Our little Peanut turned 2 1/2 today! He’s talking so much more now, loves trains and cars, and learned how to ride a tricycle. We’re trying to hold on to all the baby squishiness for as long as we can. Happy Half-Birthday, Peanut!!
Family of 4
We watched tv together tonight and it was impossible to get a good photo of all 4 of us.
Fun Filters
This guy has become quite a ham when it comes to taking photos of himself.
He especially loves the filters on some of Mommy’s phone apps.
Beach Day!!
We spent the day in Half Moon Bay today and met up with the Tsaos at Gray Whale Beach Cove. There was a bit of a walk down to the beach but it was worth it.
The beach was quiet and the weather was surprisingly warm without any wind.
Eventually, the kids couldn’t resist the water any longer.
They just love making muddy sand together.
The kids played just like they did in Hawaii together. This reminds me how nice it is to be living in California. By the end of the day, Janie was down to her swim suit and living it up!
Janie and Sophie have grown up together and still enjoy the same things.
I love this photo of them burying their feet in the sand. I could hear them say “we’re so smart,the water won’t get us now.”
These kids had such a fun time outside at our local beach.
Peanut even got a comfy nap inside our pop-up tent!
The walk back up the cliff wasn’t as bad as we expected. Peanut actually managed to walk up at least half of the steps back up.
Thanks you Jamie for getting a group photo at then end of the day! He also captured quite a few of our photos from the day too.
On the way home, the we stopped at McDonald’s for Happy Meals. They were hungry from a big day at the beach!
Ringing in the New Year
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!!!
Disneyland 2017
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!!
Korean BBQ
We had dinner with Mama and Dada’s high school friends today and the kids got reacquainted with Andrew and Sienna.
Leela
Leela came over this morning and Peanut showed her how to play with the dragon toy.
Mama also got to get some snuggles in.
HKK > SFO
It’s time to fly back to San Francisco today! We said goodbye to our hotel and took one last family photo.
We took an Uber to the airport and Peanut had fun looking out the window for buses.
At the airport, we got the whole family into the United lounge and the kids enjoyed lots of fruit and other snacks before we boarded.
Peanut did a good job walking onto the plane without any major hiccups this time.The flight took off at 12:30pm Hong Kong time.
We also had an extra seat for him to nap. Janie sat up front in Economy Plus with Ankong and Ama because they ended up with an extra seat between them.
With the extra seat, Peanut was able to stretch his legs, lie flat, and sleep for most of the 10-hour flight home.
We made it back a little early at 7:45 am PST the same day and rode the parking shuttle to our car. We were back with a full day ahead of us. The kids were a little disoriented but did ok.
ferry and bus
When it was time to return to the hotel, we rode the Star Ferry back.
It runs every 15 minutes and the ride across the water itself is only about 15 minutes long!
Then we hopped on a double-decker bus and got a front seat again.
Peanut had a great time pointing out all the other buses on the street.