My Momiversary Day Cards
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I never thought I'd live to see the day, but we there were...sitting in the stands and watching our oldest son dance hula! This was the annual May Day celebration at Punahou called Holoku Pageant. It's a very big day throughout the stateā¦a celebration of hula and Hawaiian culture. Only his girlfriend Brittany could have convinced this non-dancey, unartistic boy to dance in front of the entire school. He's never danced a day in his life, but dutifully attended rehearsal every Saturday for 2 months. :)
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Ted was able to dive below the surface for this cool pic
Now that the boys have a few years of Mandarin under their belts, I've been asking them to write their grandmother's thank you notes in Chinese. As I was walking out the door for my flight to Hong Kong, I grabbed Adam's card to Popo since it was with his other thank you notes but unfortunately didn't see Colin's. Oh well. So, anyway, I delivered Adam's note to Popo in person at our New Year's Eve dinner. Everyone was tickled to read it.PoPo read the card out loud in Cantonese. I only understood about half of it!
Gung Gung applauds Adam's Chinese skills
Aunty lisa was pleased to see that he used the notecards she gave himGung Gung announced to the whole table "That deserves a reward!" and took a US$100 bill out of his wallet and handed it to me. I asked if the reward was for me because I am the one who has to put up with all the whining and complaining about how hard Chinese is. He said no, it was for Adam. Phooey. Colin didn't get a reward because he didn't make sure his note got delivered. I encouraged Adam to split the reward since Colin helped him a little with it. He says he'll think about it.
Needless to say, I was SOOOOOO proud of both boys. It's not easy for a kid growing up in the US to learn Chinese and they PERSEVERED, sometimes DESPAIRED, but never gave up. Good job!
This Christmas was twice the fun because we have Chris' parents AND Erica PLUS her boyfriend Ted visiting us. It's a crazy house bursting at the seams and full of love and laughter. Just the way we like it!
Fun at Zippy's
Our traditional post-movie group photo with the Aaltos. We saw Sherlock Holmes and LOVED it!
Playing Taboo on Christmas Eve. Girls v. Boys!
Erica was relentless with the buzzer.
The boys team was stacked with English majors and other verbally-gifted people. We girls gave it our best, but they eked out the win.
Someone is in love. Handsome, helpful, loving, funny...I think he's a keeper!
Our tree. Truly an embarassment of riches.
Cute shot of Chris and Erica.
Getting ready to open gifts
Adam is all smiles
Colin got a new tie with monkeys to wear to debate tournaments. Aunty Erica showed him an alternative use.
Two cool cats
I love these shoes so Chris thinks this gift was more for me than him. Guilty!
We received four of these cards as the boys' gift to me and Chris. Priceless!