Saturday, March 1, 2014

Games, Noodle Soup, and Up

After a nap in the car, someone has their energy back. Wish I could say the same for myself. I tried to hang in there. I lost twice, he kept sneaking up on me and putting me in jail! 
It's been a while since playing memory and man has his game improved! We were almost even, he picked up matches so easily. Pretty soon he'll start beating us in every game. 
Noodle soup with chicken, bok choy and tofu. NJ was having too much fun slurping his noodles, it was splashing everywhere. This is when he says, "Oh my eye! I got my eye!" 
It makes me happy to see him using his chopsticks so easily now! He really liked the tofu, even cold. Just the way my dad and I used to it eat. No one else in our family liked it as much as we did. 
Devotion and bedtime prayer time! I also read him a book that he got from his school library. It was Up, the story from the movie. He said, "It's the book that we watched the movie with Cameron and Connor in the theater, remember?" Yes, we did watch that movie with them, but it wasn't a theater, it was outdoors on a blow up screen. Glad he remembers and has a good memory of it. He also kept mentioning that the title of the story and movie is a sight word of theirs at school. We're always on the look out for those.

Friday, February 28, 2014

Donuts with Dad

NJ's excited about the morning's event at school! I didn't give him too much for breakfast because of it.
Dotty and NJ were both going from window to window as the rain came down, louder and louder. Good thing it wasn't too hard once they were leaving. 
Donuts with Dad with his class! 
The did portraits of each other, drew pictures, answered questions, and took photos. NJ said Baba was a hundred years old. The other day NJ's classmate called me NJ's grandma. Do we look that old?! 
After school NJ fell into a puddle and had to ride home in soaking wet clothes. Good thing it was just from tripping and he was fine. It was an uncomfortable ride home, but he was ok. We stopped by home to get him changed. Then we headed out for some errands. 
A stop at the bakery...
The japanese dollar (fifty) store...
The grocery store for a couple items and getting some dumplings to share. 
The lady was so nice and gave him a cup full of puffs to eat (like popcorn).
We ate once we got home and played some chutes and ladders.
Plus a couple games of lego city. By the time we were done, it was time for a shower and getting ready for bed. Full day! 

Thursday, February 27, 2014

It's raining! I guess it's kind of a big deal since it hasn't rained much lately. 
NJ still had a lot of lunch left and shared it with his friends. When they asked he said, "Yes! Anyone who asks is yes! I'll share my lunch with everyone!" 
After school snack (even though he just finished up his lunch at the playground). 
NJ and I played some board games in our room. We played chutes and ladders four times, candy land two times, and lego city game three times. He was being a pretty good sport, but frustrated towards the end because I kept winning. He did win candy land once and the city game once.
I hope tonight will be better. Last night he woke up crying loudly four different times. Each time we went in he'd cry in our arms as we tried to comfort him. He was crying so hard that he wasn't saying anything, if he was we couldn't understand any of it. We help him blow his nose, go to throw it away and when we get back he's back to being sound asleep. Finally, before he falls asleep for the night, he tells us what's wrong. He said that he was worried about the floor. How it will get fixed, when it will get fixed, by who, how much... How long will it be and what are we going to do until it's fixed. Oh my. I thought we were stressed about it! We explained to him the situation and answered all the questions he had, but I guess he was still thinking about it. Poor guy is worried for us. I'm surprised at how sensitive he is about it. It's nice that he cares that much and is worried about us and our house. I love his sweet and sensitive heart. He shouldn't have to be worried! We explained that everything was going to be fine, it'll be fixed and we don't have to worry about how, by who, or when... Because God's taking care of us and there's nothing to be scared of. Our house and our floor and everything we have is just stuff so it's not worth being upset over. My goodness... there's so many times (likes this) that I feel like God is talking to me through what I'm saying to NJ. I need to have faith in the things we tell and try to teach him. 

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The floor has been buckling in front of the fireplace. Hmm, now we know why. 
It's spread all the way towards NJ's room and past the kitchen counters. Can't believe this is happening again!!! We're trying our best not to be too stressed, but this is not fun. 
Just like last time, our furniture is piled into this room. There's still enough space to sit at our dining table which is helpful. We can still eat there and do homework and stuff. 
We tried to explain to NJ what was going on when we picked him up from school. He doesn't remember the last time, he was still young then. Plus we had him staying with my mom until we had water running and it was safer. We just need to live with it this time. Let's see how long it takes to get our house back. 
We brought his table into our bedroom for him to play legos. We've mostly been living in our room together just like before. He seemed to be happy just to sit at his table with his legos. Hopefully this is not too of putting for him. 

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

A trip to the dollar store for NJ to pick out a birthday balloon for his friend. He stared at choices on the wall until choosing one with flowers and butterflies for her. 
Writing a card for her. 
Dinner time, time for some rolls. Left over from yesterday, but he loved it. Actually he asked for it from having it for dinner last night too. He told Baba, "I want to have this again tomorrow."

Monday, February 24, 2014


Getting extra energy out after school with some classmates.

At the mechanics.
NJ finished his lunch since he was complaining he was hungry. He also finished his snack left over too. That gave him something to do. Otherwise, he likes watching everything they're doing. Especially when a car gets raised up. Good thing we weren't there too long. 

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Someone is happy about the snack spread!
Mall food court for a quick bite. I got NJ the treat of a peach yogurt drink. He wouldn't let go of it! 
Our friend had some tickets to a play place and got us all in. So generous! The kids had a blast running around and getting really sweaty. 
We had to wear socks in there and we didn't want to take them off before putting our shoes back on. I thought it was cute.
We got NJ to clean his bathroom before dinner. He did a pretty good job.
A big mix of leftovers for dinner, but NJ seemed to enjoy it just fine. Thank goodness he's easy. 
Our verses on our family board. I read them every day.
NJ really wanted to make a card for his teacher who was sick and missed a couple days. He was so sad and talked about how much he missed her.