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Mama brought cookies to Janie’s afterschool program (Alameda Island Kids) and everyone sang “Happy Birthday” to her. It was cute how the teachers knew that she didn’t like it when kids did the “cha-cha-cha” during the song so they told everyone “no cha-cha-cha, ok!?”
She picked the tables for snack time and sat with her crew of boys for their special snack.
Janie had her 6th birthday party today and it was at Aquatech!!
The kids got an hour of free swim with all the floaties and toys available to them.
Peanut didn’t want to swim so he had lots of snacks.
After swimming, we all had pizza and snacks.
Then it was time for the birthday cake!
Henry and Hudson loved it.
Here are all the kids in one photo.
Janie also got a photo with her swim instructor who helped host the party.
Happy 6th Birthday, Big Girl!
We had a very early egg hunt with the neighbors this morning.
Peanut also colored eggs for the first time.
Happy Easter!!
There was a Lunar New Year Celebration at Peanut’s school this afternoon. It started with a parade around the courtyard and Peanut wore a read headband with his classmates.
We watched the Lion Dancers together and Peanut seemed to enjoy the drummers more than the lions.
Happy New Year!!
Every year, we celebrate the new lunar year with Rowan, Isla, Jack, and Reese. This year, we met up for dinner in San Francisco Chinatown.
We also take a photo of all the kids together every year.
After dinner, we hand out red envelopes to all the kids and the amounts get a little more as they get older.
Happy Year of the Dog from this dragon and ram!
This evening, we went to Zoe and Maya’s house for a New Year’s Eve celebration.
It was quite a feast for all the kids and then the grown-ups had their dinner while they all watched a movie.
Close to 9pm PST (midnight EST), we all got dolled up for the countdown.
When the ball dropped, everyone hugged and let go of the poppers.
Happy New Year!!!
We had dinner with Mama’s cousins this evening and we took up a whole side of the restaurant once again.
Auntie Marie got reacquainted with Peanut who warmed up to her midway through.
After dinner, the presents came out and the kids were so excited.
Janie got shopkins and Alice got a Baby Alive.
Peanut scored his very own light saber and was having fun trying it out on his uncles.
It was so fun to see the family together again. Thank you for dinner, Uncle Dhonchai!!
We spent Christmas Day with Toni and Thomas while Dada cooked the standing rib roast. The cousins got to play together before the “babies” went down for their naps.
Later in the evening, the rest of the family arrived and there was lots of food, lots of family, and lots of presents to open.
It’s Christmas Eve and we went back to Disneyland once again! We entered from the Monorail and it was so much faster than the main entrance!
We were able to get onto the Finding Nemo submarine ride with just a 10-minute wait!
Janie also got to drive a car at Autopia and got her very own driver license!
Peanut didn’t go to Autopia so he got some apples and time to run around.
Then we headed up to Mickey’s Toontown and visited Minnie Mouse at her house.
We had a FastPass for It’s a Small World and had a short 10-minute wait. Yippee!!
The girls got to sit up front in our boat.
Peanut loved the music and sang along to “Jingle Bells”.
After lunch, we went to see Winnie the Pooh and Santa.
Janie brought her Pooh Tsum Tsum to show him.
The kids took a photo with Santa.
Our next FastPass was for Space Mountain and Janie agreed to try it. She is way past the 40-inch mark for these rides so we felt she was ready!!
It was all smiles as we boarded but she held tightly to Mama’s arm and closed her eyes for the entire ride.
We are so proud of her for trying something she was scared to do.
It was almost parade time so we found a spot near the Matterhorn and set up camp. We had a few minutes to kill so the girls went for a spin on the carousel.
While we waited in line, they got a photo with Cinderella who happened to be riding the carousel too!
After the parade, the kids got their light-up toys for the rest of the evening. Hooray for Target’s bargain section!!
Next challenge for Janie was Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. She rode between Dada and Mama and held on tightly.
She conquered another fear and decided to go a second time!! Woohoo!
After dinner, we went out to see the lighting of the castle and it started to snow!! Peanut kept yelling “on my head!!”
As a reward for all her bravery, we stopped at the candy store to pick out a special treat. The girls chose to get Jelly Bellies. Yum.
We love Disneyland at night. All the lights are so pretty!
All the kids were wide awake still so we went back to Fantasyland to ride Dumbo. Weeeeee!!
Before the fireworks started, Janie decided to go on Space Mountain one more time.
Can you see her hiding in Mama’s arm?
Meanwhile, Peanut rode Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters and LOVED it.
He loved it so much that he went a second time at the end of the night and left the ride saying “that was fun, pew pew!”
We had a full and exciting day at Disneyland with both kids really toughing it out without any meltdowns. Peanut also took a good nap and the two strollers really came in handy at the end of the night. We took this photo as we exited. Janie was passed out and Peanut was still fired up from his “pew-pew” ride. Until next year!!
It’s Auntie Kelly’s wedding day and it was a fancy one! Here are the girls chatting during the tea ceremony and lunch in the morning.
At the church, the kids posed for a photo together.
Janie sat with Uncle Jason for the wedding ceremony while Peanut sat on the kneeler with Mama’s phone to keep him quiet.
After the wedding, Peanut went back to the hotel to take a nap and Janie went out with Dada and Uncle Jason to get a snack. On the way to the cafe, they bought a cute sweater for her to go with her fancy dresses.
She looks like such a little lady on the bus ride back to the hotel.
At the wedding reception, everyone was dressed so nicely. Janie was exhausted from a full day already so she was up for half of her dinner and then went to sleep in the stroller.
Peanut, on the other hand, was up and partying until the wee hours of the night.
He got orange juice for the first time and enjoyed a tasty “kid’s dessert”. That was one fancy dessert for a little man.
Peanut LOVED the live band and was star struck when the guitarist waved to him.
He was up for the after party too and enjoyed some of the “night market” food including the egg waffles.
Just after midnight, he went to sleep on the sofa and Janie joined him on the adjacent sofa.
We were back at the hotel closer to 3am and they both slept together in Janie’s bed.