My Gym

Whose gym is it? Vinh, Vinh, Vinh!!!

It’s your gym and everyone else is just playing in it. But you really need to be nice and listen. That way everyone has a good time. With great power, comes great responsibility. Be the good steward of Vinh’s Gym and life. I believe you will be good change in the world. 🧘‍♂️ 

Skeleton 💀

Con so? It’s okay, it’s not alive. Daddy will protect you. Hope you had a good time at the festival last night. It’s too bad you can’t tell me which one you liked more. We can go to both next year too (probably will).

I’m hoping dinner turns out good today. I only bbq a steak once for your grandparents and it turned out raw then overcooked. 🙏 it’ll be alright.

Shots, Shots 💉

Was it fun getting shots with your Ong and Ba today?

Were you scared when daddy was getting his shots? Mommy did let anyone get their covid shot, so we’ll have to hang out again in the future.

I’m sorry I didn’t get a photo at Costco. Aunty Anh came by with cousin Jade right when I was about to take a photo. Hopefully I got one from the lantern festival at church tonight and everyone has a good time. 🙏 

No Daddy

Dang, you wanted mommy this morning. 😆 I’m kidding, it’s okay, I’m glad you like her. I’m sorry you and mom didn’t get to see your cousins this past week. Hoping you’ll get to enjoy them after we get back from Europe.

Your cousin E is a good role model about how to treat your family and your future sibling. 🙏 I’ll let you keep enjoying your time with your mommy. 

Daddy There 👉

You want daddy to sleep there? I will tonight. After I shower and you’ve had your albuterol and have fallen asleep for the night. 😂 

I’ll find a spot nearby, but not too close to bother you. Really excited you’re making strides to be potty trained. Did you read my blog post about it? Anyhow, hope you’ll make some strides for your first flight over the ocean. Not sure how to prepare you for that though 🙏.

Daddy Work

Yes, but daddy would rather be home working instead of here:

I wish you and mom could come and enjoy So Cal on GSFA’s money, but maybe in the future. Before I met your mom, I always thought it would be a nice opportunity for family to travel on the company dime. Maybe next time. Please be good to everyone (including yourself) and behave while I’m gone. Daddy thuong con. ❤️ 

Daddy Sad?

Yes. Daddy is sad he can’t be home with you and mommy this week. Even though he gets to see cousin E and Z, he’d rather be with Team Boba. 

Hope you are keeping Sad Daddy warm and safe until Real Daddy comes home. Remember to be nice to mommy while I’m gone. She doesn’t have anyone but you right now. 

Come on Man…

You tell me to leave when you want to poop. So you know. So how come you don’t want to go to the potty? My coworker said that I need to give you treats and stuff to make you want to use it.

Maybe mommy can try that while I’m gone and we can do it more when I get back. Need to figure out how to motivate you. 🤔 

Mommy’s Birthday 🥳

What did you give mommy for her birthday? A hard time? 🤦‍♂️ . Please make sure you’re nice to mommy this week while I’m gone. 

Be thankful that you have a mom who loves and cares for you very much. We’re not perfect, but you can believe that we try our best to do the best for you. Maybe you can give your mom a belated birthday of being potty trained sooner than later. Too late for Europe. WWW.

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WOW!!! And today you get to see your first “real” lion dance. I wish your mom would be more open to vegetarian food, but I’m glad you tried and ate some.

This will be a good measuring stick for future events. At least we have a place to go next time. 🦁 

Plan Granola

Two days and you still enjoy granola bar on the way home. We need to find the healthiest granola bar you can eat. In the meantime, daddy will go to work to get you some more because mommy likes “free” stuff.

We still need to make progress on your potty training, but it’s funny that you actually verbalize that you want a diaper. 🤦‍♂️ 

Double Fail Today

At Costco all you ate was cheese. Now I worry you won’t eat the udon that we bought since you didn’t eat any samples today.

At the park you didn’t really do anything. It could be because people were hanging out on your swing area…

At home mommy waited 2 hours only for you to pee on the ground and you didn’t eat the noo noo she you. Truly a WWW. At least we get to try again tomorrow. 🙏 

Park Park

Bye park. You couldn’t go to the gym today, but you did go to the park. I don’t know how it went before I got there, but I was sad you didn’t share slide with friend…

Anyhow, at least you didn’t make a fit when it was time to go. You also walked most of the way home until mommy wanted to pick you up. WWW. Thanks for eating dinner tonight! 

Cos-Co 🛒

Maybe we can make trips to Costco a regular thing. It kills time until mommy gets home. I get to get my chores done. You get to eat. Seems like a win for everyone.

I hope this doesn’t end up like the overnight oats. You asked for 3 servings. Too bad the last one was hot so you couldn’t enjoy it right away. But you eventually enjoyed it. Maybe we should buy a cart to let you sit in instead of a high chair?

Acts of Service

I never read the book about love languages, but from what I can gather, my love language is doing things for other people. As my son, it’s no different. I do things for you because that’s how I show love (among other ways).

So I hope you get enjoyment out of these items. I debated looking for some with colors, but thought maybe colors are too artificial. Anyhow, I guess I can see what mom thinks. 💕 

Effort and Risk

The results of both can be improved with wisdom. In life it can be difficult to do the right thing and put in the right effort or take the right risks, but I pray that you’ll develop wisdom. That can’t really be taught.

Hope you had fun today. Hope you eat more tomorrow. 🙏 

Bad Habits

Need to die early. You’ve been eating really bad lately, I hope it’s a habit that dies hard soon. I wish you knew how important the things we try to do for you are.

I can honestly say that the things I do for you are for your future and benefit, not really ours. So can you please try to help us out and cooperate? Thanks in advance. 🙏 

Friday The 13th

Somebody got what they asked for. I hope it’s good. Your eating has been off today. I hope it’s just a hiccup and we can get back to regular eating soon. At least you got food at Costco.

Albeit, wasn’t the healthiest, please be good to mommy tonight. Daddy is gonna go swimming. And you don’t have to tell me I’m dep, it’s not that important to me, but thanks.

Spend Wisely

Whatever it may be. Time? Money? Energy? You need to make sure you spend your precious resources wisely. 

You’re young now, but eventually you’ll get old. So it’s important to build good habits early that will carry you through life. Like using your calories wisely too. Don’t be fat like your parents. 🙏 

Yo Okay Bro?

I didn’t spend much time with you today, but you seemed pretty clingy after your nap (which is odd in itself). I’m hoping it’s just congestion and I didn’t see anything in your ear.

Mommy looks a mess, but supposedly she should have had a relaxing day 😆 . Hope tomorrow is better for you. 🙏 

Vinh’s Gym

Although you don’t really do anything besides hide and watch people and run around. I guess that’s cardio. I’m glad I was able to take you to the gym today. If they have later times I can probably take you more often if mommy can’t.

Someday I hope you’ll be okay with the ball pit. 🙏 

No Thank You 🙂‍↔️

Side note I figured emoji out. Back to you Vinh, you need to stop reacting emotionally and learn to say no thank you. I know you’re just a toddler so i can’t be too hard on you, but I believe you know what you’re doing.

I’m sorry I had to smack your hand this morning and mommy just had to put you in timeout, but I have to make sure we nip this in the bud now, before it grows into a big flower of a problem. 

Enough

In an ideal world, having enough is what you want. However, as good hosts and when it comes to food, you always want to make sure you have more than enough. That way people don’t feel shy to eat their fill. You also want them to be able to take some home if possible.

It’s like the number one rule of marketing. Under promise, but over perform. Never do the opposite. Fatherly advise to my first born son. 🤔 

Sacrifices

Having children means making sacrifices. Daddy and mommy make lots of sacrifices for our little Boba Chop Vinh. So daddy took this sacrifice with him on the trip.

I will suffer cavities so hopefully you won’t have to. I’m also suffering time away from you so that mom and you can develop a stronger band. I think she gets sad that you don’t love her as much as you love Daddy. So try to make it less obvious okay?

Sleep 😴

I don’t know why you don’t want to sleep. But then you’re annoyed when we wake you up. Sleep while you can. As you get older, you’re going to have a lot of things you want to do. Right now you just need to play, eat, and sleep.

So try to sleep faster and earlier for us. So that we can get things done and sleep more too. Daddy is okay with less sleep, but mommy is not. So any help you can give would be great!

Bubble Bath 🛀

Sorry mommy couldn’t shower you tonight, but it seems like you’re doing okay. 

Not sure how your daddy and mommy are gonna do, but you’ll be okay. I promise. Okay, I’ll put my phone down now. 

Purple 💡

There’s no purple color in the bulb bro. Sorry.  It’s always a double edge sword with you. I’m scared to introduce you to new stuff because you might get obsessed with it.

You’re obsessed with My Gym and now these lights. I wish you would be more obsessed with eating healthy food or behaving 😆. Go to sleep with mommy. You don’t need daddy to sleep. Plus mommy wants to sleep early like you need to. Daddy has things to do.

Sunblock and Food

Why do you hate them soooo much? Food is soo good and sunblock protects your beautiful skin from the harmful effects of too much son. They’re good and good for you.

How are you ever going to grow up big and strong and healthy if you don’t start embracing the good? Please try and do that for us soon. 🙏 

Boba Is Lucky

So loved. So full of food options. So full of people and love. I hope you learn to share soon, but also be able to defend yourself. Don’t act first, but be ready to react.

Lesson Daddy can share today: sometimes it’s okay to eat dessert first. You may not have room for it later. 🤔 

Daddy Is Lucky

That he has great people around him. But it’s not completely a coincidence. It’s mostly hard work. Put out good vibes and good vibes come back to you.

I know it’s a recurring theme, but it’s always being constantly reminded. Tomorrow we’re invited for com tam. Today I got some mangos for you. There’s a biblical reference for reaping crops from seeds…