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Alice’s birthday party

November 2, 2014 No Comments

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Today, we celebrated Alice’s birthday with a big party. Janie helped set-up the table with Uncle Johnny and Daddy.

She had a buffet of tasty Thai food including noodles, rice, chicken, fruit, and Mommy’s favorite tapioca balls.

She made another bag at the craft table and insisted on having 3 eyes and a bunch of puff balls on it.

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This girl loves gluing stuff!

Janie was also very good about telling Mommy when she had to use the toilet. We still had pull-ups on her but she managed to stay dry!

Here she is with 2nd cousins Cole and Brandon and Cousin Alice, the birthday girl!

Of course there was cake and it was paradise cake again from King’s Hawaiian! She had the same cake for her first birthday!

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Alice woke up in time to blow out the candle. Unfortunately, she didn’t want any part of the cake.

Toward the end of the party, Janie was tired since she stayed up through her nap. Here she is pretending to sleep on the bench next to Daddy. Funny girl. I wish she actually did sleep on that bench. What a fun party!
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Huntington Beach Pier

November 1, 2014 No Comments

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Before dinner, we stopped by the pier to say “hello” to Mr. Ocean. It was pretty windy but the sun was out after a rainy morning.

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Halloween 2014

October 31, 2014 No Comments

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This year, Janie dressed up as Piglet. Mommy made her costume and it turned out ok.

She didn’t really know what to expect this year so we took her to the Halloween Festival in Cerritos instead of going trick-or-treating.

She carried her treat bag around like a big kid and did a great job with the games and everything.

Alice slept through the games and we were lucky to find this Winnie the Pooh in the game area.

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She also wanted to pose for a funny family photo.

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Toward the end, Alice woke up and joined us for a group photo.

On the walk back to the car, Alice and Janie hung out on the grass to get a few Tigger and Piglet pictures.

Happy Halloween!

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Trip to SoCal

October 31, 2014 No Comments

This morning we were greeted with some much-needed rain and packed up for a trip down to Southern California.

The first part of the journey was a light rail ride down to the BART station.

At the BART station, Janie patiently waited for her train to the SFO. Meanwhile, she waved to all the trains that zoomed by.

She had such a fun time riding BART. She was so excited earlier this morning at home that she said “No nai-nai. Nai-nai on train.” It was a nice long 30-minute ride so she enjoyed her morning milk and snack while looking out the window.

At the airport, we lined up for our turn to board the plan. While we waited, Janie had a good time polishing the Southwest Airlines queue pillars.

On the plane, she got a seat by the window and tried a new snack: double-chocolate granola snacks! What a tasty surprise!

She was also very excited to have her tray table down and actually waited until the man over the speaker said it was ok to do so. She was such a great little traveler today.

Once we arrived at LAX, she played with these funny telephones that have cords attached to them. She even heard a lady on the other end (the recorded message saying to dial “0” or insert coins).

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Train to San Mateo

October 25, 2014 No Comments

For dinner, we rode the train to San Mateo to meet up with Auntie and Uncle. It was also our way of escaping the World Series crowds.

Janie sat in her own seat by the window and enjoyed her after-nap snack.

Then we watched all the cool stuff that we passed on our way down to our destination.

She was also very good about staying in one place while we waited to disembark.

It was still a little early for dinner so we stopped for ice cream at CREAM. That’s where we met up with Auntie and Uncle.

The store was nice and empty so there was plenty of room for Janie to do laps and dance at the same time. I wasn’t a fan of her new fall-on-her-knees move. We squashed that one pretty quickly. Otherwise, it was funny watching her perform for the girls behind the counter.

As we walked across the street to dinner, it started to pour. Janie started out walking with Uncle Jason but mid-way through she screamed “CARRY!!” Everyone was soaked.

After dinner, we still had an hour before our train would arrive so we went to a bar nearby to see part of the baseball game.

Janie had some milk at sat on a bar stool with all the grown-ups.

By the time we got to the train station, she was so tired.

But not too tired to wave to the train coming from the other direction!

The ride home was comfy but the people seated around us were pretty loud and rowdy. Oh well.

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baseball break

October 23, 2014 No Comments

With the Giants in the World Series, all the restaurants in the neighborhood have been really busy.

There was no game tonight so Janie and Mommy went out to eat.

Toward the end, we stuck around for Mommy to watch some football and Janie got to play with her Lego app on the iPad.

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cuddles

October 22, 2014 No Comments

This evening, Janie crawled into my lap and we cuddled under her blanket while watching Curious George before bed. It was very reminiscent of when we used to do this all the time when she was a little dumpling of a baby.

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dinner outing

October 18, 2014 No Comments

Auntie and Uncle came over for dinner tonight. Janie was so excited to take the bus to the restaurant! Daddy did some squats while we waited at the bus stop.

On the bus, she took a selfie and also had a FaceTime call with Ankong and Ama.

She did a good job holding hands when we got off the bus.

Janie snacked on an orange while we waited for the food and then slurped up most of Mommy’s lobster bisque.

It was a nice evening for eating outside with the family.

On our way home, we rode the train. Janie had a good time riding on Uncle Jason’s shoulders in the train station.

Once back at the house, Janie played a little more with Auntie Jia before they went home.

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Mommy’s Birthday

September 28, 2014 No Comments

Today is Mommy’s birthday and in preparation for the dinner party, Janie helped out with buying food and supplies for hot pot. Here is her bouquet of spoons.

She liked them so much that she almost didn’t give them up when it came time to pay for them. Luckily she did just long enough for the lady to scan them.