The day started off with Lil T running into our room screaming, “Mom-meee, I gon be late for schooool!” 
It was 7am.  School starts at 9:30am.  It was the first day of preschool and apparently someone was really excited.  The whole morning he was singing, “I goin to school, school, school”.
I can’t believe my baby is starting [...]

I grew up in a family where Cantonese was the main spoken language.  My parents didn’t speak English.  And we were not permitted to speak English at home (at least not when my parents were around).  I never learned to read or write Chinese.  But when it came to speaking it, there was no excuse.  [...]

It must be wonderful to see the world through the eyes of a 3 year-old.  Every day is a happy day.  No cares in the world.  Everything is pure and innocent.  I’m envious.
I mean think about it.  Every day is full of excitement and fun.  You get to say what you want, when you want [...]

Lil T is now officially a “big boy”. 
Or so he says.
Big-boy bed?  Check.
Potty trained?   Check.
A mouth that is always on auto-pilot and doesn’t stop yapping?   Double check.
But these aren’t the only thing that makes him a big boy.  Nope.  According to my son, you’re not a big boy until you can sleep with the bedroom door [...]

Dear Beanie,
Three years ago today, my life changed forever.  I was given the greatest gift ever imaginable.  You. 
I still remember the fear I felt, the excitement I felt, and the love I felt when I first held your little body against mine.   That same fear, excitement, and love has grown stronger every day.  From that very [...]

There’s never a dull moment when you have a preschooler.  Something as simple as lunch can turn catastrophic.  And today, we had a near catastrophy.
It started out to be a normal lunch.  Ham and cheese sandwiches,a side of Veggie Straws and a cup of juice.  All was going well.  Lil T was playing with his [...]

Dear Motherhood,
You are cruel.  You have kicked my butt since Day 1.  You’ve definitely made me “earn my keep”.  You’ve brought out my vulnerability at times, but yet you’ve shown me strengths I never knew existed in me.  You have fine tuned my creative side and sharpened my humor in more ways than I’d ever expected.  And [...]

I’m having a bad day.  A really tiring, bad day. 
My day started at 1:30 AM when Lil T decided he was going to go on another one of his crying rampages.  Screaming at the top of his lungs, “Mamaaa, mamaa…”.  And since I didn’t go to sleep until 11:00 PM, I was not in the [...]

I have a strange child.  Adorable, but very strange.  Guess what his latest obsession is.
Are you ready for it?
Kleenex.  Yes, Kleenex as in a box of facial tissue.  My son is obsessed with Kleenex.
I think it all started when he got sick a couple of months ago.  He was constantly congested and always had a [...]

So tell me, how do you pronounce “buoy”?  Is it pronounced “boo-eee” or is it more like “boy”?  According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, it can be pronounced either way.  I like “boo-eee”, but apparently my son prefers “boobie”.  Let me explain.
Today, I took Lil T to a park for a picnic lunch.  By the park, there [...]