California Adventure

Yesterday was a long, exhausting day, so today everyone got up later and took it slow. The kids now can take care themselves and prepare their own breakfast. They also know their duties and chores such as dishwashing, garbage dumping, bathroom cleaning, etc. There are lots to do, and everyone needs to do their part in order to keep the house in shape.

For lunch, I took everyone to Pat and Oscar's. This restaurant is famous for their chicken wings, salads, and breadsticks. This is just one of the many special restaurants that we went to. Teacher Cheryl and the kids really enjoyed the restaurants that we've been eating at. I might be skinny but I take eating-out very seriously. My favorite thing to do while I travel is to eat--eat well!! Eating well doesn't always mean eating fancy food. It doesn't matter which country you go to; in order to eat well, you must know where locals eat! California is a hometown of mine, and I definitely know where to take them. Jacky told me that the food is so much better than the food he, Joe, and Jordan had last time when they were here in America with their parents. It was good to hear him say that, and Joe and Jordan nodded in agreement. Jordan loved the food so much his tooth fell out!

Immediately afterwards, we took a short drive to the Discovery Science Museum and spent several hours there. They are many exhibitions: dinosaurs, body parts, a grocery store, physical science, chemical science, pirates, and others. Everything is interactive and educational, and kids asked a lot of questions. Jordan, in particular, played with other American kids. He was the most outgoing on the trip. He really stands out, and he is very much like kids here in California. Although, sometimes he can be a little too naughty, but overall he is great!


From the museum, we headed back to Diamond Bar and visited my schools. We went by my high school and middle school. At the school, I showed them the classrooms and the playgrounds where I spent some of my childhood. It was a very nostalgic moment for me. We also dropped by my old house near the hilltop. We hiked up the hill by the water tower and ran around a bit. One thing I noticed was that the kids are not very athletic. None of them can do pull ups or climb on the poles. The kids and Teacher Cheryl had problems hiking up the hill. It was really strange. At night, we went back home, and the kids went to the park with Teacher Cheryl while I stayed home and updated the blog.

My brothers and mom came home and told me some of the kids peed all over the toilet, and the floor and the bathroom smelled horribly. I knew it wasn't the girls, and I knew it wasn't the older boys because I told them to be neat and careful the last few days. It was Joe and Jordan who peed all over the place. So I talked to them and now they are responsible for cleaning the bathrooms. The little boys need to be more responsible in the house, not only in their own homes but in the homes of others too.

The longer I live with them the more I realize they need discipline, especially the boys. They are used to people serving them, cleaning up after them, feeding them, and doing things they want. They think the whole world revolves around them. The boys need to learn how to be more responsible and to take things more seriously. Joe tells me when Jacky and him pee on the floor at home, Aunty will clean it up. I told them next time if they peed on the floor at home or at another person's house, they will use their own shirt to wipe the floor. Today, I made Joe and Jordan feel like they were Aunty, and I made sure they learned that cleaning the toilet is no fun.