School visits with Dada, Japan and Jinny

Today we visited Dada and Japan at school. We arrived early while they were still out on the playground. Dada was playing tag with her friends. She was happily chasing her buddy around. Japan, on the other hand, was off by himself. He was upset because he was not allowed to go inside. So when his friends tried to play tag with him, he refused to chase them. Pat and I could see that the boys were really trying hard to include Japan in their play, but he didn't want to participate at all. It looked like his buddy, Austin, was trying to be very friendly with Japan. So I think once Japan adjusts his attitude he will see that Austin is a good friend.

We drove out to Valders to see Jinny.  She is attending the same school I did when I was a teenager, but my school has changed a lot since I went there! It's much bigger now and the hallways are like a maze. We got lost a few times looking for Jinny, and when I popped my head into a classroom for directions, I saw my nephew, Bryce! What a coincidence! Then while we were walking to Jinny's class, we saw my other nephew, Cole, in the hallway. It's so strange to see my brother's kids walking around in the same hallways that I walked down when I was in school.

Once we arrived at Jinny's class, we watched Jinny hand out some cookies to her classmates as a snack for her birthday. Is she using treats to bribe the other students to be her friend? Hahah! Well, it worked, because  two girls helped Jinny pass out the cookies and all the students listened attentively as Jinny showed them her ice-breaker book. Jinny seemed very happy in her class. I think she will be fine.

After visiting Jinny, Pat and I had to go to the church for another session with Pastor Jim. We took an online survey while we were in Thailand and Pastor Jim went through our answers to see if we were prepared for marriage (too late now! hahah!).

Pat and I almost had a fight about one question on the survey because she marked it as a "growth" area and I marked it as a "strength" area. The question was, "Are you satisfied with your partner's habits?" Of course, I am very satisfied with Pat's habits, she is perfect! But Pat thinks I have A LOT of improving to do before we have kids, because she doesn't want me teaching sloppy, lazy habits to our kids.

I told Pat that our kids will learn from BOTH of us how to love someone with their whole hearts, and that should be enough. But Pat disagrees. She wants them to learn to pick up their socks too!

It's too much!

Hahahahah!