My daughter and my son

I have a son and a daughter. It is amazing that they are so different. Calvin is very good at reading and socializing. He is a quick learner, but often only skim the surface, My daughter, Christin, is kind of the opposite. She learned to read much later, but she observes things in small details.

Chistin has a gift of music. Both my children are learning piano. Here again, Christin did not learn as quickly as Calvin did. But now she is a much better piano player than her brother, even though Calvin started about one and half year earlier. She really enjoyes the music, and knows the tempo, forte very well. But Calvin just plays the who piece without paying any attention to the music. To him, it is just a chore.

Last Christmas, we went to Christmas shopping together. We gave a dollar-limit to the children as to how much they can buy. Within minutes, my son found what he needed and was very happy. But Christin was looking at this and that, and simply couldn't decide. In the end, she did not find anything she liked. I guess she knows better what she likes. For my son, everything is good.

Calvin is great at sports. He has an amazing ability to learn things very quickly. He is now very into martial art. But he has never been very happy about playing piano. But we felt it is a good discipline for him.

Christin likes typical girl things: like hello-kitty, Barbie and princess stuff. She is quiet and very sweet. Everywhere she goes, people like her. She is the one of her teacher's most favorite students at her Montessori school. She is also one of the most liked students in her church Sunday school.