Santa Claus is coming with gifts
We had a fantastic start
to the Christmas month. 小肚 can ride a bike with his brother. I got
a cash prize from Parent Association Dec. 2 morning for training the students to participate in the
yearly music competition. We went to see Captain Phillips with Ireland's Potato and my favorite Coco in the afternoon.
My hubby’s birthday was the 7th, but since he went
to the school for sports day and attended a wedding dinner, we celebrated Dec.9 night.
I “dated” my little handsome boys the whole day. They love a train ride, so I
decided to hang out in downtown Taoyuan. Finally, they fell asleep by 21:00.
It's quite recently that my sons started liking to play with puzzles. At first, the babysitter's stirred 小小肚 to play with puzzles and let him bring the puzzles back. And then 小肚 plays it too.
It's quite recently that my sons started liking to play with puzzles. At first, the babysitter's stirred 小小肚 to play with puzzles and let him bring the puzzles back. And then 小肚 plays it too.
We went to Da-an Park and then bought a new BenQ
digital projector at information technology fair at Taipei World Trade Center on the 8th.
Today, Christmas atmosphere
is generally stronger and more festive than Lunar New Year atmosphere. People
are crazier about Christmas and all that stuff that's related to it: Christmas
Tree, Santa Claus, decorations, cards, gifts, and so on. I got the first Christmas card of the year from a 3rd
grade girl Dec. 9 morning who gave me a card every year. And, a few days later another card from a 5th grade girl who also gave me a card almost every year. Thank you, sweeties!
We had dinner at Volks on the 16th. I ordered a roasted hanging tender steak. It tasted too dry. Steak at 陶板屋 is always my favorite! My kids liked the corn soup, bread, my steak and hamburger steak. These gave 小小肚 a good appetite. 小肚, a big eater, ate a lot of bread. My father in law and I liked Caesar salad.
It's been rainy and cloudy. Wet and grey. I need a little color. Another 3rd grade girl gave me a box of Meiji chocolate sticks and said Merry Christmas yesterday. I love chocolates, and I loved the surprise even more. Wow! Suddenly, the day turned sunny and colorful! 小肚 had a good time too. Santa Claus went to his class
and gave him a stuffed yellow duck. He got lots of candy from other parents.
Just before leaving home this morning, 小肚 told me he’s
going to check the piano to see if there’s a gift from Santa Claus. Ah~ I didn't know he made a wish that Santa would put a gift on the piano. We didn’t
have this tradition, so I didn’t prepare for it. What could I do? He opened the piano cover and disappointedly found nothing. I told him
Santa was on the way from Finland, far, far away so he needed to wait till he came
home from school. I bought a book in the book fair at my school and a box of egg rolls at a supermarket as gifts during lunch break and then put them under the piano.
