My dad is coming to visit us tomorrow. He came from Taiwan last Friday and toured Las Vegas before he comes tomorrow. We have been extremely busy cleaning the house and getting everything ready for their visit. Well, maybe not really all because of their visit, but ever since Philip started installing the wood floors the end of March we have been painting the walls(now we have a very colorful house !!), moving the furnitures around, cleaning out old stuff... etc...
Philip did most of the job, I have to give him the credit. Because I have this big tummy, it's hard for me to move stuff or do much. I really want to have the house clean and nice before the baby comes.

Now our guestroom looks very cozy and nice with new paint (pink and pale purple). It will be our daughter's future room when she is old enough to move out of our room(probably when she is over 1 year old).

We have way too many stuff in our house that were accumulated over the years. I was inspired by the book "to live a simple life is to enjoy life". I know if we get rid of half of what we have we will feel much better. During the past few days I've been taking out some, but still not enough. Maybe gradually I will have the courage to clean out all the stuff that are not used anymore.

Philip bought some framed paintings(reprints of famous paintings such as Monet or Van Gogh's) to decorate our house. They do make our home look a little more upscaled. We bought them from one of his co-workers who also does painting wholesale as a side business. Jacob loves one that's called "Starry Night". A very famous painting, that he just learnt a few days ago from his art class at school. I am glad they are really teaching something at his school. Everyday he comes home with new knowledge. I am also glad I didn't decide to homeschool him. He will surely miss out a lot if he doesn't go to school.

When daddy and A Yi come tomorrow, we should be busy and hopefully everyone will have lots of fun and make happy memories together for the short 5 days they are here. I wish dad could be here longer but it was too late to change the airline ticket and it will cost too much to change their return flight. Next year when we go back to Taiwan it will be all 5 of us (including our baby girl!!)

I started teaching Timothy hooked on phonics yesterday. He is responding very well to it. He already learnt words containing "-at" and "-an". With Timothy I need even more patience because he is easily frustrated and he is kind of shy. But he is so smart so if we can do it slowly and steadfastly, we should see results very soon.

Mom was home yesterday and today, helping me doing some cleaning and cooking. It's nice to have her around, always giving me a nice break. It's not easy being a housewife. I am so tired of cooking everyday.....
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