These photos were taken on Xmas Day, 2010 when Hoi had come to the US for one month. It was an amazing moment that went far beyond Hoi's parents' expectations when he received a bunch of gifts on this occasion although his parents were complete newcomers to the small college town with scant knowledge of the surroundings and limited relations with a tiny Vietnamese community here. New friends are awesome and sophisticated. Of course, Hoi was taken by surprise when he woke up in the morning and found out that a gift was waiting for him behind the door. His parents were astonished, too. Maybe a Santa Claus-clad adult had left there the night before and his parents had to secretly ask around to be able to figure out who the Santa Claus is. Look how glad he is with the gift!
Hoi posed by a BMX box, a gift from his Auntie Thanh. A three-wheeled BMX which took his Dad a lot of time and efforts to learn how to make pieces fit each other.
and here are Dino toys from Bac Quynh Anh and Co Linh. Consequently, his Dad had jobs to do because he had to help Hoi assemble the Dino playland and instruct him how to use the Leapfrog kit sent from Co Quyen.
Behind him is a small turf of grass covered with snow. A perfect match for white Xmas. Hoi looked pensive enough in front of the camera, holding the voice-enabled frog in his hand.
And another gift from Chu Khoi and Co Ha, a battery-operated car toy- one of his favorite toys. This gift he received on the same day when he visited Richmond, where Chu Khoi and Co Ha are living. As most of other boy kids, Hoi develops an inexorable passion for cars. He can look at cars on display at supermarkets for tens of minutes without getting bored and sit unmoved in front of the youtube screen watching racing cars video clips for hour. He has a collection of car toys of all sizes and still insists his parents to buy more whenever he sees any new ones.
