anZel/Arden

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There she was just walking down the street

世上只有媽媽好 – Happy Mother’s Day

好戲在後頭

Happy Birthday anZel!

Arden’s Latest Trick

Imaginary friend

Arden “shared” with me her first imaginary friend today. It’s a kitty named Sunny.

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I was tasked to supervise bath time for the kids. I was hoping to get some more reading in while on the job. Anzel has also requested me to read to him while he is taking a bath (SUCH luxury!). In the meantime, I have already brought my book in. Anzel had a worried look on his face and said “I don’t want you to read that book (thinking I would read the Known world for him).” I asked him why. He said the book was sad and that he would put the slaves in his heart. We talked about keeping people who died in our hearts.

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I have been engrossed in Edward P. Jones’ The Known World. It’s a book about slavery in the 1800s. anZel was curious about it. So I told him that the book is about black slavery and what slavery means. He kept asking why there wasn’t police to make things right. I have yet to come up with an adequate answer for him.

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I came home a little late tonight because of work. Both kids were happy to see me. Arden actually screamed. Later, Arden told me “Mumi, I am so happy to see you.”

anZel actually started telling us story tonight. He was able to retell several pages of Curious George goes to a custome party. It took a bit of an effort to encourage him. Once he got a hang of it, he really liked and wouldn’t stop. Some day, perhaps he can retell the story in his own words. At the moment, he is memorizing the story word by word.