Kids can be a little confusing sometimes.  When my son got his iPod, he asked if I could buy him speakers.  A couple of months later after he got his speakers, he now wants to have speaker stands.  I asked why he didn’t tell me then so that we could have gotten him both, his answer was he didn’t want them back then.  Kids!

I’ve tried a lot of recipes for Peking Pork Chops but I find the recipe from allrecipes.com the yummiest and the easiest.

Ingredients:

• 6 thick cut pork chops (1 inch)
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1 clove garlic, crushed
• salt and pepper to taste

Procedure:

Trim excess fat from pork chops and place in slow cooker. Mix brown sugar, ginger, soy sauce, ketchup, garlic, salt and pepper in small bowl and pour over meat. Cover, turn to low and cook 4 to 6 hours, or until tender. Season with salt and pepper, if needed.

“Mom, I’ll pass by the mall after school to buy a diabolo.”  That was what my son said before he left for school yesterday morning.  That’s the first time I heard the word and I didn’t have any idea what the heck was that.  He said it’s a Chinese yoyo and everyone at school is raving about the toy.  I tried checking it online to see how it looks.  It doesn’t seem like a yoyo to me because it looks like an hour glass made of rubber.  The first thing I asked him when he got home was the diabolo.  I was too curious on how it works because aside from the odd shape and the string, there are wooden sticks included in the toy kit.  Instead of throwing the yoyo down and pulling it back up again, you toss it in the air and catch it again with the string and the wooden sticks.  It was fun to watch him do that, no wonder kids are crazy over it.

My husband and son always goes shopping together. Sometimes, they even buy the same things. Just recently, they bought identical mens titanium watches. They like treating themselves to some luxuries from time to time. This is rare and far between. They consider each other like buddies. This breaks down the walls and make my son more open. I am very sure that he would grow up to be a fine gentleman.