"Why is Baba and Ah-gong on the roof?"

We were a mess today. I can't seem to keep up with so much going on. The mail, laundry, and dishes have piled up, the house is a mess, I feel like I'm behind on everything. Hopefully there's rest for me in the near future, I'm running on empty. 

We managed to get out for a quick lunch for our friends who were off to have a baby tonight. It was sweet that they wanted to see us and we got to pray for them before we parted ways. Can't wait to meet the little guy. 

On the way there, NJ was making us laugh by telling us his thoughts and singing his own songs. He saw a traffic light with only two lights instead of three and said: "Hey mini traffic light! That's funny! Only small traffic lights are funny to me not big traffic lights."
And he said: " That's salami where Ah-ma got me the trucks."
I had no idea what he was talking about until I realized we were passing my old community college and he was talking about the swap meet. But he must call it salami based on the way my mom says it. She bought him a big truck that he loves. He also wanted to sing a song about the boat parade, changing the words to Oh Christmas Tree... "Oh boat, boat, boat. Oh boat, boat, boat. How lovely are your lights..." 

We just got here, but the adventure has already begun. We pull up to my dad with a ladder looking to climb it. Baba offered to up instead, but Ah-gong was right behind him. He wanted to check the lights that weren't working. They were up there for a while and I didn't leave until they came back down. NJ had lots of questions about that of coarse. He called up to them too to see if they'd answer. 

Cool, it's fixed and they're on their way down! 

This brings back memories of when he first moved here and recruited us (Baba, Ah-goo, and I) to help put up Christmas lights. Every year there's something new added. 

The parade starts and NJ loves watching as he always does. I didn't stay out long it was cold.

NJ and Ah-gong both in their sweaters.

With my big happy boy.

With Ah-goo.

NJ got a gift from one of our relatives. I thought it was the coolest, cutest thing and he loved it! It's picking up little pieces of tofu blocks with chopsticks. It's all in Japanese, but she tried to explain the instructions to us. I may have to get some of my Japanese friends' help. For now, he's practicing his chopstick skills, it's great! 

Ah-goo is playing now too. How fun!
I was very sad not to make it to our church's first annual Christmas lighting. We even invited a bunch of people, but couldn't go! But it was good to be there for Ah-gong and spend time with family. Maybe it'll work out next year.