All Gone

This morning, I went to Target trying to buy hand sanitisers for Ha and Hee to bring to school, so they can clean up their hands more often. However, they were all sold out! Unbelievable! People acted so fast to protect themselves from getting the Swine Flu. I'm too slow.

Final Result of Walkathon

The final result of the walkathon is here: Ha walked/ran 25 laps during the walkathon.

Hee's singing

I'm busy at finishing the quarter-end reports, so I don't have time to write too much today. I'll just play Hee's singing video clip to entertain everyone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA9_FXteROg

在backyard看見神

Well, I didn't see God with my eyes, but through His creatures, I saw His almighty power and perfect wisdom. We were just for fun to plant some fruits and vegetables in the backyard, and we were not professional farmers, so we didn't know what would happen next. Every new thing took us by surprise, and we were able to take a peek of God's wonderful creation. Here are some of them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgP8YWEyo1g

(If you don't have a backyard, you can simply put a pot with rich soil in the house in front of the window which sun can shine in, and you will see the amazing growth of the plants, too. We have some in the house. It takes less than a week for some plants to sprout from the seeds. We have some green onion and cabbage seeds and some flower seeds, too. They are from our backyard, so we have quite a few. If you want some, please let me know. I'll be glad to see your little garden getting started.)

God has different plans for each kind of different plants, and I surely believe that God has different plans for each one of us. If There is a God, and we don't know Him; If what the Bible says is true, and we don't know what it says, then, when the date comes, when we stand before God, when God asks us if we fulfill His plan for us, what should we say? "mmm.....oh, yes, I finished my projects on time;....oh, I've gone to Karaoke twice a week;....I sent my kids to different kinds of classes every afternoon;....I donated a Gold Buddha to the temple last month;......? Or, if we know there's a God, we've experienced Him, we've been a Chiristian for a long time, and we are familiar with the Bible, but we still didn't follow His plans for us? (有時候，我覺得剛信主不久的人的事奉應該更蒙神喜悅。因為在我們剛開始服事的時候，沒有經驗，不知道怎麼做，只能單單倚靠神。那樣的服事其實是最美也最有果效的。事奉久了，有經驗了，有時忘了禱告倚靠神，那其實並不算是用心靈事奉神，只是在做事罷了。到神的臺前，要交帳時，說神啊，我不是為袮做了什麼什麼，但我相信，神並不會悅納。在小事上忠心，將來神才會把大事交給我們管理。）


然而時候將到，現在就是了，那用心靈按真理敬拜父的，才是真正敬拜的人；因為父在尋找這樣敬拜他的人。神是靈，敬拜他的必須用心靈按真理敬拜他。（聖經新譯本John4:23,24)

Ha's Walkathon

Today, Ha's school held the annual fundraiser, Walkathon. Last year, I was assigned to hand water cups to the kids, and this year, I was assigned to spread the water to the kids.

This morning, the sun was hiding, and I thought that I might not need to do anything since it was cold. However, later, the sun's up, and after running/walking for few laps, kids were getting hot, and my water spread became a popular spot. I also let Hee spread the water for me, and he had fun, too.

Last year, Ha only walked 11 laps, and this year, he ran/walked 18 laps(wrong, he said that he walked during lunch time, too,so he walked more than 20 laps。）. Good progress!

Walkathon is one of the biggest event at Ha's school. There's a live DJ, drinks, icepops, fruits and raffles for kids. Also, each kid gets a walkathon T-Shirt. Hee will be able to join it next year when he's in kindergarten.

A short video clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y_ZKExnyS8

Science Experiment

Last week, when I made oatmeal raisin cookies, Ha saw my baking soda and said that he learned a science experiment from Magic School Bus that adding baking soda to vinegar will get air.

I searched for the exact amount of ingredients for the experiment, and they started doing it in the backyard. Look at the balloon, it worked!

Dance Party

Last night, after dinner, Director Ha asked Hee to be the dancer at his dance party. Here are the clips:

Dance Performance - Setup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwUXkI1Z9sY
Welcome the dancer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUitsKzWoMo
Dancer's entrance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9j30vNnTmmg
Dancer's greeting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WftM3Fbs2xE
喔，十字架: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aDWSHBcU4o
似乎在天堂: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYd6pXhEuJ8
似乎在天堂-continued: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtAJ_noph4Y
幕後花絮: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqiXewyP8U0
Last Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvaIoJYjPsc

Hee didn't dance very often at home, and this was one of very few times that I saw his dancing. 很搞笑，有乃父母之風。

The Dangerous Toy

Because our compost bin needs some brown waste, we bought a paper shredder to shred the paper and feed our compost bin.

Before, I didn't want to have a paper shredder because I was afraid that Ha and Hee might play with it and get hurt. I guessed that I worried too much. Actually these 2 kids are very cautious, and they learned the correct way to put the paper in the machine. Without the adult's supervision, they won't turn on the machine by themselves; therefore, I think that it's safe to have this dangerous toy around.

This was the clip when this dangerous toy just arrived our house: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGDULS6qWGc

買菜

To me, going grocery shopping by myself is an enjoyable thing because I'm able to "imagine" how good those dishes will be after I cook them. Therefore, I usually go shopping on Tuesday or Thursday morning when both of them go to school. Going with Hee is not too bad because he would sit in the shopping cart, so it's not a big problem for me. However, going shopping with both Ha and Hee was a nightmare. Ha didn't sit in the shopping cart anymore, so Hee wouldn't sit in the cart, either. They liked to touch whatever came to their eyes and made comments to whatever I touched. With both of them around, it's hard to get out of the supermarket in 2 hours.

調虎離山計：

Mom: 你們兩個一人選一個喜歡的點心。 1到2塊錢，不能太貴。
哈和嘻立刻消失在視線之外。。。。。。。

Facing so many different, delicious snack choices, it's hard to pick only one, so it took them very long to make their decision, and I bought many time for myself to shop freely. However, before I finished shopping, they came back.....with candies! I couldn't believe their bad choices, but they said that it's their喜歡的點心。Oh well, I meant cookies or other snack for their snack time. (They have a snack time every afternoon.) So, I sent them over again and told them that they needed to choose one box of cookie for both of them to enjoy. They needed to agree on the choice. Both of them had to like it.

哈和嘻立刻消失在視線之外。。。。。。。

這更難，選一個給自己都很久了，何況兩個人要一樣喜歡的？

When they came back, I almost finished my shopping.不能再要他們買東西了，只好忍受他們的non-stopped talking, 趕快買一買回家了。

Monterey Bay Aquarium

Ha and Hee's spring break has half-gone, and the first 3 days, most of the time, 3 of us stayed at home and cleaned up their rooms. Today, busy Daddy took a day off, so we could go to visit Monterey Bay Aquarium. It's about one and half hour driving distance from our house, but kids have never been there before.

Ha woke up early these days. Sometimes, 7:30; sometimes,8am. He never woke up so early on school days. I thought that I would be able to sleep a little longer during their spring break, but no luck for me! Hee still enjoyed sleeping, so we had to wake him up in order to get going before it's late to the aquarium.

The admission tickets are $29.95 for adult and $17.95 for kids. The membership is $120 for two adults and their children. As long as we go there more than once, it worths, so we get the membership online before we go.

We got there around 11 am, and after a little walking around, it was about time for kelp forest feeding. It was very excited to see a diver in the water feeding the fish, and it was fun to see so many different fishes swimming around. For video clip, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cY5hWaFCA0

After that, we went to Splash zone and touch pool and also went to watch penguin and sea otter. However, we felt hungry and needed to get something to eat. We wanted to eat in that area and come back to the aquarium after lunch, but Ha wanted to eat at McDonald's which is further away, so we decided to go to McDonald's and go to the Aquarium some other day for the rest of the exhibits. It's a good motivation for us to go back next time in order to make good use of our membership.

有一種魚叫 anchovies, and they will yawn a big yawn during the meal time. 他們嘴巴不大，但哈欠超大，看起來下巴都要掉了。（下巴掉了？哦，是說誰啊？J小姐，不是說妳啦，是說我照片中的下巴都快要掉了。）