Watch us grow!
For Christmas, we went to Uncle Jason and Auntie Jia’s house. Dada prepared a standing rib roast today and used a blowtorch to prep the meat.
Thomas and Toni got a front-row seat to the fiery action.
Mama, Peanut, and Janie arrived a little later and were ready to play!
Dinner was delicious and Janie enjoyed sitting with her family.
After dinner, the kids opened presents. There were SO MANY presents!!
Merry Christmas, Everyone!!
The whole family came over for Christmas dinner again this year. Auntie Hannah (Dada’s cousin) finally got to meet Peanut.
Here he is with GAuntie Jeanie. He did well getting passed around to everyone.
Dada made prime rib with all the fixings. Janie had at least half of Mama’s slice.
She later got a little tired and sat on Dada’s lap while he ate.
Peanut was eyeing Mama’s dinner plate and almost got a handful of mashed potato.
All the cousins played Settlers of Catan and the kids helped set up the board.
It was a fun (and late) evening for everyone!
After lunch, we went to the Vancouver Aquarium with the whole family.
This aquarium has dolphins and Janie got to see some jump and dive.
There was so much to see and Janie darted from one exhibit to another at record pace.
Peanut woke up and got to see some jellyfish and tropical fish. He also met GAunt Jeanie for the first time.
It was harder for him to see the beluga whale but he enjoyed snuggles from Mama while watching big sister running around like a crazy person.
Speaking of big sister, Janie was having a blast with her new friend Amelia.
They ran up and down the ramp and stairs, held hands, and shared snacks together. When they were doing laps on the ramp and stairs, one would say, “again?!” and the other would say, “yes yes yes!!”
They were so cute together!!
Thanks for taking us to the aquarium, Auntie Amy!!!
For dinner, Janie went to a place in Pasadena to celebrate Hannah’s graduation. She saw her whole family there including Ankong and Ama.
For dinner, she ate all of Mama’s clams and then had fruit.
She also received some belated Christmas and birthday presents from Great Auntie Jeanie and Great Auntie Cheryl. So fun!
After dinner, we all met up at Cookies and Cream. Janie got to taste a bunch of different flavors and was so happy to collect some tiny tiny spoons.
The ice cream was yummy and she had lychee passionfruit ice cream to share.
What a fun evening with family!!
Great Aunt Jeanie is in town for the weekend and she came over with Auntie Jia this evening. Janie received so many gifts from GAunt Jeanie: a mini Olaf, a bag with a giraffe on it, two spoons from Japan, stickers, a fishie t-shirt from Japan, and some Hello Kitty hair clips! Wow! Thank you so much!!
Having a tea party is so much more satisfying when there’s company.
This afternoon, Janie dyed Easter eggs for the first time. At first, she was puzzled by the white crayon that you draw on the white egg before they go in the dye. She kept giving the crayon back to me as if it was not working.
Once she saw the fruits of her labor, she was more excited.
Her favorite part was dunking the eggs in the dye. Surprisingly, she was really good about being gentle and we didn’t get any big spills or splashes.
Here she is working on her next masterpiece.
G-Auntie Jeanie and Auntie Jia also joined in on the fun.
When the colored egg would come out, Janie tried to add more crayon wax to it.
She loved all the bright colors and tried putting stickers on them.
She actually just enjoyed playing with the stickers.
Happy Easter!!
For Janie’s 2nd birthday, we bought her a scooter. It’s just like the one she fell in love with at Rowan and Isla’s house. This morning she found it hiding in our bedroom and started rolling around on it in the bathroom. So sneaky.
She couldn’t wait to try it out so I let her roll up and down the hallway in her pjs and without shoes.
Later when Auntie Jia and Great Auntie Jeanie came over, we took her down to the courtyard to play. Luckily she didn’t mind wearing the helmet.
She had a slow start but once we got her on the ramp, she was flying!
She glided down the little hill and G-Auntie Jeanie guarded her from the front.
Look at this kid in action!!
This was her first time down the ramp without help.
She looks like a pro already. Maybe Uncle Johnny can teach you how to do bunny hops.
Ankong and Ama threw a banquet for Janie’s birthday and she LOVED her noodles.
She also got a second birthday cake but it was getting late when it came time to sing to her.
It was way past her bedtime and she was NOT in the mood to taste any kind of cake at the moment.
After a little downtime, she got her second wind long enough for some family photos.
Great Auntie Jeanie visited early this morning to hang out with Janie. She was in town for a conference.
Janie had a good time playing on the floor with her. Thanks for stopping by and for the cute outfit too!!