New Bicycle

We finally got our order for Dylan's bike. His other bike was only 16 inches. The sixteen inches bike is basically for four to eight years old. Dylan is nearly eight. Thus, it was a perfect timing for him to get a transition from training wheels to without training wheels. It is too small for him to use the sixteen inches bike. In fact, he is four feet and 3 inches tall- tall for his age. So, we got him a twenty inches bike.

OLD BIKE

This picture was taken a month ago when he first learned to ride his old bike without training wheels. With the sixteen inches bike, he often bend his back (not good for his back due to the size of a bike), bended his knees, and wobbled a lot.

NEW BIKE

With the twenty inches bike, he did not bend his back, knee, or wobble a lot as much as with his other bike. He was able to ride a bike without training wheels. With this bike, he also had to learn the next step--using the left brake from the handle. I considered it pretty good for a start despite for not getting the color he wanted. (He REALLY wanted to have an orange and black bike, his favorite colors. Unfortunately, the color are discontinuing. His second choice was the same color as his old 16" bike. )

Ice Pack

An hour after we had a dinner, David was fast asleep on our couch. It was due to having a lack of sleep. Ryan came up to me while I was cutting the laminate out for my classroom. He said, " I need to get an ice pack to wake my dad up." Wasn't that a good thinking for a little young man to figure a way to wake his dad up? A COLD ICE PACK !

Just visualize how David reacted when Ryan put the cold ice pack on his sleepy forehead. In fact, I enjoyed watching David caught off the guard. Too bad, I didn't take a picture of him, nor put a bowl of cold water. That would make him think he has to go to PEE!

American Sign Language Club

I just found it out that my older son, Dylan took an American Sign Language Club last year at his school site. One of my co-workers, who happened to be deaf and taught hearing classes in American Sign Language. She told me what Dylan had asked.

When the deaf teacher began to teach few basic sign language, Dylan raised his hand to the teacher with a hearing sign language interpreter being presented. He told her, " I don't want you to teach me basic signs. I wanted you to teach me the trick signs." Both interpreter and teacher held their laughter. The deaf teacher explained to him that there were other hearing students did not know signs and encouraged him to teach others as well. He made a negative facial expression because it did not reach his expectation.

I later asked him what did he meant about teaching him the trick signs. His response was, " I wanted to learn the very hard words." That's typical of him who wanted to learn anything that is above him.

Jewelries

For years, I was not a heavy jewelry user, but I got some collections to keep. These are for special occasions. Normally, I would end up getting anything that looks great on me. It is very rare for me to buy anything fashionable.

But lately late of last year, I have been craving to get my vain back. It means to buy more necklaces, bracelets and earrings. I guess Santa Claus has decided to give me a lot more rewardings for being an excellent friend, a family member, mother, and a teacher. Oh how lucky I am getting lots of love!

This week, I got even better luck than I had anticipated. First, I purchased three beautiful necklaces from a dear friend, Daisy, from Germany. The ones I bought was unique. It arrived this week. I was so proud collecting more of her handmade necklaces.

Not only getting necklaces from Daisy in a mail, I received another gift from a dear friend of mine, Nikki. She just started doing beadings as a part of her hobby. After receiving a pair of aqua blue earrings and bracelet. I consider that she did a fabulous job. This made me feel very special that she decided to make a gift for me. Perhaps, she will start her second business job: beadings for bracelets and earrings.

Soon, I will be getting more pairs of earrings from another friend, Dana. The ones I ordered are looking good. Don't forget to check it out on Dana's and Daisy's website on my far right side of the blog. These two ladies made beautiful jewelries, including Nikki who has not started her own business yet.

Oh boy, I am anxious to get all of my attention at my new work site. It definitely will make my day. Without a doubt, I would be so proud to announce about my special friends Nikki, Daisy, and Dana made them for me.

Happy Hours

A day after we celebrated David's grandfather 90th birthday, some of the family members gathered for a dinner before one of the family members headed back to Oregon. We ended up eating at Chevy's Restaurant (Mexican.) It was a perfect timing for us to save our money: eating appetizers during Happy Hours. Of course, we as adults, had either Hard Rocks or Margaritas.

Oh No, Diana is taking a picture so she gets evidences if we are out of control.

First evidence Danae is underage being "buzzed."

Second evidence shows that Cathy,who also participated drinking, isn't sure if she is being caught by Diana.

Third evidence is that Ginger sticks her tongue out as she is trying to control her mind from having a Hard Rock drink while counting the money.

Last evidence was Diana is being bummed when we caught the "real" her.

Certficates

Just this afternoon, I went to Vital Records to have a clerk verify whether our birth certificates were valid. Nope, none of our birth certificates were valid!

Both Dylan and Ryan only had a letter from the hospital to prove where they were born, time, date, parents' name and the doctor's name. While I was at the office, I was puzzled yet was glad I was able to retrieve the birth certificates at the office on the same day. They charged me $17 for each certificate with cash or check only. That was one of the things I needed to take care of the important things before we leave for next year's trip to Disney Cruise.

As for David, he did have a gold seal on the birth certification. It was NOT enough to prove that it is a real certification. I was shocked. Can you believe that? The clerk was not able to provide my husband's a vital birth certification because he was not born in the same county where I was in the office. That applied to me. Wonder what the real vital birth certification looks like? The real birth certification shows the name of the state and county on the top of the paper, and the state symbols on the bottom of the paper with mother's and doctor's signature.

Thus, I had to go back home, used the computer, and ordered vital birth certificates for my husband and me. That even charged us a lot more than at the office due to shipping. Not only charging us for the shipping, my husband and I had to go to Notary Office and signed the paper to fax. That even charged us even higher: paying for Notary and sending the Fax out. So in the meantime, I have to wait for the UPS to give us our vital birth certifications before we apply the passports.

While I was at the Notary, I often evoked myself with a question, "How would it be possible to get my children get through to the school registration without vital birth certifications ? " I only gave the secretary the copies of my sons' paperwork from the hospital of their birth information. I imaged that maybe there were possible that many "forged" parents registered the "kidnapped" child in the school. What is your opinion about this?

Sign

This sign is right in a front of my work/school site. I will post my before and after Pre-school classroom sometimes next week.