3rd Birthday Party

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We celebrated Janie’s 3rd birthday today at the Children’s Creativity Museum.  It had a Nemo theme and Janie was so happy to see her favorite characters on the cupcakes and balloons.

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Before the food arrived, all the kids (and grown-ups) spent time in the museum playing with foam dough.

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There was also a craft table where the kids made rockets.

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For lunch, we had Hawaiian food, veggies, and fruit.  The Spam musubi disappeared in a flash.

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After lunch, everyone sang “Happy Birthday” to Janie and she had a funny reaction to what happened after she blew out the candles.

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Luckily Auntie Ishya caught the whole thing on video for us.

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Janie chose a chocolate cupcake with a Nemo ring on top and had lots of frosting and cake on her face for the rest of the party.

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In fact, all the kids LOVED the cake and each had blue frosting all over their faces.

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I wasn’t sure if she would able to share the balloons we bought for the party but she did and actually handed some of them out to her friends.

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Once the birthday party got packed up, we headed out to the carousel for a couple rides.

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To burn off all the sugar, the kids went back inside for some more fun.  They all played together on the slide and made a couple videos too.

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The slide is green so that you can record yourself with a variety of backgrounds.

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I’m amazed that we somehow managed to get all the kids together for a group photo.

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Thanks for coming to the party, Friends!  Hope you all had just as much fun as we did!!

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Lunar New Year

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We went out for Dim Sum this morning for a late Lunar New Year celebration.

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Janie loved eating baos and gave chopsticks a try.

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Auntie Vyl also gave her a red envelope and $5 inside!  Although Janie didn’t understand the significance of the whole thing, she had a good time taking it out and putting it back in – over and over again.

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After everyone was done eating, we tried to get a photo of all 5 kids.  This was the closest I got when we were inside.  For once, Janie was not very happy about taking a picture and ran off.  At least they all had a good time playing with each other while we waited for the check.

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Then, just before we all headed home, I captured this very rare photo of them on the steps outside.  Amazing!!  Happy Year of the Ram!

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Zoo with Friends

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This morning we met up with Rowan and Isla at the SF Zoo.

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They enjoyed the giraffes and penguins on our way to see the bears.

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Janie always looks forward to seeing the flamingos too.

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GG got a bird’s eye view of the action from on top of Janie’s head at one point.  So silly.

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At the playground, Janie climbed up the rope ladder all on her own.  Here’s a video:
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The kids also went on the carousel before heading out. What a fun way to start the day!

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Teddy Bear Birthday Party

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Janie went to Reese’s 4th birthday party and it had a Teddy Bear/Frozen theme.  She also got to play in a bounce house for the first time.

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Everyone brought their favorite stuffed friend so Big GG came along.  They had a tea party in the backyard and Janie got to play with Reese and Isla at the table.  The tea party was complete with Elsa and Anna plates, hats, and tablecloth.

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They also had a bag-decorating station with stickers, markers, googly eyes, and crayons.

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Janie insisted that the bear needed a giant googly eye for the bear’s mouth.

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There was birthday cake and they were blue like Elsa’s dress.

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It was so cute to see Janie and Isla together. Janie was her age during the last year at Reese’s 3rd birthday party.

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Mid-way through the afternoon, Auntie Michelle gave out balloons.  Oh happy day!

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The kids finally found Wilby and Janie met her first cat up-close.  Poor Wilby.

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Must have been an awesome party because she was knocked out with goody bag in hand on the way home.  Fortunately for her, there was traffic getting home so she got a little extra snooze time in the Trader Joe’s parking lot while Daddy did some shopping.

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Backyard BBQ

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Today we went to Rowan and Baby Isla’s house for a BBQ.  Janie got to check out Baby Isla’s play mat and was thoroughly impressed.

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She also found some of Rowan’s cool toys.

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Outside, Janie played with the basketball and practiced walking in and out of the house.

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She also enjoyed hanging out with Reese and trying to check out what she was doing.

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Take a look at her trying to join the boys in their game of volleyball.

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And we can’t forget the swing.  Janie could have stayed here all day.

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Phew! What an exciting day in the backyard!  Gotta stay hydrated!

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Another New Friend

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This evening we went to CPMC to visit Auntie Vyl, Uncle Bang, and their brand new baby girl who was born this morning.  She doesn’t have a name yet but Janie got a good look at her today and they met for the first time.  Makes me realize what a big girl our Little Janie is now.

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