl after having two boys, you know.

This is before picture. Yes I just used the normal doll she had. Washed it and put foil around so it won't be too messy. She called the doll mermaid! Well, this is what happens when you use only one cake mix box and not getting the doll at party store!

Yes! Made it! This is the first time I used Mazipan for the red rose. It was so fun!

She enjoyed the cake. She actually called it a mermaid cake.

Happy Birthday My Little Princess...

We are so glad you are with us.

First day of Kindergarten and school in session

"You can get sick anytime." I joked in the car. The kids giggled.
The summer has officially ended in our house when the kids went back to school.
I miss waking up and seeing them all over in the living room.

I miss being silly and laughing with them. Yes, some days were hard. I remember letting Mr. S run around the house or even running with him because he was using the energy toward wrong things. Mr. Z and Miss S. fighting because they both wanted to lie on the same couch. Miss S. screaming her lungs out because Mr. S was teasing her too much. Well, now the house is quiet.

Anyway. A week after the boys started school, Miss S. started kindergarten. She was excited as can be! I insisted on taking her to school on the first day even though she wanted to ride the bus.

Here she is in line to go to the classroom.

Got on the school bus finally!

Kindergarten was SOOOO FUN!

The other night, she wanted me to put my hands in cupping shape. I wondered what her plan was. She then kissed the hands and said "This is a kissing hand. Whenever you get lonely, you can put this hand on your cheek and you will remember that I kissed you. Then you won't be lonely anymore." I almost cried to this. She told me that the teacher read her the book about racoon's kissing hand in the kindergarten. Well, the teacher read it to comfort some kids in the class so they will be okay leaving the home. My case? Hmm. Sometimes I don't know who the oldest one is in our house. lol! BTW, I did put my hand against my cheek a few times. Miss S.? NEVER has yet!

Sweet moment

I love, LOVE the moment like this. Thank you Shule for helping your little sis., Sefia.

Father's day gift

We were getting ready for Father's Day. Of course girl S was making a card without being asked. Finally we have someone who would do that on her own. Nice! Then she came to me and asked how to spell "Smith". Smith? What for? I thought. We don't have anyone in the family who has the last name Smith, wait, we actually do. But that is someone who is on the other side already or uncle who lives in another State. I wondered what her intention was but told her how to spell it anyway. She smiled very happily and left to finish her gift.

Then the day came. She had a gift that she wanted to buy with her own money. Actually I did pay half of it for her. It was a tie, the neck choking device as someone called it.

Anyway, she brought out the gift and there it was, a piece of paper with "Smith" on it, tightly stuck on the wrapping paper. Her daddy received the gift and was puzzled.




"What is this?" he asked.




"Credit card", answered the little S.




"You can use it for anything like when you want a massage, you can just show it to me and I will give you a massage."

Oh, I got it. It was the ultimate almighty card! Use it for anything!!


Now you obviously know where I shop for groceries the most. Well, all this time when I was showing my card to the casher, she must have thought "Oh, the almighty card again! With the card, I can buy anything or use it for anything!" kind of thing?? I wonder how far her imagination went...

So, when her daddy was asking big S for a massage, she quickly joined and said " I will give you a massage. Just show me the Smith card. " S massaged him very nicely. Giggles and tickles followed.

Now I wonder if my husband will let me use the card sometimes..... plot, plot, plot
And, if I have one of those card, I would use it to- hmm.
Hmmm. Hmmm. Hmmmmmmmmm.

What would you use it for??

Sun is...

My little girl has a very artistic wordings sometimes.
I know that is what the kids do anyway. So, I decided to write it down before I forget it.

Today, we were walking home from church. The sun was high and the heat reflecting off of the concrete made it even worse. Gee, it is finally getting hot now. Regardless of the heat, she was happy because her big brothers had walked home already and she had mommy on one side and daddy on the other. She said it was getting hot and then 'Ouch, ouch, the sun is tickling my back!'

The sun actually tickle your back? I could just imagine how she was feeling just by the way she said it. Yes, the sun sometimes tickles my face and makes me smile.

When I feel so grateful to be a mother

I feel grateful to be a mom when...

1. My son wakes me up every weekday morning with his sweet voice saying
"Mom, it is morning." (I have his voice recorded on my cel phone)

Okay, I admit it. I don't feel the way all the time because I hate to wake up in the morning. Yes, sometimes I feel like throwing my cel to the wall but well, that's another story anyway.

2. My other son who wakes up early no matter what, wakes me up when I sleep in- which happens once in a while. Yes, I push the snooze at least 4 times everyday!

3. My boys turn around and wave at me when I see them off to the bus stop in the
morning. I will take picture of this one of these days. Put tears in my eyes often.

4. My little girl runs to give me a hug with open arms and a sweet smile.

5. The kids thank me for making good dinner. -where did they learn the trick anyway?

6. they come cuddle up and put their head on my shoulder so I can caress their forehead to sleep.

And the list goes on.