"A successful man is someone who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much, who has gained the respect of others and the love of children; who leaves the world better than he found it; who never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty ; who always looked for the best in others and gave the best he had. "
- a variation of "Success" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Artwork on a Snow-in Day

Alvin and Mom both got a snow day off! Mom couldn't tolerate 9 hours with a toddler so she decided to give him a stack of paper to draw.

Surprisingly, Alvin drew all the pictures by himself and he even named each single one. Followings are some samples. He did all these without any supervision!

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1. Whole Family: Alvin loves to draw a whole family picture. The biggest one is always Daddy.


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2. Spaceship: it is pretty cool, right? I didn't know there are 3 parts of a spaceship.


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3. Snowman in honor of our Snow Day




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4. Moon and Alvin


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5. Monsters: I think they look more like ghosts.


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6. Little Boy with a big Belly button


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7. Alvin's portrait


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8. Alien with a STOP sign (he wrote the word from right to left)

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Let it snow!

To Chicago folks, this storm is probably a sneeze but for us, it is a historical one. I don't really know how many inches we got but after a day of digging, we couldn't even get one car out and we probably have to sleep with the help from Advil tonight.