first family portrait

As I am normally the one who takes the photos, we never have a decent picture of three of us. While we were in Taipei 101, we pulled a "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" and had a super "touristy" photo taken. But I must say, it didn't look that cheesy. So here we have it, our first family portrait.

Go the f*ck to sleep!

I came across this book on Amazon.com and almost bought it. But what is even better is this narration (youtube video) by Samuel L. Jackson. Think it speaks louder than the book and it speaks for both papi and me.

To my little ninja - Go the F*ck to Sleep!

Don't Carpe Diem!

It is hard. Raising kids is hard. I never found it easy and I complain a lot about motherhood. Most of the time I smile with bitterness when people ask me how it is going with motherhood. I am certainly not the type that gets stoked about being a mom. I felt guilty sometimes about my not “enjoying” as much as I “should” and my desire of wanting my old life back. Yet, not until I read this article, which echoes how I have felt, I found my comfort.

So here it is, DON’T CARPE DIEM!

What did ninja pick?

One of the things that I’d like to do when Erik turned one was “抓週” (Zhua Zhou). It is a very ancient Asian tradition – when a child celebrates his full one-year birthday, the parents lay many symbolic things before him to choose in order to detect his future ambition.

We happened to celebrate el ninja’s first year birthday in Guanziling (Taiwan) and we prepared all the “symbolic things” such as books, first-aid kit, calculator, magnifying glass, candies, car keys, tools etc.

So guess what he picked? Surprisingly, he went straight to the screwdriver – good job kid! He’s making both of his parents proud – either he will end up selling tools for his dad or fixing the bikes for his mom :)