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Light-up Night 2015

November 20, 2015 No Comments

For the second year in a row, Dada was in France on Light-up Night. But that didn’t stop us from going to Embarcadero Center to see the fireworks! This little guy was all bundled up to pick up his sister from school and head over to the festivities.

We stopped at the Hyatt first and discovered that they weren’t doing the same festivities as previous years but there was a big tree there!

Back at Embarcadero Center, there was an ice rink with a show right before they lit the buildings. Then the fireworks went off and Janie had a good view of them from below.

She said they were very loud but very cool too.

We later went back to the Hyatt to let the kids run around. Janie took a picture of Mama and Peanut in front of the tree.

Then she wanted to take a picture with Little Guy.

All the kids got a chance to play together and have some snacks before heading out to dinner.

This was the best we could do in getting a photo of all the girls together.

Janie also liked playing with the water fountain.

Dinner was at Super Duper Burgers before we all headed home.

It was a late night for everyone, including this little guy. He napped off and on all evening and fell asleep as soon as we got home.

Cheers! Let the holiday season begin!!

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Backyard Party

June 12, 2015 No Comments

This afternoon, Janie attended a going-away party for Uncle Chris. He works with Mama and will be going to nursing school starting next week. So, we all threw him a fiesta and there were lots of kids for Janie to play with that afternoon. Here she is going up and down the stairs with Liem.

Janie had her dinner next to Baby Henry in the backyard.

We had a pinata and Janie only took one swing at it.

Uncle Chris took that last shots to bust it open and all the kids collected their loot. Janie went home with a whistle and Smarties.

What a fun party and a great way to spend a warm Friday evening in Oakland!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Baby Shower

February 21, 2015 No Comments

Janie attended Auntie Mai’s baby shower today and brought the baby one of her favorite books, “Slippery Fish”.

Her gal pals were all there including Sophie, Avia, Vivian, and Sachi.

The girls did a triple huggy hug before Sophie went home.

The grown-ups played some games and Mommy won a prize. It was a pretty bracelet that Janie loved to hide and take out of the bag.

Auntie Mai also gave her some of the tulle that came on her presents. Janie loved wearing them as a sash. So fancy.

Janie loved seeing Auntie Teresa. She did, however, miss Baby Henry who was at a different party that day.

Janie met Trinity, our department therapy dog.

They just hung out on the floor together while Trinity enjoyed her treat.

Before heading home, we went outside to decorate blocks for Auntie Mai’s baby. Janie made one by herself and then helped Auntie Teresa pick out more stickers.

Here are the blocks we made.

As we walked to our cars, Janie and Sachi held hands on the sidewalk. So sweet.

What a fun party!! On our way home, she said “I had fun!” and then fell asleep.

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Party Girl

January 31, 2015 No Comments

This evening, Mommy hosted the annual “holiday” party for her co-workers. It was in the Clubhouse and Janie was such a good little hostess. We brought down her table and chairs and she shared with her gal pals Vivian and Sophie.

These kids are getting so big now and had fun playing with each other this evening.

At one point, we almost had a dance party but there wasn’t much dancing happening here. Instead, they preferred running around chasing each other.

Janie got a little bit of chocolate cake and was in heaven.

Look at that face!

Unfortunately, the evening ended with a little mishap with the patio door. After numerous warnings not to play with the door, she closed one of them on her poor little thumb. She came running to me crying and showing me her bruised thumb. Auntie Mai checked out her finger and said it didn’t look broken…just a little cut and bruised. We tried putting ice on it but Janie wasn’t having any of it.

Luckily, it’s not too bad and Janie settled down quickly. She just sat there staring at her thumb the rest of the night. Whenever anyone came by to check on her, she didn’t say anything – instead, just showed them her thumb.

I guess you could say this was her first “party foul”.

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Baby Hungry’s Party

January 3, 2015 No Comments

Baby Hungry (Henry) had his 1st birthday party today.

Janie played with Vivian and lots of cool toys.

She also got some of the carrot cake that Auntie Teresa made for the party. Baby Henry made a big mess.

Auntie Teresa also gave Janie a balloon before heading home.

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Sophie’s birthday

December 14, 2014 No Comments

Janie went to another birthday party today. This time it was in Walnut Creek at Heather Farm Park, which has a really cool playground. We got there a bit early to hang out with Vivian who was getting her picture taken for Christmas cards.

They played next to each other on the swings and Vivian followed Janie up the stairs and down the slides.

During the family photo shoot, Janie photobombed a photo by running into the background and waving. She was so proud. This is one of the outtakes.

Once again, there was pizza! Boy, this kid got to eat well this weekend!

Instead of cupcakes, Sophie had a big mountain of donuts!! So, Janie got her first taste of chocolate donut with sprinkles. Being the savory kid that she is, she ended up taking two nibbles and then calling it a day.

They had a pinata and Janie had no idea what she was supposed to do. She just tapped the pinata three times and was done. After all the kids got their turns, everyone pulled the strings on the bottom, which made all the candy come out.

Janie scored a lollipop and was so happy.

Here is Janie and Sophie. This is such as typical picture of the two of them together.

The rest of the party was spent playing on all the fun structures. She really liked climbing on all the ladders and steps.

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She also discovered the big grassy mounds that you can slide down with cardboard sleds. She caught on quickly and had fun with her 2nd cousins Theo and Sadie.
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Weeeeee!

Thanks for inviting us, Sophie! Janie had a blast! Happy Birthday!

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Lake Merritt

November 7, 2014 No Comments

This evening, Janie went to a work celebration at Lake Chalet, which is located right on Lake Merritt in Oakland. On our way over to the restaurant, Janie said “see the water” so we went down to see the lake as the sun was setting. She loved pointing out the birds that were flying by across the water.

“CHEEEEEEESE!”

At the restaurant, Janie and Baby Henry were reunited again and they had a fun time hanging out together. Henry was a little grabby but Janie knows it’s only because he likes her so much.

Janie shared her Hawaiian bread with her pal Henry and then some to Vivian when she arrived a little later.

Vivian shared some of her blueberries too. Boy oh boy…I’m sure some tasty daycare germs were exchanged tonight as well.

Next to us was an ATM machine, which the kids took turns pushing the buttons.

Here’s a picture of the lake and the “circle moon”, according to Little Janie.

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Evening with Friends

August 31, 2014 No Comments

This evening, Janie went to party in Castro Valley with Mommy and her work friends. During the drive, she talked about Baby Vivian and Baby Henry. When we arrived, she was a little shy at first but they all warmed up to each other fairly quickly. There’s nothing like a good tea party to break the ice!

She had fun hanging out with fellow cheeksters Vivian and Henry.

She sat out on the deck with Vivian while drinking her water.

Later Henry joined in and just wanted to give Janie lots and lots of “besitos” (kisses).

Look at this boy! He’s very persistent.

Janie then noticed the big kids, Kyle and Alani playing down below on the grass.

She went down to join them and she got to kick the soccer ball around for a bit.

She also got a few bites of chocolate cake while sitting next to Alani. What a special treat!

At the end of the night as we were saying our goodbyes, these two got in a quick smooch. It was very sweet but I don’t think Daddy approves of such behaviors.

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