Marcus is learning at super fast pace. He is starting to string words together into short phrases. It’s getting easier to understand him but he’s becoming more demanding. When we deny his request, he gets into this tantrum cry to show us his disappointment and anger. He’s been saying the same phrase over and over, [...]
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8 Nov
Disney Cruise!
Day 1 We had brunch with Grandma, Julia, and Li, before we went our separate way. The drive was only forty minute but both kids napped in the car. Mvkayla woke up first and Marcus got up shortly. We unloaded the car and checked in. It wasn’t crowded so the process was fairly fast. After [...]
7 Aug
1st swim class
Mckayla took her first swim class today. We’ve been prepping her for the past week since she is generally pretty slow to try new things. In the past 2 days, she’s been pretty good about it when we tell her and didn’t seem too troubled. This morning, she was really excited when we talked about [...]
1 Aug
Year of the Cat
I overheard Mckayla’s conversation with her friend Celine at school the other day. Celine told Mckayla, we’re both born the year of the pig. Mckayla shook her head and told her, “No, I’m not a pig”. Celine insisted and told her that they’re born the same year and it’s the year of the pig. Mckayla [...]
22 Jul
Father-Daughter Day
Today, I got to spend pretty much the entire day with Mckayla. Little Tree, her school, had an outing today to CPK to learn how to make Pizza. They needed the parents to drive them there and I volunteered to help out. It turned out that only 1 kid didn’t have a parent with them [...]
22 Jul
Mckayla and Elise
Swimming fun! a video by ma1688 on Flickr. Ted took the video few weeks ago at the playdate. Elise and Mckayla were haivng fun in the water. MiaoMiao and Celien were both little scared of the water. Love the expression on the two girls face when the “bubbles” stopped.
17 Jul
How much trouble can he get himself into?
After dinner tonight, we were all cleaning up. Mckayla was still working on her fruits while Marcus was roaming around the kitchen. Then, all of the sudden, I heard water splashing. I ran to the bathroom and found Marcus playing with the toilet water. I took him away and cleaned him up. Then, as I [...]
13 Jul
New Planter
My 4 x 4 garden has ran out of space. And Ted made us a new one! Mckayla and I can’t wait to plant more vegetables and fruits in our garden.
19 May
Graduation Day Performance
IMG_5401.MOV a video by ma1688 on Flickr. Today was the graduation ceremony at Mckayla’s school. Only parents of the graduating students were invited to attend. Here’s Mckayla’s performance for me tonight.
