No regrets

I'm watching this show, Small Space Big Style, and it's evoking this feeling that I miss my old life.

When I had no one else to account for, and no one else to make a living for. These singles and couples who own small homes and have the time to fix up their nest are getting me very jealous.

Of course I miss going out, of course I often wonder where I would be if I didn't have kids.

Our house is always a mess, there are toys everywhere, our dining table is always crumby. I am never in the mood to clean because it will just repeat itself as soon as I clean.

I miss being able to maintain a clean living space.

But at the end of the day, it doesn't matter. Everyday I look at my kids, I get high. They drive me crazy, but I am not interested in trading any of this for what I see on TV.

she just can not stop talking

she'll speak, and her eyes will move, and then she'll talk about what she's looking at and ask me a ton of questions about it

like she'd ask me about, for example, gerard's toy

and then her eyes would be looking at her poster while she's asking about the toy

then without stopping, she'll ask about the poster on her wall

and gerard's thing right now is, "i grew up from being a baby"

he's now realizing that we start out as babies, and we grow up

message to gerard

A mother will be the toughest to her rebellious son.

She will not let anyone else get as tough on you.

Atleast, that's how I am with you, Gerard.

Future geeks? :)

Not really, just future smarties I hope.

We have been teaching G & A some really interesting things about the planet. A few months ago, Gerard showed interest in tsunamis. He and Aubrey like to disturb the water in their bath to create a tsunami effect.

Lately, they have both been watching a 3-2-1 Classroom Contact segment on Earthquakes, which Gerard keeps requesting for. And even more lately, they are enjoying the original Gumby when he travelled to the moon.

Other than that, G has been getting math lessons, and he is reading now! We are utterly proud of him. Aubrey is learning most of her letters and she definitely recognizes her name written out.

Today, also, I saw that Aubrey wrote the letter "A" all on her own. She attempted a U, but lost interest and started to scribble something she called water. She continued to draw a mermaid in there.

It is weird to show them "baby" programs because it feels like they are already at the level of a 7 year old with TV. Both of them know their shapes and circles. They like to watch older kids' programs. Gerard's preferred TV: Transformers, Gundam, Macross, and other fighting robots. Aubrey's preferred TV: The Little Mermaid (still), Dora the Explorer. Both of them still like Caillou, and they really like Rugrats. Although I feel that's too much of a baby show compared to Transformers.

It's truly an amazing period of our family life.

Everyday I fall in love with you kids.

I will never be able to explain or measure it.

But it's there, and I know it's happening. 

Interview and live set on Apex Express

We would like to thank Nonogirl at Apex Express and KPFA for having us in the studio last night. It was so much fun for us to do it, especially with having a live audience!! Our sincere thanks!!!

We posted the link to the podcast on our MEDIA page! Here it is again: podcast!

Up next for us is the official launch party of Beautiful Eyes at the SF Main Library. Check the events page for more details! We will also post another reminder on here.

Hi kids.

I just haven't had the time to update this. I've kept myself overly busy. Just to jot down some new developments:

GERARD
-picking up annoying brat habits from other kids
-started learning to read and spell basic words (cat, dog, boy, go, open, hurt, him, in, the, car, girl...)
-he knows how to write his own name (since February!)
-knows "Our Father" by memory

AUBREY
-taken to afterhours care after falling off a cart and hitting her head on the Costco floor (she's okay, nothing terrible happened)
-brat levelled up: super super super brat :) (you are talking back, sweetheart!)

One funny incident was by Aubrey. She is still obsessed with The Little Mermaid. She put a pouch of the bubble wrap over her feet and "swam" around the floor. Then she plopped on the couch next to me, took the pouch off, and said "I'm a human now."  Oh girl....you are endless joy to me.