We went to Thai Nakorn for dinner tonight for our annual Christmas Thai Feast with Mama’s cousins and kids. It was a smaller crowd this year with Uncle Pish out of town but we still had a good time.
Family Feast
Gift Exchange
For lunch, we went to Uncle Dayantha’s house to hang out with Mama and Dada’s old friends from high school. We also brought Alice and Leela to the party.
We had a gift exchange where the kids gave a gift to one friend each.
Auntie Holly also brought a treasure box for the kids to pick what they wanted.
The kids made a big mess but had a great time. Auntie Krissy even brought out crafts for the kids to do together. So fun!! Thanks to Uncle Dayantha, Auntie Krissy, and Oliver for hosting!!!
Leela’s 1st Birthday Party
We celebrated Leela’s 1st birthday at Heritage Park today.
She had a smash cake and had a good time eating it.
One Last Morning
It’s time to drive back to SF and say goodbye to the family. Uncle Johnny and Alice came over this morning to play before we had to head out.
We also got some photos taken with Yai and Ta.
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!!
Dinner on Bay Farm
For dinner we had a belated birthday celebration for Mama and Uncle Johnny at Trabocco. We actually managed to get a decent group photo this evening!
For dessert, we went to Loard’s for ice cream!! Yay!
Lunch on Bay Farm
For lunch, we walked to La Penca Azul.
Peanut had fun with his water cup.
Leela got a taste of refried beans today.
The girls were giddy as ever.
Visitors!
Uncle Johnny, Auntie Joy, Alice, and Leela are visiting this weekend! Luckily we have a super van with 4 seats ready for all the kids! We’ve got a booster for Janie and carseat for Alice in the 3rd row plus a baby seat for Leela and carseat for Peanut in the 2nd row.
We picked them up from the airport this morning.
They all came over and the kids got to sit together for lunch.
Leela even got to try out Peanut’s booster seat!
Lawry’s
This evening, we went to Lawry’s for dinner. We all piled into the van together and met up with Uncle Johnny, Auntie Joy, and kids.
One of the perks of this restaurant are the meatballs and kettle chips that are waiting for you in the bar. Peanut filled up on prime meatballs before we were even seated.
Everything tastes better on a stick!
We also realized that this was Peanut’s first dinner at Lawry’s! It had also been at 3 years since Janie dined here as well.
It was also Leela’s first trip to Lawry’s. Too bad she’s not old enough to taste anything yet.
We kept the little one entertained with some toys at the table.
Janie got her very own kids plate complete with 4-ounce slice of prime rib, creamed corn, and mashed potato.
The kids each got a cool Lawry’s cup too!
What a fun dinner with the family!!
Celebration Dinner
This evening, we had the whole family together for dinner to celebrate Peanut’s 2nd birthday.
We had quite a spread of food and Peanut was determined to pick up his food with chopsticks.
We had ice cream cake for him, everyone sang “Happy Birthday” and Big Sis helped him blow out the candles.
Our little boy doesn’t like cake so we got him a cake made with strawberry ice cream and white cake.
He tasted the cake one time and then demolished the ice cream half of his slice.
Ankong also hooked him up with a second slice!
We also managed to get all 6 cousins together in one photo.
It was a fun night with the family all together again.
Oh and Peanut got a giant set of Tinkertoys from Auntie Jia. Yay!