look who's here!

how nice of ah-goo (uncle perry) to come and see us again. and after a long work week! we were having such an off day... so tired, nj was acting a bit strange, and i got sick. i couldn't keep anything down and all i could do for a while was lay down. yesterday it was nj, now it's my turn! i wasn't thinking straight the whole day, i don't think i was very good host! that's ok, we have tomorrow too. :)

"we wait for baba and ah-goo"

"baba sit here, mama sit here, ah-goo sit here, i sit here." he designated the seat next to him to be ah-goo's seat. he even grabbed the seat and pulled it right up against his. i said to him, "oh really? that close to him, huh?" his answer for everything: "yeah." he ate some food from lunch, baba and ah-goo had portillo's, and i attempted to eat a little muffin, hoping it wouldn't be a bad decision.

"my tummy hurts"

nj woke up "so hungry" (he says in a whiney voice). so i gave him milk right away. as i made his breakfast, he had already finished his milk. i felt bad it was taking some time, so i offered him grapes. he got a bagel to eat in the car, but a few bites in and he starts whining and crying saying that his stomach hurt. we were almost to our destination when everything came back out. oh, poor baby! good thing we have a cluttered car full of paper towels, napkins, plastic bags, and wipes. and from good advice of another mother, i always keep an extra everything in the car. so we got him cleaned up and changed. new shirt, jacket, and pants... he's good to go again! he still had barf breath, but couldn't do anything about that! after, he fell asleep with a book in his hands. it slid out of his hands, but he still had them in the same position.

"here dotty! eat it!"

poor dotty. she loves toys, but she doesn't get to enjoy it because nj is randomly taking it and then shoving it back in her face. it's really sad and a little funny all at the same time.

"rice kiss-pee"

"i want some."

how do you ask nicely?

"please."

you mean, "can i please have some rice crispy?"

"yeah."

"thank you."

"i like it, it's sweet!"

"i want some milk."

slurp, slurp, slurp...

strawberries!

and grapes! the grapes were a little big for him so i offered to cut them for him. he pulled up a stool to watch. i told him he could as long as he watched nicely without touching anything or bumping me since i had a knife. he said, "don't touch the knife." yes. as i put them into his cup, he says to me: "thank you for putting in my cup!" how sweet, i love when he says things like that. i didn't know that baba had heard from around the corner, he walked in saying, "aww, now how can you not love that?"

"i want to draw."

he asked me to draw him a police car and then another police car. he had a great time coloring over it.

"i want to help." nj kept piling his clothes onto my lap from the laundry basket. that's not helping! i paused before getting frustrated and instead asked him to dig in the basket for his underwear. so he had fun going through trying to find them one by one. he'd say there's no more and i'd shift some clothes around and tell him to look again. i love how he loves to help, i just need to figure out how to let him help.

"i want to play my cars." he didn't eat much at grandma's again, so i fried up an egg with some onion and green peppers and put it with rice. he ate that, thank goodness. he doesn't eat much anymore unless it's something that he really likes. like cereal, snacks, or any asian food. before dinner i asks him if he wanted milk. he said, "with cereal." not with cereal for dinner, just milk. anytime i said the word milk he'd follow it with: "with cereal." who knew he'd love cereal that much! if only there was meat in it, i can always add fruit, but not a very nutritious meal (for dinner at least). well, cleaning up after dinner, i looked in the other room and there's his cars all lined up. typical nj.