Days of The Dragon

A few pictures from the holidays.
Wearing grandpa’s train hat
My three nieces
Our little Viet-American-Jewish-Elf (caught after shoving a whole cracker in his mouth!)
Pushing his new truck that uncle Marc got him
Parker An and cousin Samantha playing with the wagon
One last elf picture with that irresistible smile

For some 2008 has already arrived. Hope your New Year is a great one!
I think I am going to stay in tonight. I was invited to a party, and I had planned on at least making an appearance, but I really don’t feel like it. I’d rather just relax at home. Maybe go out to [...]

We had a bit of a sleep “battle of the wills” tonight – and when he finally fell asleep, this is how he was – somehow the flash from the camera didn’t wake him!
By the time it was over, he had thrown his doll and one of his blankets at me (I was laying on [...]

Today was Parker An’s actual birthday. We didn’t really do anything except spend time together, and we went to my friend Elizabeth’s holiday party for a couple of hours. I also told Parker that his mom in Viet Nam was surely thinking of him extra today.
He’s babbling a lot, and can sort of say a [...]

This week’s Doing Good selection is Plan USA. Plan works to help both individual children, through direct sponsorships, and whole communities, with projects such as clean water and disaster relief assistance. Plan has been working around the world for over 70 years.
I love that in the direct sponsorship program sponsors sometimes have the opportunity to [...]