more yard sale adventures

yard sale hunting has become a saturday morning ritual for us, it's so much fun! you never know what you're going to find. baba and i take turns going to look first. but even nj's been saying, "i want to get up!" ha, ha. he knows that a lot of times there's toys to see. but we are very picky about what we pick up. just because there's cheap toys, doesn't mean you're getting them, nj...

i turned around today and saw him with his leg crossed like this. haven't seen him do that, it's what baba does a lot. must've picked it up from him.

stand next to each other, boys... closer, please!

there you go, now say cheeeeese...

awww, how cute! good to see you again, cousin cooper!

"i want to pet dotty"

poor dot dot was forced to tolerate nj's petting. he pet nicely, though at least. she's back to eating again. baba says that any time i'm gone (in the hospital) she doesn't eat. she knows something's wrong. it's so sweet, but it's sad at the same time. especially now that she's getting older and she's so small to begin with. :(

"i want sushi!"

i wish i could count how many times he said either: "i want sushi." or "i want more sushi!" he ate at least 1/2 the package plus the pickled radishes. he really likes korean market made sushi! you'd think it was ice cream the way he demanded it (thank goodness he actually doesn't like ice cream that much). he had some fish and brown egg too for lunch, but he had four plates mostly containing sushi. and for dinner he wanted more. he insisted on not having anything else, but i convinced him to have some fish. thanks ah-gong (grandpa) for bringing lunch!

"don't touch"

seems so tempting for a two year old... all this stuff piled up across the table. i was so worried about having it out today (i've been trying to work on it at night when he's sleeping). he was so interested as always and wants to see what i'm doing. i repeated, "please don't touch!" to him so many times. must've been enough times because anytime he came over to see what i'm doing he'd say, "don't touch." yes, please! i'm trying to actually make sense of my piles of scrap papers. this is my version of scrap booking. actual scraps in a book. i have piles of ticket stubs, tags, random notes, newspaper clippings, business cards, and other little things that others make fun of me for keeping. some of it is going in the trash, i'm proud of myself for that. ugh, i'm such a pack rat. i suppose these days it's called hoarding.

"love you, missed you, mama"

at last, the family is back together again. baba picked nj up today and i returned home yesterday. it made me so happy to see him walking to the door and to give him a hug. can't wait to wake up together tomorrow.

lee's for lunch

mmm... thanks for bringing sandwiches and iced coffee auntie jenny and cameron! yum. we got to catch up over lunch. food and friends always go great together.

"dotty, don't eat my cars!"

umm, i don't think it's your cars she's trying to eat. it's probably the shrimp chips, silly.

as i peeled potatoes, nj said to me: "i want to give dotty potato". i told him she can't have any and she probably wouldn't want raw potato anyway. he asked for some potato too and i also told him he had to wait until it's cooked. then he said to me, "i want raw potato".

"be nice to dotty"

wow... this is a sight to be seen! not only is nj being gentle and petting dot dot nicely, but she's actually letting him! i was so impressed, i had to take a picture since i was sure it wouldn't last. and sure enough right after this photo dotty ran away.

active eater

nj really wanted to sit at the table today, he sat on a chair for lunch and dinner. we told him, though not to move around so much since he had already fallen off the chair during lunch. well just after taking these pictures, he disappeared... boom, onto the floor. ugh. he's much too fidgety now. at least he enjoyed his food, especially the sausage, onions, and bok choy.