Their Dad

The other evening as Kwang was putting Jude to bed, I overheard the voices of Shrek, Donkey, and Lord Farquaad also coming from the bedroom. Kwang's impersonations are so good, I laugh every time I hear them. In fact, I'm laughing right now thinking of Kwang impersonating John Lithgow as Lord Farquaad. And there is always a huge grin frozen on Jude's face during these story times. If that isn't worthy of a small recognition on Father's Day, I'm not quite sure what is.

I'm not very good at remembering milestones, but I'm pretty sure Jude wasn't using two-word terms at 13 months. Eli has never been in a rush with any milestone, but when it comes to food the boy turns into Baby Einstein. I was surprised the other day when he turned over his empty bowl and said to me, "All done!" But it wasn't a "Yay! I'm all done with my food!" It was more of a "Woman! Can't you see I'm all done with my oranges? Would you get me some more already??!" It was one of those cute but odd moments when I was overwhelmed with adoration for the demanding, thankless little booger.

We went to the L.A. Zoo this weekend with my cousin Danny's family. I consider Danny one of my closest cousins because growing up, our families would visit each other almost every year. Strange to think we're the adults now. It's still hard to wrap my brain around the fact that he's a dad. Come to think of it, he probably thinks the same thing about me being a mom and still thinks of the skinny little girl choreographing a dance to Michael Jackson's "Beat It".

Unfortunately, Kwang's favorite snake exhibit was closed for reconstruction. Judging from a conversation I overheard the night before, I don't think Jude minded:

Kwang: "Jude, do you want to see snakes at the zoo with Ah-bbah?"
Jude: "No."
Kwang: "Okay. Then Eli and Ah-bbah will go see snakes together."
Jude: "And I just go with Uhm-mah and see worms."

Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful dads.