04/28/2003

Mon.

I called Mr. Yeung in the evening to cancel his after school care service for Charles. Mr. Yeung has been a big helper to me in the past one & half year. He did lot of the after school care for Charles & sometimes Andrew, Nellie as well, when grandma out of town. But it seemed Charles only go there once or twice a week since Feb. this year. Since during the weekday, Charles still has 5 days all booked with his school teachers to do the after school tutoring & Piano training. I now decide to let Charles do his homework at home,it will started from today. That means I am in charge from now on & which is fine with me. I like to spend more time to watch their school work.

Today is the first day that Charles wears his new eye glasses to school. Due to Andrew hide Charles's eye glasses to the closet without tell anyone, Charles was left home without wearing his eye glasses. He was crying & didn't want to go to school but I forced him to leave & told him that me & Grandma will try to find it later. Thanks God that Grandma found it in the closet & she immediately deliver that eye glasses to school to Charles. At bed time, with no doubt that Andrew got the discipline from Daddy & me. We understand that he would like to have that eye glasses like Charles as well. But no matter what, Andrew should not do that to Charles. Edward told Andrew that we have to take away all his quarters-17pcs, now he has to restart to build his credit. He prayed to God to forgive his bad behavior & apologized to Charles. But still he was crying for over 10 minutes at the bed time. I was hugged him & tried to cool him down & all I did just wanted to teach him that we want him be a honest boy. Andrew knows that I love him & at the Kwang's family, we are not allow anyone dishonest. Because God won't like we do that.

Tonight after "Flower Arranging Class", I brought home a nice traditional vase with flowers. That was another nice learning process. After I came home I spent all my time with Charles till 9:30pm. We kind of do reading & math. I need to spend more time on Andrew & Nellie as well. I think I should leave work at 6:00pm. That way I can have 3 hours with my children before their bed time. From tomorrow, I should get up at 7:00am & make sure get to office at 9:00am. May is coming & I am planning to return to Bally Fitness Center to do more exercise to keep myself in great shape everyday.

"The April's rain brings the May's flower." It's May!! The weather is still nice, not too warm, in fact, I still wear long sleeve everyday. My "Flower Arranging" class will be finish in a week. I kind of in love with this fun activities. Yesterday around 4:00pm, I took Charles with me to Home Depot. We went there just to pick 4 kinds of plants for my flower arranging class. We spent about one hour there & we both enjoy very much. I think making all these flowers arranging make me feel very happy. Again, I learned how to use the live plants to make the plants basket. I also learn how to make the pin for Mother's Day & Wedding. I was put the carnation on my dress today. That looks quite nice. I'll going to do some shopping later this evening & I'll buy more flowers tonight in order to make the more flowers/plants baskets for our kids school teachers. This week is the Appreciation Week at school. I have to attend two teacher parents conferences with Nellie & Andrew's teacher at 3:35pm & 4:15pm tomorrow afternoon. I'll bring them the surprise when I meet them. Last Saturday our neighbor boy-Alan was with our kids had a fun afternoon & evening. I taught them to make the carnation flower for Mother's Day. They play video games & we were baking the cookies & had a fun party together. By the way, Eric-Alan's daddy brought us a big giant box of Sushi. He is always too kind to us.

Since summer is right at the corner, I kind of prepare to get ready for it. Last Saturday I went to Pacific Palms Resort's Aquatic Center to enrolled the Swimming Class for Charles & Andrew. This time I signed them up for 6 sections. They will start to do swimming class from June 9 & ended on August 22, 2003. Their schedule are all in the evening. After the day time Chinese Summer School, they are just ready to jump into the pool & have a fun time. I think it's very cool for them to play the water. Charles & Andrew was there last summer. Now they have a quite good concept to do swimming. Since that place is limited class sizes (no more than 5 student in a class), they are able to provide personalized instruction to each child. All their coaches are certified by the American Red Cross in Water Safety Instruction and Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation. They provide a safe learning environment for every swimmer. I really feel safe to send my kids there.

Besides the Chinese Summer School for 3 kids & swimming lesson for 2 boys, Nellie still keep the same schedule to take the Dance class on Saturday & do the gymnastics class on Monday, Friday afternoon with Andrew,too. Also, the Piano class for Charles & Andrew at every Thursday afternoon cannot miss it as well. I think I am well prepared for this summer now. I wish our children going to have another fun summer time this year.