Lunch with Anna & JJ

JJ's lunch

With some time left, I dropped by the kids’ school to have surprise lunch with them and got to hang out with some of their closest friends.  JJ took out 3 of his “Buddy Club” members – Ryan, Derek, and PJ.  Notice that it’s all guys.  Typical 6 year old.  And his “Buddy Club”‘s main purpose is to chase the girls during recess.  I kid you not.  Gotta be proud of the son!  LOL

Anna's lunch

After JJ’s lunch, Anna came out for her lunch.  She picked out Jennifer, a closest friend in her class and two boys!  You read that right… she chose two boys!  Don’t you worry, I think she just “allowed” them to join in the lunch because you and your friends can sit outside with the parent during the lunch.

Another thing I noticed is that both of my kids have broad mix of ethnic friends.  Those two boys are of Indian descent and Anna thought nothing of it.  One of JJ’s Buddy Club member is African-American (though I think the word “black” is not derogatory, I will use the PC word) and so I was very happy to see that both had healthy mix of friends.  I did not want them to be exclusive to just one group.

And as they grow up and narrow down on their list of friends, I noticed that it would be important to be in not just my kids’ lives but also their closest friends’ lives as well.  Last thing I want my kids to be grow to be are racists or some kind of “purists”.  Dang, who knew that so much attention had to be given in parenting!!

Curiously Odd Habits

It started when we visited H-Mart.  JJ had asked me which color he should pick: white or green.  I had no idea so I said green.  Then he started hopping on only the green tiles.

I didn’t teach him this stuff but it came out.  I remember my younger days and creating a game out of it myself to jump only from a shadow to another shadow, or to step only in particular tiles or shapes.  Here is JJ doing the very same thing but I hadn’t even mentioned it!  I was so enticed on how kids can play and how certain habits and ways of playing  just get passed down genetically.

I played with him of course and he’d complain every now and then how green tiles seemed so far from each other.  It’s really good to be a kid… and I am so glad that JJ is enjoying his childhood… even if he doesn’t quite realize it.  I hope he and Anna will continue to have fun being kids.  It only lasts a short time anyway…