We ate the breakfast buffet at the hotel then left a little before 8 am. Started with mom driving. Did a couple of Mad Libs. Then you watched Mulan on the iPad. We entered Florida a little before 10 am. Went direction to the world’s largest McDonalds to have lunch. Next, we headed to Disney […]
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We left Friday, June 9th at 6:10 am in the morning, which is ten minutes later that planned, but not bad. To make that early departure, we set our alarm clock to 5 am, but I was up by 4:40. You got up surprisingly easy, considering it was so early. It must have been the […]
I read this book to help me with my focus. It discusses 12 things that you should single task. Multi-tasking has been the name of the game for years, but research has shown we (humans) aren’t really good at it. Getting back to doing a single task at a time is really important, and makes […]
When I was young, there was no internet. If I wanted to watch a movie, I had to go to Blockbuster and rent it. Play it in a VCR. Then return it in a couple of days or else you were charged a late fee. Now, any movie/video/song is available to you 24/7 at the […]
Today we sat down to talk to you about what’s it’s like being 4 and a half years old (minus 1 day). Some of the highlights were: Favorite color: blue Favorite food: rice and rou rou Favorite dessert: chocolate cake Favorite TV show: Tom and Jerry Favorite movie: The Lion King Favorite animal: hyena Favorite […]
So we were about a month behind in interviewing you for your 4-year-old birthday. I was most surprised that you were really talkative and engaged during the interview. I had tried doing an interview earlier, but you weren’t having it. At this point, we were over a year into the pandemic, and you had been […]
The pandemic has thrown off a lot of the usual ways holidays were celebrated. Halloween is no exception. A day when children would walk door to door asking for candy has no place in these strange times. We did what we could to make Halloween enjoyable for you. You trick-or-treated inside the house, visiting various […]
Hey Bud, Gruel is a dish that probably gets made every 1-2 months. It was first brought to a family Christmas Eve party sometime in the 90s. It was a huge hit and has been a family staple ever since. It’s essentially a corn casserole. It’s sweet and gooey. We started calling it gruel because […]
The first time I had jiu niang, which transalates into “fermented glutinous rice”, was on my first trip to China in early 2016. We were staying at Popo (婆婆) and Gonggong’s (公公) house for most of the trip. They would make breakfast for your mom and me each morning. One morning there was this soupy […]
Hey Bud, We certainly had a great trip to China to visit mom’s family. It’s a shame you are too young to remember it, so I’ll write down some memories for you. Getting to China got off to a rough start. The week before the trip you had started coughing, maybe on Wednesday. By Friday […]