Little Helper

Early Christmas lunch with some of NJ's favorite people!

We're all matchy-matchy with our jeans and red tops. Ha, ha, thanks for suggesting to photo, Perry!

To last the weekend I stayed home to rest, but the boys went out. NJ got to spend time with his girlfriend. I heard there was lots of hugging, kissing, breathing on each other, and chasing each other. And Gaby was even asking for him to go home with her to sleep in her bed, ha ha! Hmm... Uncle Tristan might not be so happy about that! Boys and girls sleep separately 'till married! So cute, though... at least their love for each other is mutual.

Lemon picking and food chopping...

With Cousin Cooper!

"I put it in my nose!"

Blue tape removed by tweezers. Still two pieces unaccounted for...

"Christmas lights!"

Screamed louder than I care to hear! Paired with his antsy, bouncy dance.

"My hands are all dirty, I want to wash my hands!"

He was supposed to be out helping Baba. I went outside to check it out and all I heard from NJ was him complaining about his hands being dirty. Sheesh... I asked him if he wanted to stay outside to help or come inside to wash his hands. He kept asking to wash his hands, but also insisting, "I want to help Baba!"

"Thank you for my lunch!"

I'm proud of our healthy lunch... turkey & cucumber sandwich with carrots, grapes, and cheese.

Not so proud of our hodge podge dinner... NJ had leftover pasta, Baba had leftover beef, beans, and rice, and I had cereal. Yes!

Yogurt Face

Our dinner conversation:

NJ- "I have no hair!"

Mama- "What?! Who has no hair?"

NJ- "Ah-Tso." (great grandma, my mom's mom)

Mama- "What?! No, who do we know that has no hair?"

NJ- "Mama has hair, Baba has hair, Dotty has hair..."

Mama- "No, it's Ah-goo (Uncle Perry), he has no hair on his head."

NJ- "And Ah-Gim too!" (Auntie Karen, his wife)

Baba- "What?!"

He had us rolling in our seats. Silly kid.

First Christmas Performance!

It's always been my favorite part of Christmas services... the adorable, fidgety, off-key, un-coordinated children singing and following motions that go along with it. Besides being super-cute and fun, it's a joy to see children be a part of Christmas celebration. Of coarse before NJ I'd wonder if we'd ever be one of those parents up in the front with their cameras and camcorders (I suppose people don't use camcorders much anymore, ha!). So today was extra meaningful in that way. It's a little piece of that dream come true that we wanted. There he was, standing, looking around, turning around, staring at other kids, and at us, not singing or doing any motions. But oh well, that's what's great about it!

Movie Popcorn from 50/50...

I got invited to coffee or a movie. I said coffee, not a movie. But my wonderful hubby encouraged me to go for the movie instead and enjoy myself. So I did. I wasn't even sure what we were seeing, all I cared about was getting out and spending time with a friend. We went to this great theatre nearby that plays old movies for $2. Woohoo! My kind of place! Well to my surprise I was hit hard by emotions and feelings that I have been trying to forget. At one point the flow of snot and tears were more than my thin, rough theatre napkin could handle. I couldn't turn it off, it was weird. I'm already a cryer (at almost everything) and an emotional person, but this was nuts. It brought me back to this past year and all that's happened. It was hard to watch, but awesome and hilarious all at the same time. Walking out of the theatre, my friend and I looked at each other and laughed! She apologized about this being the first theatre movie experience since having my life back. I insisted that it was highly appropriate! Even more so that she visited me most behind hubby, mom, my brother, and dad while I was sick. I know God wanted me to relive my emotions to remind me of how great is it to have life return to normal. :)

Tree Decorating

Finally! The tree has been up for the last two weeks, I think. And everyday I plan to decorate it, but it never quite happens. There's just too much to do in a day and not enough time. And everyday NJ asks me, "Why the tree not decorated?" and "Why there's no star on the top?" or "Why it's not on?" He's been waiting to decorate the tree and see it lit up. It was fun to decorate it together and see how much he enjoyed helping. I broke almost an entire box of the big ornaments, oops! My how it's changed from year to year, NJ is decorating the tree with us. Makes me so happy to enjoy these moments with him and baba.