His turn to teach me...

Every night, I will read the story to the boys before bedtime. We borrowed a book about Star Wars from the library and the boys wanted me to read for them.

" Mom, you say the name wrong... Jedi, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Yoda...... this is how you should pronounce..."

I am not Star Wars fan and never watch a single movie about it. Hence, I do not know how to pronounce those names correctly and Ethan corrected me when he noticed that I said them wrong.

Well, sometimes, you got to listen to the small one when you are not sure about something... right?

His trademark----Silly Faces

Ethan is good at making silly faces. These are some pictures I took when he is trying to make the faces again.

Cow Aprreciation Day

Chick-Fil-A is promoting the Cow Appreciation Day during the second Friday of the July. I saw a flyer at the library and decided to dress up the boys as a cow and get a free meal from the restaurant.

I printed out the cow mask and let the boys colored it. I stitched the black spot on their white shirts.

Ethan's friends came over to play and I brought four boys to the restaurant.

We got the Kids Meal for free. All four of them.

When they walked in the restaurant, people gave them a smile seeing them dressing up like a cow.

Mom, why you are not working?

"Mom, why you stay home? You are not working like any other mom in the office."
One day, Ethan asked me this question out of the blue. He is just curious that I am not going out to work like his friend's mom in the office and stay at home most of the time.

I told him that my full time job is taking good care of the family especially him and Evan. I am a teacher to both of them, a mentor to guide them and a playmate to play with them. I do not earn money, but I hope I earn respect from him. He might not understand fully but at least, he stops asking after hearing my explanation.

Yesterday, I got a check from Bruno's grandmother ( I babysit Ethan's friend during summer break) and I showed him the check. I told him babysitting is my part time job and I earn some money out of it. He looked at the check and saw the amount of money written on it. he told me," wow, that is a lot of money." Though, it is just a little money.

Our personal time

Last Sunday, we have friends visiting us from out of town. It was Wimbledom Tennis Final day too. Eric already stuck on the TV screen because of the exciting game and he did not want to go out for lunch. The boys wanted to play at home and no one wants to follow me to eat out. Well, this gave me a opportunity to go out with friends just all by myself. I felt happy to have my own personal time hanging out with friends and chatting with them without the kids.

At night, Eric went out to play tennis with his friends. This is one of his past time hobby and he loves it so much. At least, he got his own personal time too. He always knows how to relax and having fun. I have to learn more from him.

Our clogs

Just think that it is cute to see our clogs lining up together. Eric and I got the big sizes but few years later, both of my boys will have a bigger size shoe than me.

Swimming time again

"Shooting" water to each other faces.

I like to take the pictures while the boys are playing in the pool. The boys which include my big boy too, Eric.

Ethan is not using the float now. He just like to jump into the pool and swim by himself ( he is not good at swimming and he will go to the swimming lesson few more weeks).

Evan cannot stay in water for too long because of the chlorine in the water. I had to pull him out of the water and of course it took a lot of screaming and crying too.


Cannon Ball Splash