Sunday, October 25, 2015

Oo-la-la

I picked up the dress from alterations that Annette will be wearing to a ball in China and when Samuel saw it, he said, "oo-la-la!"

It's been a while since I've written about Samuel, so here's a snapshot.

His favorite game these days are Terrarium, an iPad game where the player can explore and do whatever he wants, sort of like Minecraft, I think.  And of course, there is minecraft.

Last year, he and Joshua were really into Pokemon, and they spent endless amount of time discussing Pokemon cards and battles.   And they are still very into their legos, especially Star Wars.

He likes to watch football games.  He has a basic understanding of the game, but really just enjoys the action of running, catching balls, tackling.  And the score.  We got a taste of football, first at Harvard, then in China, and here with college and the NFL.  He enjoyed watching Beastmode and seeing him play against the Patriots in the Superbowl earlier this year.



He still has his particular fashion sense, like wearing his socks way up high.  And he enjoys running.  He still expresses his love language of physical touch by snuggling up with me and Annette as much as he can.  He's not physical like that with his brother, which is interesting, the first time I've realized that.



He also enjoys cooking scrambled eggs, and eating them.  His favorite dish is rice mixed with seaweed and sesame oil, which he calls his special rice dish.  And his favorite restaurant is Koba.



Sunday, August 16, 2015

Surf camp








We went to surf camp with Bob and Ryan.  And I love Samuel's beautiful smile in this pix.

Monday, June 8, 2015

Music camp

Annette took the boys to Legoland today and they fell asleep on the ride back.  When I went to get Sam, he was still asleep and I carried him to bed.  As I laid him down, he mumbled to me, "I got my violin," before falling back asleep. It's nice to see him so excited about learning to play the violin--he starts summer music camp next week.  He's borrowing his Uncle Dave's violin.

Saturday, June 6, 2015

Samuel's best friend


We've been so blessed to meet the Ta family, our boys' best friends. Here is Samuel with Evan in kindergarten.


Thursday, May 28, 2015

Breakfast on the deck


One of the things we look forward to on the weekends is having breakfast on the deck.


Thursday, May 21, 2015

Let us entertain you

Once we got the piano off Craigslist and the boys started their afterschool piano lessons, they've been on a tear.  It's nice that we don't need to ask them to practice.  They love playing the piano.  They've even inspired me.  Samuel picked out Minuet and Ode to Joy, and Joshua has been playing The Imperial March and L'Arabesque.  They enjoy teaching each other and after dinner, they ask, "Would you like some entertainment?" before they take turns on the keyboard.  Good memories.

Monday, January 26, 2015

Rock band

Samuel plays in his first rock band at an afterschool concert.

Fast as a cheetah

Yes you are Samuel!

No more training wheels


Saturday, January 24, 2015

Fried chicken



Samuel helps me make the only thing I've cooked in 5 months, Adam's fried chicken recipe.

Monday, January 5, 2015

Sand angel



80 degrees on the 5th day of January. Samuel decides to make sand angels.