Is Joel mad? :o

Facebook has took over my internet life, but this entry belongs here.

Joel turned 13th month yesterday. Today it's a whole new world. I was in the bathroom getting ready for the day, and he was crying outside the door. When i came out, he looked up at me, still crying. I squatted down and crawled over to him, but guess what???
he crawled away, sat down, looked at me while crying. I went closer, and he did it again. LOL (sorry baby, but it's kinda funny!)

Then he did it again this afternoon after his nap. He's clingy as usually when he first woke up, but the ride-on truck caught his eyes, so he proceeded over to play with it, but then he plopped down on the floor, pouted, and started crying. I walked over to him to ask him what's going on. He laid down on his tummy and rolled over to his side away from me as he's crying! My mouth dropped wide open with hand over my mouth, almost laughed out loud. Did he just threw his first tantrum? All he wanted was to nurse. Aww~ so cute! He's all happy again after nursing. hehe~

Why can't the twins be cute when they throw tantrum??? :P

What's going on this fall.

Joel is already 8 months old and crawling. He has also walked across the couch while holding on to it earlier this week, that's only 2 weeks since he mastered crawling!!! He just can't wait to join his brothers. The boys are in school, and they love it. At home, I'm working with them even more informally than last year. They can count up to 30 with very little help, recognize most lowercase letters, and we've started spelling this week. I love seeing how much they love to learn!

I've also introduced VeggieTales to them last week. Chick-fil-a kid's meal is giving away VT audio CDs. We collected all 5 of them <3 The boys absolutely love VT. That's all they listen to now, and it's almost on all day long. I hope they'll pick up on the lessons beside the silly songs :)

My sister's wedding is coming up in 3 weeks. The boys are supposed to walk down the aisle, but I'm really worried, especially Micah. You just about can't get him to do anything that he doesn't want to. He's my strong will child :)

Until next time.

The Joy of Nakedness...

Elias and Micah don't like to wear pants at home in general. So much of the day, they run around in their Thomas or Cars underpants. Every time I ask them or try to put pants on them, they'll ask if we're going somewhere. Now they're running around with just underpants.

It goes...Elias cleans the peach juice off the table with his sleeve while eating his Eggo. I take it off and ask him to go get a shirt. He says he's on the beach. Micah goes ahead and take his off, too. So I have two half naked kids running and jumping around. Great eh? :)

Micah wants...

Micah: I want to buy something.
Mom: What do you want to buy?
Micah: I want to buy mango.
Mom: Well, we'll have to go to Hmart then.
Micah: I want to go now.
Mom: Baby Joel is sleeping now.
Micah: I want to go by myself.
Mom:......oookay, how are you going to get yourself there?
by now, Micah went onto something else. That kid sure "wants" a lot of thing. I'm just glad he didn't throw an hour tantrum like he did last night over a cup of water.

My Tummy is What?

Elias looked at my post-baby-belly and asked me, "why is your tummy so grumpy?"
(Smile) "Because of you and your brothers lor."

I'm a Gentleman.

Elias made me laugh on my birthday.

On the way to lunch...
Are you Chinese or American?
E: I'm a gentleman.

Ordering dessert after lunch...
E: dessert make me stronger!
uh ah. I don't think so :D

I Like Daddy

There was thunders and lightning this evening. The big boys were interested in the lightning at first when they were still far away in a safe distance. But once the storm came closer, they were a bit concerned. Preston and I reminded them that they're safe inside, and mommy, daddy, and popo were all here with them. And if they're still scared, they could pray to Jesus. Elias put his hands together and said a prayer with me.

Micah: "Jesus not here."
Preston: "You can't see Him, but He is here."
Micah: "You can't see Him because it's dark outside."

Then Preston went out to the balcony to enjoy the lightning show, and Micah was REALLY concerned then. Elias was under the table, and Micah was hiding behind a chair. He was in tears when he said to me, "I like daddy." I knew he was afraid lightning might strike daddy or something. So I had to get Preston back in here. I almost cried... :P