Watch us grow!
This evening, Mama and Peanut picked up Dada and Janie from the ferry and then headed into town for dinner at Hang 10 Broiler. We ordered the dungeness crab and had to wear bibs because it was gonna be so messy.
They also have tasty garlic butter shrimp very similar to what we usually get in Hawaii. What a tasty dinner and a great way to kick off the weekend!
Janie helped Dada make dinner for Mama. She mixed up all the wet ingredients while Dada handled the hot stuff.
She also wrote a lovely note on the board. It says “Mom Happy Mother’s Day From KK and I Love You Mom”. Her spelling cracks me up.
She was so proud of her dish and it was delicious!
Thank you for the Spaghetti Carbonara!!
With the early pick-up time today, Peanut and Mama got to spend some extra time together at home.
He also figured out how to reach the light switch by pushing the box up to the wall.
He also got an early bath before Janie and Dada got home.
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Mama got off early this afternoon to make it to Peanut’s school for a special Tea Time at 3pm. Peanut was so happy to see her and proudly showed off his present.
There was a card and a box with his photo on it.
When he was done with his snack, he neatly folded his plate in half and then threw it away in the trash.
He also put his water cup back on the kitchen counter. It’s so fun to see all the things he’s learned at school.
Today we celebrated Janie’s 5th birthday with friends and family. It was nice to have a house with lots of space outside to throw a party. This year, we had a Paw Patrol Party!
We set-up the warm food inside and the snacks and drinks outside. The front door was decorated with a big banner and balloons.
The kids brought their bikes and scooters to ride around the greenbelt.
We all ate outside together and enjoyed the nice weather.
We also had sidewalk chalk and a bubble station set-up for the kids to play.
Janie had one little spill and had to take a moment to get patched up. Then it was back outside she went!
The kids gathered around to sing “Happy Birthday” and then it was time to eat cake!!
Peanut still wasn’t so sure of what he thought of cake.
The rest of the kids loved it though. We even rounded them up for a group photo with faces stuffed with cake and frosting.
Janie scored a bunch of Paw Patrol loot today and had a fun time at her party.
Happy Birthday, Big Girl!!
Today is Janie’s 5th Birthday!! Her special day has finally arrived and she couldn’t be more excited. In honor of her new age, Dada got her her very own Clipper card.
Now that she’s 5, she has to pay the child price and gets to “beep” herself on and off.
To celebrate, Mama took the day off to take her to school. We rode the ferry together and she was so happy to show Mama where to go and what to do.
We dropped her off for the morning so that she could celebrate with her friends at school. She was greeted with a “Happy Birthday!” from her teacher as soon as she walked in and they sang “Happy Birthday” to her multiple times throughout the day.
We picked her up after her nap and they sang to her once more before she left school early with Mama.
The best part of her day was wearing her giant 5 crown. As we walked through the city, everyone would wish her a “Happy Birthday” and took notice that she was 5 today.
As a special treat, we took the birthday girl to Waterbar for some raw oysters. We ordered a dozen and she ate 8 of them on her own.
The waitress also left us some chocolates after we paid the bill. The plate even said “Happy Birthday” written in chocolate sauce.
We rode the earliest ferry back to Alameda together and sat on the back to enjoy the view.
For dinner, we ordered pizza and sang to her one more time.
We love you so much, Big Girl! So sad to see the little baby slowly fade away but we are so excited to see what you’ll learn and accomplish in the next year in Kindergarten. Don’t grow up too quickly! You’ll always be our Baby KK!!
The moving company came to bring most of our stuff to the new house and Peanut came along while the 3 guys carried in all our stuff.
He happily played in the livingroom and did a pretty good job staying out of trouble.
He also tried out our stairs while Dada went to Home Depot to buy some baby gates.
Peanut also helped Mama wipe down the furniture. What a good helper!
For brunch, we walked to Chinatown and had porridge at Washington Bakery. Janie helped push Yai up the hill.
Then we took the bus home and Peanut had a fun time listening to his big sister sing “Wheels on the Bus” for him.
Here we are on the walk home. He walked part of the way with Yai and then got a ride on Dada’s shoulders.
For dinner this evening, we went to Paragon, another one of our usual restaurants in the neighborhood.
The nice server took a family photo of us at the restaurant.
Peanut walked part of the way home today and looked like such a big boy.
We had dinner at one of our local places, Ozone Thai. We started going more frequently back when Dada had to work late and travel a lot. It was where Mama would go with just Janie and later with both kids for some comfort food.
This may be our last time here for a while so we took a family photo at our usual table.
Peanut also did a little dance for us at the end of the meal. Funny guy…