toni – Page 7 – Kumquat & Peanut

Zoom Birthday

April 20, 2020 No Comments

Janie turned 8 today and it was a very different birthday this year. We are in the heart of Shelter-in-Place here in California but still wanted to celebrate this special day.

Mama picked up party favors and gifts from Target on her way home, picked up cake from Baskin Robbins, and then had a virtual birthday party with the family over Zoom. Auntie Jia had sent a bunch of gifts this past week too.

Once everyone got online, we all sang Happy Birthday, she blew out candles, and then the presents were opened.

Toni and Thomas also drew a special birthday picture for her.

Happy 8th Birthday to our baby girl!

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More Inside Activities

April 18, 2020 No Comments

Peanut helped Dada make salad today. He’s becoming quite the little helper lately.

Then we had dinner with Ankong, Ama, Toni, Thomas, Auntie Jia, and Uncle Jason over Zoom.

We had another family game night after dinner and played “SORRY!” This is how we spend our crazy Friday nights now. 🙂

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Stories with Janie

March 27, 2020 No Comments

Auntie Jia sent us this video of Janie reading to her cousins.

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Technology

March 19, 2020 No Comments

Homeschooling and sheltering in place would not be as productive or stimulating without the technology that we have nowadays. Janie had a Room 33 Meeting with her classmates.

Then a 90-minute Mandarin lesson with her usual teacher at Yu Ying. Her teacher does a great job keeping everyone engaged, listening, and participating. This is money well-spent!

Janie later had storytime with Toni, Thomas, and Peanut. She read them 4 books!!

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Indoor Playground

December 26, 2019 No Comments

Ankong and Ama took all four kids to an indoor playground today! It looked like so much fun!

They also went out for a pasta lunch and ice cream afterward!

These are some pretty lucky kids!

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Christmas 2019

December 25, 2019 No Comments

Merry Christmas!! We all dressed up in matching pajamas this year!

Cousins came over early in the morning to exchange/open gifts!

Then we headed over to Toni and Thomas’ house to start the standing rib roast and make s’mores outside in the patio.

Janie helped out by peeling all the potatoes. Ankong helped keep the trashcan lid open.

It was fun watching all the kids play together.

All the kids got a new toy called a Springling. All had a different animal that comes with a spring-loaded container. They got really creative with how they played with them.