School Fall Festival! 

Cereal wasn't enough for breakfast, I guess. He made himself a peanut butter sandwich. He loves peanut butter so much he didn't bother to put in the jam or jelly. Usually he'll ask us to make him a pb&j. Today he made his own without waiting. He's been getting his own cereal for so long I don't remember exactly when. The he started pouring his own milk for it. Now he's got his own sandwiches down. 

NJ was so happy to be having mini wontons and tofu. His excitement had him talking about it even at bedtime. I was feeling bad that I couldn't find anything better to make for dinner, the fridge wasn't very stocked. I fried up a few frozen dumplings, cut open a box of tofu and plopped it on a plate! When I thought I was failing at something, he thought I was giving him such a treat. He really is so easy to please and is such a blessing. 

Practicing my sewing skills, mom does it much better. NJ has been asking me to mend his favorite blanket from grandma. He wouldn't stop using it and put a bunch of paper clips on it to hold it together. He was so excited to get it back. I hand sewed almost an entire side, but he still pointed out a spot that I missed. It reminds me of how much mom sews everything... For me as a kid and for NJ now. She made clothes for me when I couldn't fit into store bought clothes all those years I was sick. She made clothes for my barbies, blankets for my cabbage patch kids, and some of my favorite blankets that I still use today. NJ has his favorite too. She makes all of his torn pants (and ones that we get) into long shorts, which he loves. A lot of times I could patch things up for him, but it's not the same as when Ama does it. She has the special touch. 

There are some nights that we all eat a different dinner. NJ was happy to have the rest of the spaghetti sauce with elbow pasta, I had some ravioli, and Baba cooked up chicken and zucchini. We all had a bite of each other's food. NJ loves being right there when we're cooking or prepping and helps us. 

At bedtime he talked about a web getting launched into space in 2018 and the hubbles (that's what he called it) is almost done with it's job. Then something about it not being too close to the sun otherwise it'll explode. He gave a lot of other facts that I can't remember. I asked him how he knows all this. He said from Time Kids. Not bad. He's always full of random info from something he read or learned at school. He also asked about Shr Mama and Shr Baba and wants to know when they will have another baby for us. We talked about Taiwan, great grandma, Japan, our friends there, and when we'd go. NJ asked how old their youngest son is and insisted that I message his mom to ask. 

Looks like he was squeezing through, gave up, and fell asleep. Doesn't look comfortable.

NJ wanted to play a game before heading out to soccer. I can't remember the last time I played or if I ever have. I wish I had recorded his explanation on how to play. He won of course, he's too good at games for us. 

At bed time he asked me when Ama is coming back. 

M- Which one?

NJ- Acura Ama, is she done babysitting? 

M- Babysitting who? She's not babysitting, who would she be babysitting?

NJ- Uncle Perry.

M- Why would Uncle need babysitting? 

NJ- Because he's younger than Ama.

M - But he's a grown adult, I think he can do without babysitting.

He peaked from behind the box to see if I noticed that he stuck the dog's head through the window. 

I peaked through the window to see if he'd do the same. 

After picking him up from camp he said was hungry. Missing him all day made me a softie so I got him something we don't always get. His smile made me happy. 

Medieval Times

NJ was excited saying, "My second day and I get a field trip?!" He didn't even know what it was. We thought he'd really like it since it was something new and different with horses, fighting, and food. To our surprise he said it was, "Ok." It made us laugh, everything he had to say about it... He said, "it smelled like horses. The chicken, potato, and corn was different, it didn't taste right. But the garlic bread and cookie were good. It just smelled like horses. And we didn't even have utensils for the food!" We had a whole discussion about the jousting, the weapons, and fake fighting. I thought he'd be more impressed, but I guess the smell bothered him too much! 

Free Slurpies and Heart Bracelets

This isn't supposed to actually happen to you, just in commercials and tv... The bag of chips is stuck between the spring release and the glass. The park volunteers assured us that they shake and hit the vending machine multiple times a day because it happens to them all the time. It was an interesting start to NJ's first day and first time at summer camp. We didn't know he needed a second snack for the morning so we let him pick one. We almost never use vending machines. He got an unexpected treat. 

Last night he was all nervous about what summer camp was, asking so many questions... What do I do? Who's there? What kind of sports? What kind of crafts? What kind of activities? What about food? Where is it? For how long? What if I don't like it? It's hard to get away with telling him anything without the 20 questions. It's cute though, he's so curious and gets all nervous about stuff. But he always turns out being fine. He's pretty resilient and easy going. It felt strange to leave him there when it's not school, church, or people we know. 

He proudly showed me the bracelets he made today, one for me and one for him. How thoughtful and sweet. On the way home from picking him up he said they all walked to 7-11 for free slurpies. I thought he was kidding, but as we pulled out of the parking lot of the park I asked him to give me directions to where they walked. I made two rights and drove up several blocks, it felt like I just kept going and going. I kept asking him, are you sure you walked this far?! Sure enough, we finally came up on a 7-ll on the left, several blocks away. This time I had many questions for him! Who walked with you? Did everyone go? Why would they have so many kids walk the streets so far? Who's idea was this?! What time was it today? Did everyone get one? What flavor did you get? (He got cola, mango, and something else all mixed in one, interesting combo) Did you like it? Yikes, I'm not sure I like this idea especially since we already don't know anyone working with the kids. Well he's home without incident, so it was fine I guess! A long walk in the hot sun for some ice cold artificial flavoring with strangers, haha! 

Baba left these air filled packing material to pop. He said to do it outside to not scare the dogs. I asked him to wait until I get my camera so I could take a photo of happy anticipation. Obviously he did not. For not listening, I said next time he might not get to pop them. He didn't like that I said that as you can tell on his sad face. :( Oh so sad.