Love those rubs…

I love rubs… or a massage.  So I ask Soojin always for a rub on my back.

Well, it must be genetic… ’cause my kids do too!  Either when they are sleepy (before or after sleep) or when they are sick, they always ask us to rub them.  Almost always, it’s the back.  They can take it for tens and tens of minutes!!    And if I stop, they get cranky and ask for more… and then Soojin says, “Taste your own medicine!”  Hee…  I don’t mind that much…

What I do mind is when they say their butt itches and they want me to scratch it!!     Why is that?  Oh well… Physical touch, I believe, is one of the main ways the kids feel that they are loved.  So I naturally try to give them more hugs and kisses… and rubs on their back and their butts!!  Ok… I will say it… “There’s no butt about it!!” 

My Little Anna is Growing Up!

Soojin’s friend from afar (Cypress, whoopi!) came to visit and so we spent the Labor Day at the Kemah Boardwalk!  There’s rides and such… but mostly for kids… OLDER kids.  I didn’t even think that JJ and Anna would even get on the merry-go-round! 

Turns out that I was right… half right!  Anna stepped up to the plate!  She was all excited with the merry go around!

JJ, as you can see in the pic, sat on the seat!  Oh well… he will come around.  Anna, on the other hand, even wanted to go on that aero flyer that goes pretty high and spins around fairly fast!    That’s my girl… she totally owned these rides!!  Hee…  No fear… except for the train ride while going through the wild west tunnels. 

She’s growing up… She enjoyed the rides, that’s for sure!

I am no artist!

It’s no secret… I’m not an artist nor am I gifted in arts.  So whenever Anna asks me to draw for her, I get stressed.  Today, she asked me, of all things, to draw panties!  And then ribbons!

There are two things she loves:  clothing and accessories!  😀  And she doesn’t just want one either!  She then wants me to draw several!   In this case, 16 panties, and about 50 or more ribbons!  😮  Yikes… But she loves to color them in!  So I have draw over and over, in different colors, the things she wants!  C’est la vie, n’est-ce pas?  I try to remind myself that these are the moments to cherish… and that she just loves it when I do this for her!  It’s one of her love languages!  🙂

Shanna’s Pizza Parlor

We go to the county library nearby about once a week…
There, the kids, mostly Anna, pick out books to read.  Well, somehow, she discovered Shanna, a very outspoken and creative girl. The book character, not a real person!    In this particular book, Shanna offers all kinds of strange combinations of toppings for the pizza… it’s actually quite gross combo… even Anna agreed! 

When I asked her what she wanted on her pizza, she went on all over in terms of the toppings.  On top of that, she started asking if you could put non-food stuff on the pizza!!    In the end, I loved the book for encouraging the kids like Anna to think beyond the typical… beyond the average, and teaching her to think outside the box.

You see, when I was in my 20s thinking of what I wanted my kids to learn, I wanted one of those to be for my kids to be able to learn to be both expressive and creative.  I didn’t want my kids to grow up stuck inside the box, per se.  I’m glad she’s way out of the box!    She’s so imaginative… makes me proud.

Bubba Shrimp

I never did well in Biology class in high school.  That fermedahyde smell killed me.  Well, I got to re-affirm that today.  Soojin wanted some tempura-style shrimps.  There must’ve been at least a hundred there!

Don’t forget… I don’t do shell fish… to say the least.  So I start taking the shells off… man, is the smell bad!!  I started to get nautious… wanted to throw up… Then Soojin tells me that I have gut out the black nervous systems!    The whole process must’ve taken about an hour!  Sheesh…  At this point, I’m half the time holding my breath.  Nauseated beyond despair…

Soojin got the batch ready… dip it in flour first, then egg, and then the bread powder.  After another half hour of frying and taking in the stink, I am ready to barf!  I seriously had to go to Wal Mart and get Sweppes Ginger Ale, the best retail-brand ginger ale money can buy! 

I’m feeling much better now… but the place is still striken with the funky bubba shrimp smell!  At least Anna and JJ enjoyed it!

Technological Family

Wow… you should’ve seen us today… the kids were watching Dora the Explorer and Blue’s Clues on TV (via DVD player), mom was watching “Seven Princesses”, a Korean drama via the Internet on KBS website, and I was watching “The 4400” on my Cowon A2!    I was so proud of my nerdy family!!  Hee hee hee…