uncle jason – Page 9 – Kumquat & Peanut

Big Sis Practice

July 18, 2015 No Comments

With the twins over this afternoon, Janie got to practice her Big Sis skills. She watched Uncle change Toni’s diaper and helped put her pants back on.

She later went back to the changing pad and tried putting a diaper on Big GG. She’s almost got it now.

In the evening, she “helped” Dada put together Baby Brother’s new bed.

She had her own screwdriver and imitated what Dada was doing.

When it was all done, she helped Mama put some supplies in the pockets.

Then she got all her “babies” and put them to bed in their places. It was like a bunkbed with 3 in the bottom storage bin and 3 more on the top part. I guess you can call this her version of nesting.

family, gross motor, outings

tricycle ride

July 18, 2015 No Comments

Auntie Jia, Uncle Jason, Toni, and Thomas came over this afternoon. We all took a walk around the stadium and caught some of the Spartan Race.

Janie rode her tricycle like a pro and had a lesson on following directions and traffic safety. There was a lot of activity around the stadium and it was important for her to understand the rules.

She now understands that she needs to stay close to the family and that she is supposed to walk and hold a grown-up’s hand while crossing the street while another person carries her tryke across.

expressions, family, self-care, videos

Babysitting

July 11, 2015 No Comments

Janie loves her baby cousins Thomas and Toni.

This evening, she watched them get their diapers changed.

She also tried to help put on Toni’s sock.

The babies were both awake at the same time so we finally got a photo taken of all three cousins together for the first time.

Janie was so sweet and calm with them and didn’t get flustered when they started to cry.

In fact, you can see in this video that she tried to calm down Toni with a little snuggle and patting.
https://youtu.be/0NUTsIfjbeA

She’s gonna be such a great Big Sister.

expressions, family, gross motor, outings, play, special days

Redwood City

July 4, 2015 No Comments

This afternoon, we went to visit Auntie Jia and Uncle Jason. Toni and Thomas were also hanging out while we watched some TV together.

It was a warm day but we still managed to go outside to the park for a bit.

She was a little scared of the bridge but she did it.

Janie also met Auntie Jia’s Mommy today. She’s visiting from Michigan for the weekend. After a little warm-up time, they were making purple meatballs together.

She took good care of her babies this afternoon and rocked Big GG and GG to sleep.

We didn’t watch fireworks this year but July 4th but still had a fun time with the family.

expressions, family

Family Dinner

June 19, 2015 No Comments

Auntie Jia and Uncle Jason came over with Thomas and Toni this evening. Dada made short ribs and Janie got to see her cousins. She was so curious when it was time for Thomas to eat.

She also hung out with Toni after she was done eating.

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Redwood City

May 16, 2015 No Comments

This afternoon, we drove down to Redwood City to watch Auntie Karen play taiko at the Relay For Life Event. The kids had a great time watching and listening to the drumming.

After the performance, we got the Strider out and Janie followed Sophie around on hers. She’s had a lot more time and practice with hers and zooms around so fast!

Janie tried her best to keep up but this was only her first time outside with her bike.

https://youtu.be/1wyQ26rei_Y
https://youtu.be/rkrmtsNZ3E4

It’s gonna take at least another month or two before Janie can even come close to keeping up.

Daddy also took the bike for a test ride.

The event was at Sequoia High School and the kids wandered onto the football field for a little running and hijinks. Look at those two go!

They also tried out the tackle sleds.

Vivian gave it a try too!

After all that activity, the kids were ready for snack. Janie shared her carrots and celery with Vivian.

Auntie Karen served up some tasty inari and Spam musubi too. Thanks Auntie!

Later that evening, we went back to Auntie Jia and Uncle Jason’s house. They live only 3 minutes from the high school!

We later went to dinner with them to a Japanese restaurant and Janie ate lots of soup, edamame, chicken, and rice.

eating, expressions, family, outings, play

Shower for the Cousins

April 25, 2015 No Comments

This morning, we had a baby shower for Auntie Jia and Uncle Jason. It was a pizza party in Burlingame. We got there a little early so we went across the street to the toy store for a bit.

Janie played with trains and then the dollhouse.

At the party, Janie was so excited to see Auntie Jia and there were lots of little kids there too.

She liked the caprese salad and meatballs and had some pizza too.

The best part was some of Daddy’s chocolate cupcake.

She also insisted that GG and Big GG came along to the party today so they sat in their own highchair.

When we were all done eating, everyone got to run around and Janie was stuck to Auntie Jia like glue.

In fact, she photobombed quite a few of the pictures with her today.

What a fun party! She can’t wait to meet her two little cousins!!

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3rd Birthday Party

April 19, 2015 No Comments

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.

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

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

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

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

https://youtu.be/m0QG2TQH5p0
Luckily Auntie Ishya caught the whole thing on video for us.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

https://youtu.be/pwF7KQ0v4V0
The slide is green so that you can record yourself with a variety of backgrounds.

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

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

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Dinner outing

March 1, 2015 No Comments

For dinner, we met up with Auntie Jia and Uncle Jason because they were in the neighborhood. This is the outfit that Janie wanted to wear.

I didn’t get any photos of us actually having dinner but here was the big hug she gave to Uncle Jason before heading home.

Here was their group hug. So sweet.

eating, expressions, family, outings

Auntie’s Birthday

February 28, 2015 No Comments

We celebrated Auntie Jia’s birthday this evening and Janie was so excited to sing “Happy Birthday” to her. She also did a good job keeping her hands behind her back to stay away from the fire.

She also helped blow out the candles.

Janie’s slice of apple cake was gobbled up so quickly!

Happy Birthday, Auntie Jia!!

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