Terrific Tuesday?

"We Are Terrific!!!" Yes, we are. You, Mommy, and Me! Team Matcha Boba Milk Tea!!! I'm sorry we had a lot of hiccups today, but you still got to spend a lot of time with your family. You got to eat, drink, play and watch. Sorry it wasn't windy enough for your kite?

We finally made it home after a long day. Hope you enjoy the last couple days with Ong and Ba. You'll see them in Buffalo, but they're going home soon. I'll be gone for a little bit too. 

Monday Friday

We're off tomorrow, so today is like a Friday. Not sure what we're doing still, but I think we're supposed to do something. You were the winner today at So. Mommy probably doesn't like it, but YouTube was a good alarm clock this morning. I was able to make it to work earlier than plan.

It seems like you were okay hanging out with Ong and Ba while mommy and I went to the movies. That's good for future outings. I heard you didn't do well at My Gym, but you did okay. Miss Sana is nice. You need to be nice and good too. Hopefully, a day away from So won't make it bad, but you'll also be gone Friday. Praying that you have a safe and good trip with mommy to Buffalo. I'll see you when you get back.

Swim Sunday

Thanks for being a champ today. You did a lot. You did pretty good. We went to church early (you were a little whiney). We went to My Gym (you got promoted). We went to swim lessons (you talked a lot). You took a nap (and peed in your pants). We went to Shabu Gen (you ate okay). You slept with daddy (then you wanted mommy).

I'm sorry I have to wake you up early tomorrow and that I'll be wearing buttons. I hope you'll wake up happy and okay on your own. Mommy will pick you up early tomorrow and try to take you to My Gym. Then we get our last trip with Ong Ba before they go home. Hopefully we have a safe, fun, successful trip. See you in the morning buddy.

Long Day

That's today. You only napped 1.5 hours so I hope that's enough. Sorry, you didn't do so well at JJ today, but at least you "passed". Anyhow, we're waiting for mommy to get home so we can go to Uncle Eric and Aunty Tham's for cousins Ben and Chase birthday party. Maybe Uncle Truong will bring your kite...

Uncle Matt is into golf now. I might see if he wants these clubs the next time I'm in SoCal. He hits the ball much farther than daddy, sorry. But I think I can still beat him. Hope you're enjoying your time with Ba right now. I'm upstairs blogging and organizing. We're gonna leave soon. I need to go check on the laundry. You might get out of swimming tomorrow. Uncle Peter says I should let you skip it. We'll see what mommy decides...

Life Is...

Whatever you make of it. Today, your mommy and I tried to make it better for you. We won't know if we'll be successful or not, but we tried. Depending on mommy, we'll keep trying. We know you did not ask for life, so we want to make sure that we can give you the best life and chance at the best life as we can.

I also know, from personal experience, that what I think is the best, may not be what you decide is the best. I just hope you know that even though I'm a fan of results, you consider my intention when you're old enough to decide life for yourself. You always surprise me. Sometimes it's bad. Sometimes it's good. Tonight, you wanted me to sleep with you because "the ghosts might get me". Thank you for caring. Thank you for wanting to sleep with me. I didn't want to wake you up early since I have to get up early. I wish I could golf and go to your activities, but at least mommy and Ba will be there. Plus I don't think you'll miss me there yet. But know, that if something is important to you, I'll try my best to make it work.

Consequences

I know you know the word and I'm pretty sure you understand the meaning. Here is an example of consequences. I was changing the lightbulb today and I was thinking about climbing down the ladder to throw away the burnt out one, but instead, I took the risk of trying to toss it in the garbage can knowing that there's a possibility that it would miss and break.

And it did. Sometimes I may not even think that bad things can happen and they do. Actions have consequences whether we know them or not. Whether they happen or not. Sometimes things can't be avoided. A lot of time though, you can minimize negative consequences by thinking beforehand, pausing before acting and making the right (sometimes difficult) choices. I tried to vacuum everything up, but hopefully I got it all. I would hate for someone to step on broken glass because of me...

A Long Time

Daddy rarely takes a long time. It's not that I rush things or do a half job, but it's more about being efficient, flexible, and have purpose. Here's a blast from the past. My golf buddies made fun of my back acne. I should have told them it's a side effect of pregnancy...

Anyhow, I can't reiterate enough how time is a limited resource. It's really important that you make the most of it. Sadly, it's not like money where you know how much you have and you can make more. We don't know how long we're here for so we gotta do the best with the time we have. I'm not saying you should spend your time running errands efficiently. It would be best if you didn't have too many errands to run. What I am saying is that whatever it is that you're doing, try to do it with purpose and efficiency so that you have more time to do other things. I don't know if you notice me working a lot, but I do that so I can have more time to do other things as well...