Happy Halloween

There has not been a carved pumpkin 
on our porch for about 11 years...
This year finally, there is one

Dani cleaned and carved the pumpkin

Tim drew a face

Ms. Pumpkin

Sophie's BFFs

1. ASTIKA

Playing, eating, snacking, riding, fighting, teasing others... together

2. BSF

bsfinternational.org

A free bible study program for mom and Sophie

It's hard for her to pronounce BSF, so it became BFF

" Yeay, we go to BFF ! " that what she usually says on Tuesday morning

Mom will go to her group for discussion then sermon

Sophie joins the children's program and meet Astika.

After bible study, they have lunch together

 MAY ASTIKA AND BFS ALWAYS  BE HER BFF

Different Modes of Meals

light and clean breakfast

lazy and easy lunch

heavy and indulging dinner

Under the Flowering Tree

With a little magic from Sandra, a tree grew on Sophie's bedroom wall

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Picnic lunch under the tree

Building a house under the tree

Taking a nap under the shadow of the tree

Tante Sandra magic can be found here
www.mural2onthewall.com

Watching "Being Elmo"

Kevin Clash, is the man behind Elmo.
It started when he was 10 years old.
He took his dad's trench coat and made it into a monkey.
No body shoved the materials into his hand
and asked him making a puppet. He just did it .

His mom taught him to use the sewing machine.
His dad helped him to build the puppet stage.
His mom called Kermit Love, the man who built puppets for Jim Henson,
telling him about her son who was into puppetry.
During a high school trip to NYC, Kevin Clash met him.
Later, Kermit Love introduced him to Jim Henson, who brought him to Sesame Street.

One interviewee in "Being Elmo" said that Elmo is not Kevin Clash.
Elmo is Kevin's mom and dad combined.
Elmo represents love, said Kevin.

In mastering something.. was it training or talent ?
In Being Elmo, I saw that Kevin Clash initiated everything himself.
He did not take a course in puppetry when he was small.
He was basically self taught. His mom and dad helped him.

His passion is the key. Because of his passion , he was devoted to mastering the puppetry.

Of course not everybody could be Kevin Clash. Not everybody has that much talent.

Should somebody who has a little talent or a medium amount of talent,
ignored their passion because they could not make it to the top ? I hope not...

For someone who could not be a professional dancer in NYC,
there is a teaching position in a kid's dancing school
For someone who could not paint mural like Diego Rivera ,
there is always a child's bedroom wall to paint
For someone ( like myself ) who could not have their writing published,
there is a blog to write
For someone who could not make it into American Idols,
there is a church stage to sing...

I think fame is not worthy to pursue but passion is.

FAILED COOKING

Fried Shrimp and chicken turned into shrimp and chicken boiled in cooking oil

 

 

 

 

Garlic Potatoes Soup...turned into very bitter soup because garlic was undercooked

Fire Station

Sophie's preschool field trip to a fire station.
Glad that there were no emergency call during that visit.
Got a cute pink plastic helmet.