Wisdom

And grit. Those are really important things to have. There's still quite a bit of milk tea here, but I threw it away anyways. It wasn't great so I don't need to consume the extra calories. It may be a little waste of money, but it's worth the sacrifice to not consume unnecessary stuff. It's the same with life. You have to know when to walk away. It might mean you lose a little, but it could save you from losing a lot more.

Grit will help you keep going when the going gets tough. I wish that it was easy to determine when it's best to walk away and when it's best to keep going. So I pray that you'll develop your own wisdom and be able to use that to make your life easier and better. Don't keep making life harder than it should be. Patience my grasshopper.

Soccer

You did good. The kids seem nice and the so do the coaches. It seems like you might be okay. Unfortunately, it did not wear you out as you were not tired when you got home. But maybe you will be the first Vietnamese soccer star? As long as you can take care of yourself, I'll be happy. You don't need to take care of me. I will try not to be a burden on you.

We don't have your first game until next weekend so you still have one more practice. Wonder how long photo day will be Saturday. I'm not golfing just for you buddy. I will try to have at least one day in the weekend for family time. Sorry that it can't be the same day every week.

Last Sunday Evening Mass

We hopefully won't go to Sunday evening mass until you skip nap time. It's just too much mommy says. You don't look this happy when we wake you up to go to Sunday mass and it makes it a rush to end the weekend. I think it's better if you guys had went to mass without me today, but mommy didn't want to do that. Sorry. I'm okay if no one rubs my head and says "Nice haircut sir..."

I don't have a photo from Sunday because I didn't take one. We had good sushi and you ate good and we saw bac Minh, Ong Ba and your cousins. It was quite a productive day. I went golfing too. Anyhow, it's back to the grind tomorrow. Hope you have a great week!

Party Time

You got to hang out with your friends and their parents today. Boy did you have a good time. Maybe too good of a time, but that’s okay. I’m sorry you don’t have a sibling or hang out with friends in the regular, but at least you have So. That’s why you need to go (and because mommy and daddy work).

I don’t know if we’re going to buy Jasmine a scooter, but you do need to learn to respect people’s personal space. Not sure how we can teach that effectively, but we need to try because we don’t want anyone feeling uncomfortable around you…

Whoa

Who's super smart and compassionate? This guy...

Who's also not so smart and sometimes mean? Same guy. LOL. Anyhow, I really appreciate the positives you demonstrate. Ironically, it makes the negatives much more frustrating. I know you're only 3 years old, but you're so smart and compassionate already. I hope the world and life doesn't erode those qualities. I hope that life and the world will erode the negative stuff. As you mature and understand more, I pray you use that evolution to reduce the bad and increase the good. Good boys get whatever they want from their parents. You can have all the tow trucks and race tracks you want if you're good...

Lemonade

Or whatever you can make with what you have. Life is going to throw lots at you. Some good things that end up being bad. Some bad things that you can turn into good. I've repeated this lesson before, but it's good to repeat it again because it's an important part of life. Rolling with the punches and getting up when life knocks you down.

I left this in the car yesterday and by the time I got to it this morning it had all melted. I was having a rough day and needed a treat and this is what I found. Instead of staying sad, I went ahead and brought it in so that I could and did eat it later (until it got contaminated). Which according to Aunty Rain, could be part of the burnt toast theory. Maybe this was the universe telling me I should get a better treat tomorrow...which leads to my reminder that you need to be patient :) 

Vinh-tivities

Are we making you do too many things? Would you rather do nothing? I think growing up, I played after school with friends and then went home and did homework. I don't think I watched any TV besides maybe on Saturday mornings. I also remember I had to vacuum the house. I really don't know how I spent my time considering I didn't have a gaming system or toys...

I know part of the reason we want you to do things is to keep you busy. It's to find something that you might like and pursue further. It's also a little of making up for what we didn't have or couldn't do. Small part of it is probably showing others what we do for you. Anyhow, I hope we're doing the right thing and that we don't do more harm than good. It was interesting to see the range of kids at the pool today. I think they're all older than you. I hope you're able to swim like them soon...