More Holiday Tidbits

Jiejie (explaining Hanukkah to TJ): It's when the Jews were fighting the Epiphanies.

TJ: (digging throuh Hanukkah goodie bag) Is it my Hanukkah or everybody's Hanukkah?

Meimei: Can I sing my song again? It came upon a midnight clear, that glorious song of all. With angels  (what are they doing, Mom? Bending? OK!) bending near the earth to touch their harps of gold.

Jiejie: Mom, why do these candy bars have Santa on them?

Mom: Oh no! I couldn't find any gelt so I got the million-dollar-bill bars.

TJ: Mrs. Hart say that George Washington guy on the money is the last president!

Jiejie: He was the first president.

TJ: No! Mrs. Hart say!!!

Holiday Tidbits

Meimei: (singing) Are we like sheep have gone astray-ay-ay-ay-ay. Ding! Ding! (that's the triangle)? Why do I have to be a sheep and wear ears?

TJ: (Chiming in) I'll tell you a story that's old and yet new. About Judah. Judah? What his name, Mama?

Mom: Maccabee. Your dad is going to love this.

Jiejie: (Poking finger  at and then through tissue-wrapped Hanukkah present). How do they get the sparkles in the paper. Oops! it's soft. Hmmm. Is it a towel?

What a Difference a Year Makes

On Monday it will be a year since we met TJ.
How much he has grown and changed and
become himself. But it's too late tonight
to post more than this photo from tonight.

More to come ...