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Surprise from Daddy

This morning daddy flew out for an interview and left Enoch and Michael each a little surprise: 2 small bags of pretzels and a note to each of them that says: To Enoch (Michael), Love Daddy. I told Enoch to read the notes and he did a great job! Then I had a idea to have them to write a thank you note to daddy. Michael wrote: LOVE Michael. Enoch Wrote: LOVE YOU DAD Thank you for giving us pretzels. He copied the last word "pretzels" wrong and was obsessed with writing a new note, so he ended up with 3 notes and it took about 20 mins before breakfast... ;)

Vegetables

We stopped at McDonald's today to play after the soccer game. We got the boys cheeseburgers. Michael asked if there any vegetables. We said no and he said that's good I like hamburgers without vegetables.

Junk and Bowling

Sometimes I make fun of Sharon for spending time on the local Facebook barter and sell page, but it's all in jest because its great how she gets rid of our junk and buys new, maybe better junk. She snagged this bowling set for $5! What a deal. The kids loved playing with it. Although Enoch learned the hard way not to walk in front of someone who is about to throw the ball (michael wacked him, but it was Enoch's fault). We kissed his nose to make him feel better and I said ewwww and he laughed like nothing was wrong.

Happy angry pumpkin

Michael wanted a scary pumpkin and Enoch wanted happy. We did two faces on one pumpkin

Itty bitty sports

Saturday YMCA fun. Michael realized he's bigger than other three year olds

我不要这样mommy

Heard Michael whined a little so I went to check on him. He started talking in his sleep "我不要这样，mommy!" "我不要这样，mommy!" "我不要这样，mommy!" "我不要走这边，mommy!"  Haha he is battling me even in his sleep!

Biggest Tantrum

Michael threw the biggest tantrum this morning about not wanting to go to the YMCA with me. I was already having a rough morning with upset stomach (I mean REALLY UPSET), being late for dropping off Enoch and I was hopping to cheer-me-up by exercising hard (it usually does the trick). Then Michael refused to walk with me into the Y, stayed outside, so lots of people were so kindly concerned about him and made a scene of watching/comforting him (all while judging his mom), I was watching him closely from inside of the door and not giving in to his tantrum. Eventually I had to tell the lady who was about to hold Michael's hands to be "excused". And then you know what, our pediatrician showed up at the gym... haha fun time! But the funniest part of it all is that, all Michael wanted was a granola bar and he was an angle after he ate his granola bar! Love this boy!

He is my guy

Today Michael went to preschool at Beckam's house. Mel's neighbor brought the little girl she was watching, named Abby. Before we left, Abby wanted to give Michael a hug. So they hugged each other which was so so sweet! Then the neighbor asked Abby if Michael was really nice, she said "yeah, he is my guy." That is so sweet! Michael is already a lady's man at a young age! The neighbor said Michael was really sweet and nice, such a great boy! 

BEST BIG BROTHER EVER!!

(Oct21) Michael didn't get to eat icecream after Enoch's soccer practice today for wetting his pants. Michael of course cried really hard. Enoch said, "but I want Michael to eat icecream..." We told him no and explained that it was a punishment. Then Enoch told Michael "Michael, go say sorry to mommy and daddy." Michael came to me but eventually didn't say anything. Then it was time to eat icecream. Enoch said " I want to save some icecream in my bowl for Michael." BEST BIG BROTHER EVER!!

Loves his little brother!

This morning Peter woke up at 5:30 (Hasn't done that for a long long time!) because of being really sick. I took him out of their room to comfort him. I did it fast and somewhat quietly and I think Michael didn't see me at all. A few mins later, Michael run out of his room crying, saying that "Somebody took Peter" and "Peter is gone." Awww... He loves his little brother!

mcdonalds

Michael wanted to go to McDonalds on the way home from the gym today. He was in a poopy mood. Sharon told him if he saw a McDonalds on the way home, than we would stop. I whispered that there weren't any McDonalds on the way home, she said she knew. Michael happily got in the car and was looking and looking for a McDonalds all the way home. He eventually got sad he didn't find one. I'm not sure if he knows he was duped, but I thought it was a fun way for Sharon to avert a tantrum.

Mr potato head

Michael just showed me this picture he drew of Mr potato head. He wanted to make sure I knew that he didn't have any legs and that he spoke Spanish "bagebagezhebe"

Brothers hug and kiss goodbye

Yesterday was the last day when parents can walk kids to their classrooms. I brought my camera and made sure we were not late like the first two days. Took some precious pictures. 

Michael gave Enoch a hug and kiss goodbye. They were so cute! Just melts my heart to see them so loving towards each other! 

conversation

today enoch and michael had a conversation at dinner today. Enoch had a meet the teachers day at his preschool. It was actually in Chinese but it's easier for me to type English.

Enoch -- They had lots of toys.

Michael -- What toys did they have?

Enoch -- I don't know

Michael -- Did they have duplos and cars?

Enoch -- No. They had lots of other toys.

Michael -- What toys do they have?

Enoch -- I don't know

Love you Michael!

I think I won the worst mom award today. I sent Michael to nap a little after 2pm, not knowing that he came out to poop who knows when. And I was going to use the bathroom just now and opened the door that leads to our bedrooms and bathroom, saw Michael kneeling next to the bathroom door with his forehead resting on his hands on the ground, with his butt raised up in the air, waiting for me to wipe him... surely he has fallen asleep waiting for me. Took me some time to wake him up and then wiped him. He cried super sadly and asked "Mommy, why didn't you hear me? " In my argument, there was a door in between us and the AC fan is on the whole time, Michael was probably not yelling really loud cause he knows not to wake up Peter. Still, I'm always there when he wakes up and cry at night but I failed today at a simple need. — feeling sad.

Grow up

The time has come that Enoch refused to let Michael go pee pee together with him... They used to have so much fun doing it together! (Silly boys!!!) Now Michael got so sad that he told me he doesn't want to go pee pee any more. The sad thing about growing up ;-)

Icecream...

Peter's over 20 mins' screaming didn't wake up Michael, but me quietly asking Enoch and Peter " do you want to eat some icecream with mommy?" Sure did... And he told me what kind of icecream he wanted right away... Oh Michael

important places.

enoch and michael just drew on the etch a sketch a map of what seemed to be important places. enoch pointed to all the little squares saying this is our house, this is the church, this is the park, this is the temple, and this is mcdonalds!

抱歉歉

The kids and I used to have a joke where we would say 抱歉歉 instead of 抱歉. They thought it was hilarious. Just thought I would write that down.

Enoc POOP

Recently the kids have been getting really into poop jokes. It's like they discovered potty humor all by themselves! At dinner one day they started spelling each other's names, but saying "poop" instead of the last syllable. "ENOC Poop!" "MICHAE Poop!" They thought it was hilarious. Then one day they did the same thing but said "ENOC 屁股!" "MICHAE 屁股!"

Going potty in the park all by yourself

Michael is just potty trained and I still bring his little frog potty when we go out. I usually remembers to ask Michael if he needs to go potty but yesterday at the playgroup I forgot until a couple of hours later. I asked both Enoch and Michael if they need to go potty, and both of them said that they already went potty! I asked them where. Michael pointed at a tree next to the fence, and Enoch pointed at some bushes in the different direction... OK, my boys can take care of their potty needs when they are out and about. Kind of embarrassing though, maybe we should reinforce no peeing in public rule :-)

Easter FHE

After having an FHE about Easter: Michael said " Baby Jesus came out of the eggs like baby chicks. " And Enoch asked "Where did baby Jesus come out of Mary?" Yay Great! 

crying when you lose

A few days ago I was playing memory with Enoch and Michael. The second time we played I showed no mercy and kicked their butts. They both cried... I felt sort of guilty! But not really.... :-)

Poop in the underwear

Something epic just happened. Michael pooped in his underwear, knowing that mommy will be really sad over this, so he tried to dump the poop into the toilet and made a mess in the process. Then he realized he could not hide this from me, so he put himself in timeout. I found him covered in poop in the time out room. After I cleaned him and their bathroom, still smell poop everywhere. Then I noticed that Peter is covered in poop. His brother missed a big hunk of poop on the carpet and he has been playing with/crawling all over. WOW I don't know what to say.

Potty Trained

Excuse my third post of the day, but I have to give a shout out to Michael. On day 4 of potty training, Michael is day time potty trained! Since yesterday he goes pee all by himself, today he pooped in the big toilet for the first time AND used public restrooms with standing-up position without any problem. Good job Michael!

E, N, Zero, C, H

I put a binder together for Enoch's primary drawing and put his name on the binder. Michael wanted to read it and he said "E, N, Zero, C, H". I'm glad he knows letters and numbers ;-)

worms

Got home from school early today. Started OBGYN this week and have been gone 13-14 hours a day. It's been a hard transition since I have been home studying for STEP1 for the past several months. I miss the kids while I am gone and am sad I have little time to play. Today I got home at 3:30 and was happy to spend the afternoon playing with them. Peter is crawling all over the place. Michael has quite the little temper but is quick to be adorable and loving. Enoch is the sweetest boy and so intelligent. I tickled Enoch and Michael to wake them from their naps and took them outside to pick the wild flowers in our yard. We gave them to an old neighbor family across the street. Then we planted some pea pods that I bought from home depot a while back. Weather should be just right for them. It was fun because it has been raining a lot recently and there were tons of worms in the compost pile. I think it was Enoch and Michael's first time playing with worms. They loved it. They weren't too afraid to hold them and let them crawl all over.

I feel so blessed to have wonderful kids and a wonderful wife.

Rash

Michael had a rash on his back yesterday. Enoch pointed it out to him. And then Michael looked down on his nipples, and then pointed at his right nipple and said to me "Mom, I have a rash right here! " I kept laughing! Had to tell him that "it was his nipples but not rashes!" He laughed out loud too. Wonder if he really didn't know or he was smart enough to joke about it :)

Sacrament meeting

Michael loves to do puzzles during sacrament meeting and enoch loves to color or practice writing. They both spent half the meeting working on these in the picture. At the end of the meeting enoch wasnt done yet and got stressed out that he didnt have time to finish, so he started scribbling in the last letter. Enoch also was playing adorably with Peter. Some of his happiest moments seem to come when he is playing with peter.

During the sacrament today, Enoch also said, quite loudly, daddy I got a big one! Truly, he did grab a big piece of bread.

wake up

Enoch refused to get out of his bed after his nap. I started to make dinner and thought that I should wake up Enoch so he doesn't stay late tonight. I told Michael to get Enoch up and Michael went, came back saying that Enoch is too tired. I then asked Michael to go again, and tell Enoch that I would take away his bunny if he doesn't get up. Michael refused to go this time. I could not leave the kitchen at the time, so I was thinking how I could get Michael to do this job for me and that I could also get Enoch up. So I remembered that Michael had finished his valentines (some chocolate), and Enoch's is still on the table. So I told Michael to ask Enoch if he could have Enoch's valentines... And Michael got up from playing and excited ran to their room to ask Enoch. 10 seconds later I saw Enoch came running, he said "Michael can not eat my valentine." Haha I found just the solution!

hiccups

I had the hiccups today for about an hour and a half. It was the first time I've had hiccups in years. Enoch and Michael thought it was hilarious! Every 7 seconds, a hiccup would come, and they would burst out laughing. I was trying to do the dishes and supervise them as they cleaned up the toys. Needless to say, with all the laughing it took a long time to do anything. It was a wonderful evening.

Good big brothers

This morning I was really tired after tending to Peter's cries between 5 to 6 am. I finally gave up and fed him formula around 6 and put him back to bed. When I got up around 7:30am, I found that the door to Peter's room (mom's laundry room) was open, and then I found that there were many toys and a size 3 diaper in Peter's pack n play. Peter was really happy just playing inside. As I was picking up Peter, Michael came in and dropped off some more toys in the pack n play. So I asked if he has been giving Peter toys. And he said yes. Then later when I talked to Enoch, he said that he gave Peter toys too but not the diaper. So I guess both of them have been giving Peter toys to keep him happy and even a diaper for a "diaper change". Such good big brothers! 

Best picker upper

Today after nursery Sister Walker told me that Michael is the best picker upper. Funny because sometimes at home he refuses to do anything. Looks like all my effort being a drill sergeant when we pick up toys is paying off though ☺

Home depot