Friday, September 01, 2006

1st Day of School

I don't know if you can really call it school, but Jude started going to pre-school yesterday. I used to wonder why people start their kids so early, because they're going to be in school for about the next 20 years which is not much fun in my opinion. But for 2 year olds, it's more like activity time with friends all day. Jude will be going twice a week. I feel blessed to have a son who doesn't panic or cry in these kinds of new situations. Even though he's shy and a little apprehensive, he's still interested in discovery. Unfortunately, he didn't too well at naptime so when I picked him up, he was so tired from the day's activities that he zonked on the ride home.

Here he is ready to conquer the world:

And here he is wanting to show you his cool Thomas and Friends backpack (a gift from his cousin Zach) which contains the all-essential school supplies of blanket, diapers, and extra clothes. What a ham:

Tagged by christinaycho

1. Grab the book nearest you, turn to page 18, line 4? 
literally means that the value is unknown or indeterminate. (This question alone--)”

(SQL book on my desk)

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What can you touch?
Pictures of Kwang, Jude, & Eli

3. What's the last thing you watched on TV?
Real World/Road Rules Challenge

4. Without looking, what time is it?
7:20am

5. What time is it actually? 
7:25am

6. Except for the computer what can you hear?
white noise in the office

7. When did you last step outside and what were you doing?
This morning to throw out the garbage

8. Before you started this survey what were you doing?
Eating a donut and drinking hot chocolate

9. What are you wearing? 
A brown sleeveless sweater with beige cropped pants

10. Did you dream last night? 
Probably, but I rarely remember my dreams (except when I’m pregnant—then they are vivid and make no sense)

11. When did you last laugh?
Last night in bed. Kwang and I were just talking… talking about our day, this and that, our kids. He makes me laugh all the time.

12. What's on the walls in the room you're in?    
(cube) Pictures of my family, project schedule, Jude’s daily school schedule, list of network server IP addresses.

13. Seen anything weird?
This isn’t really weird, just something that makes me wonder. Occasionally, I see these two “small people” (I think that’s the pc term for midget) at the Winchell’s Donut shop I frequent. One of them has a truck and when they get in, I wonder how he can reach the brake and accelerator.

14. What do you think of this quiz?
No one’s going to be very interested. They will just be thinking, “Where are the Jude & Eli pictures??” That’s why I think I will have to save this and post it when I have pictures to add.

15. Last film or video seen?
Inside Man” w/Denzel Washington, Clive Owen, & Jodie Foster. Pretty good.

16. If you became a multi-millionaire overnight what's the first thing you'd do?
Pay off my family and my husband’s family’s debts and allocate enough for all our retirements & children’s college tuitions. That is exciting to me.

17. Tell me something I don't know about yourself?
Well, you now know I like watching trashy TV shows like “Real World/Road Rules Challenge”, “The Hills”, “Bachelor”, “Access Hollywood”...

18. If you could change one thing about the world regardless of politics what would it be? 
Everyone would come to know Jesus Christ. I wish I wasn’t so apathetic about this.

19. Do you like to dance?
Does dancing to Wiggles songs w/my son count?

20. What comment would you like to make to George Bush? 
Are you sure you know what you’re doing?

21. Your first child is a girl what do you name her?
Sophie. But at this rate, I think I am only going to have boys.

22. Your first child is a boy what do you name him?
JUDE

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
I’ve always wanted to live in Korea for about a year or two because I think that would be the ONLY way I would learn the language well enough to speak conversationally to some depth.

24. What do you want God to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
My child.

25. Five people you want to do this quiz? I tag:
grocery, hsim, schmoomoo, westside_sooj, janejchang23

 

7 comments:

hsim said...

glad the jude pics made its way into this entry... but where's elli?  you know, he may be sad when he grows up and realizes it's only his older bro who is on your profile pic.  seriously, first child always gets everything!!  (i'm #2)  =)  gosh i can't believe you watch such trash!  kidding, well sort of.  ;)

christinaycho said...

very cool backpack, jude!! he's fearless...you can tell he's just ready to take on pre-school. it's amazing how much he looks like his daddy....

jeanxbeanx said...

jude looks like such a big boy with his backpack on...i wish andrew was more accepting of new environments-that is truly a blessing.  btw, i'm glad we have the same taste in tv..how about project runway?  that's my favorite since 'the hills' ended :)

leebunch said...

he looks like he's 5! what a stud!

Maryjanie said...

i love love love him. hopefully I'll be seeing more of him when I move to torrance...which school in manhattan? it's not the manhattan beach montessori is it?

thejojos said...

hahaha...i'm going to die!  jude look so cute with his backpack on! i can't believe he's already going to preschool!  laura :)

schmoomoo said...

i like that top portion with the kids ages lis!! i'm really really bad at posting... but thanks for tagging me... hopefully i'll get to it soon! :)