Sometimes, when things don't go our way, it is best to laugh it off, which is preferable to choking your spouse, children, or family pet, or at least make an effort to, anyway. This past weekend had not gone as wonderfully as we envisioned.
It started with daddy provoking boy to tears because he couldn't put together his first 1,000 piece lego set in approximately 10 minutes (which is awfully complicated even for a 35 year old like me, though the box says "for 7-14 yr olds", IMO).
We then went to Costco to get our necessities (plus wants).....and while hubby skips along carefreely among the aisles.... here I am spending 'quality' time with the kids....
I seriously considered geting a hearing test, MONTHLY, after being around these two loudspeakers! That night, we took our church friends to see the houselighting contest in our neighborhood. That didn't go too well after the kids started fighting.....about 1 minute after we got them seated and strapped down in the car...
So guys, like the chinese saying, 在人生中10 芝 8 9 不如您意 [in life, 8-9 things out of 10 don't go your way]. So try to laugh it off (or overdose on fruity rose milk tea, or do whatever it takes to relieve your stress)....because your day probably couldn't be worser than mine....Well, perhaps tomorrow, the table will be turned and your family will turn into a circus. Nevertheless, enjoy while this madness lasts, because one day we may actually miss it! Yeah.........right.
We then managed to compensate hubby's inadvertent parental cruelty by cajoling traumatized and weeping 8-yr-old with Shabu Shabu USA (near the Mission Viejo mall, for those of you shooting me with emails inquiring about this secretive and undeniably delicious place).
Here's the big shocker when we excitedly arrived at the restaurant at 12 noon on a Saturday!
Disappointed, we settled for another "gourmet" restaurant, suggested by our health food-loving, nutrition-conscious kids.... yup, you guessed it, we went to Micky Dees!
Here's the big shocker when we excitedly arrived at the restaurant at 12 noon on a Saturday!
Disappointed, we settled for another "gourmet" restaurant, suggested by our health food-loving, nutrition-conscious kids.... yup, you guessed it, we went to Micky Dees!
We then went to Costco to get our necessities (plus wants).....and while hubby skips along carefreely among the aisles.... here I am spending 'quality' time with the kids....
I seriously considered geting a hearing test, MONTHLY, after being around these two loudspeakers! That night, we took our church friends to see the houselighting contest in our neighborhood. That didn't go too well after the kids started fighting.....about 1 minute after we got them seated and strapped down in the car...
So guys, like the chinese saying, 在人生中10 芝 8 9 不如您意 [in life, 8-9 things out of 10 don't go your way]. So try to laugh it off (or overdose on fruity rose milk tea, or do whatever it takes to relieve your stress)....because your day probably couldn't be worser than mine....Well, perhaps tomorrow, the table will be turned and your family will turn into a circus. Nevertheless, enjoy while this madness lasts, because one day we may actually miss it! Yeah.........right.
2 comments:
I was watching your videos and Wayne said 我們自己的小孩吵你還聽不夠啊? 還要去聽別人的? 呵呵
Haha! The difference is.... you feel stressed watching your own kids fight. Watching other peoples' kids fight is funny! (^_^) Even Caleb and Abbie watch this video and they laugh too!
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