First haircut!

Our little tomboy doesn't like to keep barrettes or anything in her hair, so to keep it out of her eyes, we decided she should have a bang trim. She went to the same place Keanu had his first haircut and really enjoyed driving her car and watching TV while she got her first haircut. I was amazed at how well she sat through the whole ordeal! Stay tuned for further pictures of the end result!

Look who's playing tennis!

Happy Birthday, Keanu!

Last week Keanu celebrated his 4th birthday!

He'd asked for a Diego cake, so I found a place that would make a Deigo cake if I provided a picture. No problem. That's what the internet is for, right?! So, we picked up the cake after school the day before the big day and I mentioned the fact that the kids in his class would love the Diego cake. And that's when he got crabby.

It turns out that he didn't want to take the Diego cake to school. Not only did he not want to take the Diego cake, but he didn't want to take a cake to school to share. He's going through a phase in which sharing is difficult, if not impossible. Of course another factor could have been forseeing being the center of attention while everyone sang happy birthday to him at school. That's pretty intense for a shy kid like Keanu. We figured these are fears that should be faced, so Kevin brought another cake to school and all the kids sang to him and he was super embarrassed for a few minutes. Then he was happy again.

Anyway, back to the Diego cake. Angela (Yoyo) spent the weekend with her aunt Teresa so they came over for cake, too. Keanu sure was excited about showing two of his favorite "older ladies" his beloved Deigo cake. It turned out pretty nice, didn't it? I wish I could take more credit for it beyond providing the picture!Oh yeah, and there were a couple of presents, too!

He also asked to go to Friday's like Kate did, so maybe that'll be on the agenda for this weekend.

Merry Christmas!

Finally, I'm getting around to posting about Christmas! When the kids came downstairs on Christmas morning, they saw that the tree was piled with gifts and Kate found one with her name on it even without reading! She couldn't be bothered by anything else under the tree or in her pile of gifts on the couch later. She just wanted to play with that stroller!

Keanu loved opening all of his. By noon, we were ready to go on our next adventure - the Lakeshore Hotel in Hsin Chu. Kevin had made reservations to spend the night there and we had a great time.

First of all, there's heat in the hotel rooms.

Second, there was a pool with a fabulously warm kid's pool.

Third, the kids had a great time with their new toys. This is what they looked like everywhere we went: Hope you all had a great Christmas, too!

Happy birthday, Kevin

Much like I was surprised about Kate's lunar birthday the week before, I think Kevin's mom was surprised when I brought out a cake for his birthday. Keanu picked it out because it had a bunch of strawberries on it. Then he was happy that Ah-ma had bought some strawberries earlier in the day, too.

Look what the post man delivered!

Ok, so he just brought be box. The original contents were placed under the Christmas tree and replaced by a busy toddler.

Happy Birthday, Kate, part 2

One day in the week leading up to Christmas, Keanu and I stopped at the department store after school to do some last minute shopping. We got home kind of late, but rather than heading straight to bed, we had to have some birthday cake first. Little did I know that I'd choosen Kate's Lunar birthday to go shopping with her brother instead of spend the evening with her! She was evidently quite happy about the event anyway, wasn't she?

Hiatus is finished...

OK, so it's been a while since I've posted anything here. We got busy with Christmas, New Year's, and life. I've got a lot of catching up to do. We'll see how it goes!