11pm is wayyy past my bedtime.

Cute thing Jaron did today. It's pretty well known that Jaron's enunciation isn't all that easy to understand...yet. He can say lots of words, sing songs, and all that but since he hears Korean from family, Chinese at preschool, and English from his parents, I think the boy has some problems figuring out how to say what. So today, I was sitting on the couch reading something and he was standing by the coffee table, playing with a toy bus. He kept rolling the bus back and forth and would stop and sing "the wheels on the bus..." except it sounded more like this:

"The wiy on buh go wou n wou. wou n wou. wou. n wou..."

He would sing for a long stretch, unknowing that I'm watching him and then he'd get to his fave part (the babies) and sing, "The ba on buh go wahwahwah..." and then he'd take his little fists and dig holes into his eye sockets for the wah part. And after awhile, he just got so excited about saying wah wah wah that he stopped singing the intro part altogether and would just go wah wah wah wah wah wah wah while rubbing his eyes backwards with his fists.

Times like these make me appreciate being a mom. Yes, my child can't speak understandably yet, but I take pride in the fact that the little boy knows how to sing and though they aren't true well-forme works, it's music to my soul! :)


Karis. Today she insisted on helping me wash the dishes. So, me, not the one to shy away from teaching my kids chores, let her. She grabbed a big chair, the sponge, and turned on a trickle of water and without showing her what to do...she just pumped some soap onto the sponge and started scrubbing. As she's washing, she's saying, "Mommy, I have to get the bubbles off all clean." and the would proceed to do so and then wash all the other dishes that were already on the drying rack. SWEET. I didn't even have to train her! This chores thing is always a big help. Child labor at it's finest. Next, onto cleaning the bathtubs and sinks. hah.

Update on John. He starts teaching M.DIV level courses next month. I feel like he just graduated and now he's going back to Covenant to impart knowledge back where he just finished. He will be teaching classes on youth ministry with his boss, Eric Larsen. Exciting to see what they're up to these days at MTW.

Myself, I love my job and the people with whom I work. I love going so much that sometimes coming back from a weekend feels like vacation. Don't get me wrong, I love my kids, but feeling like I'm using my strengths and gifts to the fullest potential is so fulfilling for ME. :) With that, I look at the time and realize I have to get up soon so...bubai!