That Marriage Thing

Nicholas was telling Dad about his school friends last tonight:

"Joohoo, Eric, and Nova are my friends."

"What about Katie?" asked Dad, wondering whether there were still some romantic feelings between the two.

"She is a little bit of my friend."

"Oh, what about Carmen?" Dad remembered that Carmen was hugging Nicholas when he left school the other day.

"Carmen wants to marry me!"

Seeing an opportunity for teaching a new concept, Dad started to explain that Mom and Dad were married.

"Will you marry me then?" Asked Nick.

"Silly. A boy marries a girl." Explained Dad.

Suddenly, Nicholas burst into tears and ran to Mom -- "Dad does not want to marry me!"

"Well, dad is right." Said Mom, "You will marry a girl."

"Then, you can marry me! and Dad can marry Meimei!" -- well, appreantly, problem solved!

BTW, Nicholas had a fever this morning, sigh....

Learning is fun

Nicholas is doing well with his studying these days. First, he loves doing his math homework, always insisting doing at least couple pages from the book before bedtime. There is also great news from Mr. Harrington -- Nicholas will be in the piano recital this December! How exciting it is...

Yummy yummy pumpkin pies!

It is a Fairfax Connector Bus!

Dad did something silly yesterday -- he left the car key in the office before hopping on the Metro to pick up Nicholas. Going from the Metro station to Nick's school was easy -- there was a cab. But home? hmmmm... Dad had an idea-- how about buses?

Well, Nicholas loved that idea! So much that he was telling everyone one his way rushing out of school to the bus station, which was just across the street: "We have to take bus today, my dad left the key in the office!" Sigh....

Nicholas was also so excited on the bus, talking all the way home and asking questions about eveything he saw -- Everyone was looking at Nick and Dad, and Dad was a bit embrassed!

When Dad dropped Nicholas off in the class this morning, Nicholas' teacher was also asking, "Did you take a Metro bus yesterday?"

"No, it is a Fairfax (Connector) bus", corrected Nick.

Then, Ms. RenQing added, "You are not taking bus again tonight?"

Dad blushed right there :(

BTW, we gave home-made cards to Ms. RenQing and Mr. Ryan this morning, and they loved them!

Big Brother, Month One

Being a big brother is very exciting, and, as Nick has discovered, very challenging too. But we are doing good so far!

The first a few days was tough for Nick, as he had never been separated from mom and dad for so long. Nicholas came to visit mom at the hospital every day, and he really enjoyed seeing the little sister for the first time! One of Nick's favorites activities at the hospital -- making milk shake with the orange juice and milk from the refrigerator!

Back home, there is another challenge -- Rachel has super ears to hear every tiny little noise, and Nicholas is famous (or infamous) for making loud noises! A month later, Rachel, who is not a good sleeper, is getting much better at ignoring Nicholas, resigning to the fact that the big brother will be with her for a long long time. In fact, some times Rachel really seems enjoying Nicholas' singing, just for her.

Speaking for singing, Nicholas has been a great helper for mom and dad. Getting diapers and milk for the little sister, singing to her as she cries. So, what about changing diaper for meimei? "Yew... stinky!" Ok, so we are still working on that part :)