Watch us grow!
It’s Auntie Eleen’s birthday so we offered to take Zoe and Maya for the afternoon. It later turned out to be a big kid party at Uncle Ian’s house with Dada and Uncle Ian doing all the cooking.
The big girls did some origami and the littles played Street Fighter.
After dinner, all the kids joined in to play Just Dance on the Nintendo Switch.
Every year, we have Chinese New Year dinner with old friends from UCLA (Uncle Bang and Uncle Ryan). It’s fun to see our kids grow up together. Poor Janie came down with a fever that evening and didn’t look so happy by the time we got around to taking their annual group photo.
Every year, we celebrate the new lunar year with Rowan, Isla, Jack, and Reese. This year, we met up for dinner in San Francisco Chinatown.
We also take a photo of all the kids together every year.
After dinner, we hand out red envelopes to all the kids and the amounts get a little more as they get older.
Happy Year of the Dog from this dragon and ram!
Auntie Vyl came over with Rowan and Isla this afternoon. The girls had fun making bracelets together.
Janie also learned how to make chocolate pecan pie from the Pie Master herself, Auntie Vyl.
She and Isla helped make the filling together.
Here is the final product! Yum!
Meanwhile, Peanut was creating a giant garage for his cars.
Isla came by to help out and also watched him drop his cars inside.
At the end of the night, Janie got her first chess lesson from Dada.
This morning we drove to SF for dim sum with Isla and Rowan.
Afterward, we took a walk around The Embarcadero and the kids had fun walking around in the puddles.
While we were having ice cream, it started to rain.
So, they all went out with their jackets, boots, and umbrellas for some rainy fun.
We had dinner with Rowan, Isla, and Auntie Vyl. On our way back to the car, we found this cut-out photo board. Funny kids.
We got a surprise visit from Zoe and Maya this morning.
Later in the afternoon, Rowan and Isla came over to play and stayed for dinner.
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!!
We drove down to San Mateo to meet up with Auntie Vyl, Rowan, and Isla. There was plenty of room to play and ride so we brought the tricycle and Strider.
This guy rode in the tricycle for the first time and loved it.
The swings were also fun.
He practiced walking on wood chips and level changes.
Janie got some good practice on her Strider and was riding down hills on her own by the end of the afternoon.
It’s Chinese New Year and the start of the Year of the Rooster. We had dinner in Millbrae with the usual gang and got another photo of the kids together again.
