jingle bell

aaron never likes to sing. yesterday he surprised me by singing "jingle bell" in the car. i was able to capture it on film at home next to the christmas tree (i had to bribe him with candy though). enjoy this RARE event:

sloppy seconds

this past weekend, while i sat on my kitchen floor to be next to my boys, i asked for kisses. kyle got to me first and gave me a kiss on the lips. then i puckered up to give aaron a kiss. he stopped and said, "wipe it off first." i guess at 3 and half, they already know about sloppy seconds. lol

here's a pix of my rock star playing guitar hero. watch out gene simmons!

do you love me?

aaron has never really been the affectionate type, but lately he's been saying "i love you" more frequently. last week i scolded him because he was misbehaving (which is not unusual) and for the first time he asked me, "do you love me?" aww... that made my heart melt. how could i stay mad at him after that?? so now every time i get mad at him, he asks me, "do you love me?" smart kid....

expecting card

here's one of my favorite card. i made a couple of these cards for my girl friends who are expecting boys. this card is not easy to make because of the umbrella, hand, and shoe; they are small so it's tedious to cut them out. anyways, i forgot i had a cartridge for my cricut machine that has a pregnant woman die cut. i should try it out and make a card out of it and see which one looks better.

btw, congrats to michelle lim who welcomed baby nathan on november 26th! shelby's next!!!

being thankful

since september/october, i've been waiting to find out what my future with the company that bought us out. they promised us that they would tell us by december 1st. well, i found out yesterday that i would be in the "transition bucket." that means i would stay to help them with the transition/support work during the merge. my last day will be june 26, 2009. my incentive to stay is double pay plus 2009 bonus (prorated). on top of that, i get my 16 weeks of severance. so i must say i was really happy with the package. however, on a sad note, some of my co-workers were not as fortunate and got the 60-days notice. our happy family is broken. =(

so this thanksgiving, i am thankful for caring managers looking after me, great, fun co-workers, and of course, jayant and joel, who i can count on to make me laugh and smile at work. so thank you!!!

happy thanksgiving to everyone and remember the real things you should be thankful for!!!

potty training surprise

i wasn't planning to start potty training kyle until he was 2. i wasn't even planning to be serious about it; was just planning to introduce him to the toilet at 2. well, the past couple of days has been surprising. he told g several times yesterday that he wanted to shee-shee (peeing in japanese) and he would actually go! before he would just stand over the toilet and not go at all. my mom told me he actually went to the potty all by himself today and he actually shee-shee'd in the toilet before his bath. progress!

...i am sure this is going to back fire and kyle will be one of those kids who will refuse to do #2 in the toilet until he is 4 or 5! anyways, i probably won't enforce potty training like i did with aaron. i'll just cheer him on!

time to eat!

i finally got to enjoy a nice peaceful dinner with g tonight! big thanks to ms. jessica, aaron's favorite teacher at creator's corner (pre-school) for babysitting!! the chilean sea bass at opah was awesome and i got to enjoy an adult conversation with my hubby!

i am going to be spoiled again tomorrow with a brunch at mimi's cafe for michelle's baby shower! no kids!! whoohoo! sunday will probably be payback time when we go to disneyland... =(

anyways, have a good weekend everyone!