More Funny CJ Sayings

Whenever possible, CJ and I say our prayers at night before bedtime. I often ask him what he is grateful for  because I read that people who are grateful are happier. So I asked CJ recently what he is grateful for and he said:

*  Nice parents
*  A nice house
*  Nice friends
*  Great school
*  A baby brother who is usually nice but sometimes he's annoying

Ah, the perspective of a big brother....

CJ Sold the Most Popcorn for his Cub Scout Pack

Every parent is familiar with the drill: to raise money for your kid's school, you help sell wrapping paper, chocolate, yada, yada. The girl scouts sell cookies and the cub scouts sell popcorn.

Last year and this year, CJ, Maki and I hit up family, friends and our co-workers for popcorn sales. I sent e-mails to our family and friends, begging them to buy the $40 bags of popcorn. CJ got all dressed up in his cub scout uniform and waledk around the office with Maki to sell popcorn. Is it fair that CJ was walking around with the boss? Probably not, but then again, he was selling popcorn for a good cause, a lot of people bought popcorn for the troops, and the cub scout popcorn is really, really good stuff!

Well, as luck would have it, once again this year, CJ was the top seller of popcorn in the entire pack! During one of the meetings, CJ got the esteemed corn hat, a patch, an Amazon gift card and a cyclone, which is this contraption that launches something into the air. CJ was thrilled! We'll try to do even better next year!

MJ Started Walking on February 13

On February 13, MJ started walking! He just turned 15 months old when he started walking on his own.

Before February 13, MJ wasn't just cruising, he was walking confidently with help from a grown-up. The weekend before, I decided to give him some help.  Everywhere we went, I held his hand and we walked together. We went to lunch at Kyoto Restaurant and we walked to the car, with Grandpa Tak holding one hand and me holding the other. We walked around the house. We walked around the neighborhood with his push car. I suspected that this help would be enough to get him walking on his own.

Sure enough, the next weekend, he started taking a few steps on his own. He started with just a couple of steps, then more and more. He would take a few steps, then sit down or grab hold of someone or a piece of furniture.  Today, at 19 months, he is a confident walker. He doesn't crawl anymore, he insists on walking everywhere, and he tries to walk up and down the stairs (yikes!).