#85

Tuesday April 17, 2012

Dear Aj

I love you very much but there are days were I feel like I'm not being the kind of mother you deserve. Yesterday as I was leaving for work I noticed that you felt warm. When I checked your tempater my concern was true, your fever was a scary 104. I was busy at work and could not take the day off so Daddy stayed home with you. As I walked out the door, a tear rolled down my check. It's a Mommy's job to sooth their sick child. I knew that you were in good hands with Daddy but it took ever power of my being not to run back inside and cuddle with you. I love my job and I love what my job brings to our family. I often wonder though would you be better off if I stayed home with you? I know the answer is no. You are in a wonderful school that gives you lots of love and experience. When we do spend time together my attention is 100% on you because I crave the moments that I get to spend with you. I will continue to have my "working mother guilt" but deep down I know that I am a good mother. I hope you think so too

Love mommy

Cherry Blossom Festival

Welcome to the 45th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival

 A celebration of Asian traditions and cuisine

Located in the heart of San Francisco's Japan Town

Watching Brandon Preform

We are all in awe at the moves that Brandon can do with such ease

A very Happy Boy

Cherry Blossom

Oh Baby

#84

Tuesday April 10, 2012

Dear Aj,

Caught red handed standing on the couch

Every week we starts off the same: you get up, have breakfast and go to school. The days off the week seem to end the same too: I pick you up, you have dinner we play and then you got to bed. This how your week goes, every week since you were about 3 months all. Are weeks might be the same, week in and week out. But our weekends are ours to do what ever we like to!

This weekend we went and saw the Easter Bunny. I was not quite sure how you would react, so I was really surprised when you smiled and waived. I thought to myself that this might be good, that you actually sit on the Easter Bunny's lap and smile for the camera. Nope you had a plan of your own. You were happy to smile and waive, but there was no way you were going near that Bunny. You and Daddy went up together to meet the Bunny and take pictures. That worked for you.

Love
Mommy

Easter Sunday

This Easter was a small one for our family. It seemed as if everyone had something going on that made it difficult to celebrate together. With Mom and Dad moving we did not even know were we where going to host Easter until the day before. I am so happy that we decided to have Easter at the Lake House.

Aj felt like King of the house, being that he was the only Grandchild there. All eyes were on him from the moment we arrived and why not he with the clown of the party. He loved showing off his dare devil moves in his car, or new favorite songs and even his cute new tricks.

I have to say I was quite impressed with Aj's egg collecting skills. He only needed to be told once to put the eggs in the basket, and then he was off running around and putting all the eggs into his basket as fast as he could. When he was all done he was so excited when he done that he started to shake his basket so that all the eggs came flying out which then made him happy cause he was able to start
collecting his eggs again.

The Basket

New Water Colors

Off to find my Eggs

Oh my look at all these eggs!

Eggs go into the Basket

I found another one!

Pretty Color

This is so much fun

Time to get Crazy in my Car

Meet the Easter Bunny

From this distance this Bunny is great!

Dad I am not to sure about this

Art and Craft Time

The Joy that we have seeing the world through your eyes. This was the first year that you got to meet the Easter Bunny, from afar you were all smiles and waves. However you did not want to get close without having Daddy close by.

Don't worry the Easter Bunny understood

#83

To my growing boy

Your cuteness surprises me on a constant bases! The other day I had given you a cup of goldfishes to snack on. I went off to finish the dishes when I hear a bazaar sound. I went to check it out, as I turned the corner to the living room I found you grabbing handfuls of your goldfishes and putting them into Annie's food bowl. I was curious to see what you were going to do, so I hide behind the door. When the content of your snack bowl was emptied you stood back, pointed your figure at her and started gibber jabbing away at her. Annie will only eat when you tell her OK, so the poor dog just sat looking longingly at her bowl. When I final came over and told her "OK" she gobbled it all up. You just started laughing and clapping

The one thing that I love about you is that you're not afraid to try new and exciting thing. This weekend we went over to some friends house to try their famous beef curry. At dinner time we sat down to enjoy our meal. You and best friend were sitting at your own table eating y. Let me rephrase that, you were inhaling your meal. At one point we had to take your bowl away so that we could take your shirt off. You let out the loudest howl that we have ever heard. When we noticed that you were getting to the end of the bowl and still looked hungry we did not dare take your food away, instead we just made you a whole new bowl.

You are the highlight to my day and love spending every moment that I can with you.
Love
Mommy