He’s baaaackkkkkk…..

Our daddy and hubby is finally home after a two week work trip to Asia (Hong Kong, S. China, and Bangkok). We missed him and are so glad he’s home. He brought us home some terrific gifts.

The boys got these ADORABLE outfits, candy, cards, drawing pencils made out of real wood, a stuffed bear for Lucas, a bookmark….

AND these………..

(Oh brother…..literally. Not really what these rowdy, rambunctious, kung fu boys needed……but SO MUCH FUN! They loved them). Their faces said it all. Thanks daddy. We are so happy to have you home.

I like to act tough like I don’t need help and everything’s fine and dandy…..it’s hard for me to admit that I’m exhausted, or something is hard……well this time around that Matt was gone…….even with the boys being SUPER big helpers and good……I was exhausted (got sick), was lonely, and it was hard…… Boy do I appreciate my husband and the teamwork that we have. ;)

Thank to everyone that helped with taking Jacob to preschool, with dinner a couple of nights, and keeping us busy a couple of nights/days.

Daddy's home!

Matt is finally home! We were so excited to see him! The boys were wound up from the moment he stepped into the house until bath time. It is so good to have him home.
He brought some neat gifts back. My favorite was the little outfits for the boys. They kept them on all day!
Here are our little "nan hais" (boys) crawling all over "lao zi" (daddy).







Connor had to bring snack to school last week and when I asked him what he wanted to bring he said Reeses Pieces. I said no to that right away. He got upset and asked me why and I said "Because I'm not going to have you bring candy for snack at school".

"But mommy, those aren'' candy."

"Yes, they are."

End of discussion, and we ended up bringing animal crackers. When I picked him up from Mary's, he said snack was awesome. I was relieved.

Today I was bringing up some food from the basement to replenish the cupboards and all of a sudden Connor yells, "Those are what I wanted to bring to snack mommy!"

In my hands I had some Ritz Bitz crackers. Oh......

I had to laugh and we had a talk about the difference between Reeses Pieces and Ritz Bitz. He knew that the last word had something to do with parts or pieces - bits. I don't think he will get those mixed up again.

5 more days....

Matt has 5 more days of his trip. He's been calling when he can (12-14 hour difference depending on where he has been), and sending pictures and updates. Here are a few of the pictures. Most of the day is at a trade show or working with a vendor, but he's able to do some site seeing in the evening. He started in Hong Kong and headed over to Bangkok (where he was with 3 other people). He is off to Shanghai now (all by himeself). We are counting down the days until he gets home!

We went to the park last night and a girl from Connor's class was there. They were going down the slide together and real loud she blurts out "Connor, am I your girlfriend?".
"NO!", Connor replied, very quickly.
"Well, how come you're playing with me then?", she asked.
"Well, your my friend, just not my girlfriend. I don't have a girlfriend. Just friends that are girls.".
"Oh, ok."