Super Why!

Lately, the boys love to watch a PBS show called "Super Why!" It's a fun show that uses story books to help kids solve problem and learn to read. When someone in the story have a problem, then all the "Super Reader" go to their rescue.

To turn into super heros, the characters put all their hands together and say...

"Super reader...










to the rescue!"

Caleb can READ!

Bansoon at Hebron's church in Oxnard gave us a set of Bob books. It's easy books for beginning reader. Last night Caleb can read three of the books in the first set. He didn't read it by memorizing it. He read it by sounding out the sound of each letters in words that he didn't know. I am so proud of him. Since we are sending him to private school, I was afraid that he would struggle academically. But it seems like he is on track.

This is what he read:
Dot has a hat.
Dot has a cat.
The cat has a hat.
Dot has a dog.
Dog has a hat.
Dog has a rag hat.
Sad dog. Sad Dot. Sad cat.
Dog has on a rag hat.

Let's Party

Hebron and I feel like such wild people because we have been partying two days in a row. On January 2nd, Stanley and Chrissy, our church friends, invited us over to their house for dessert and MJ (Ma Jong). We went over with the boys at 7:30 pm and played MJ untill 10:30pm. We got home at 11 pm. We have never done that before with our boys. In fact, Hebron and I do not go out past 9 pm anymore, except to companies' holiday party. We felt so wild and fun to stay out late. On Jan 3rd, we invited the worship team over for dinner and board games. After dinner a group played Monopoly and another group played MJ. We hung out with people untill 12 am and didn't head to bed untill 1 am. Wow, two wild nights in a row. It was kinda fun to hang out with people and play games. We miss doing wild things like that and hanging out with friends. I guess kids, work, serving, and school kept us busy and prevented us from partying. It was nice to have some wild partying fun.

Tears in my eyes

My friend, Melissa, gave Caleb and Joshie a few gifts yesterday. One of the gift was a set of four books about Christmas. They were all similar and we already had one of it. So I asked Caleb and Joshie to each choose one and save the other one to give away to other children through Operation Christmas Child. My goal was not to take away their things, but to help them realized that they are blessed with many things and they should share it with others. Well, of course no kid wants to give away their things. And since Caleb loves books, he doesn't want to part with any. He cried and said that he likes all of them. So I explained to him that he has a lot of toys and books while other children do not. I told him he can read them all and choose which one to keep, but he still didn't want to give one away. Well, I thought maybe we can try this lesson another year. Maybe when he is older he will understand that not everyone is as blessed as he is. So I went about my morning routine and brushed my teeth. Caleb came into the bathroom with one of the four new books he got and said, "Mommy, I want to send this one away." When I heard that, literally, my eyes where filled with tears. I am so proud of him. I want my children to grow up to be a giving person and to give generously what Christ have so richly blessed us with.