Merry Christmas to you all

Peas and Naomi

Naomi loves 毛豆, she can eat a lot of them even after she is full. And it a very enjoyable moment watching her having her peas.

Age 5+

What does it takes to transform a rated Age 5+ transformer from it's robotic form to it's concrete mixer form?




Answer: 5+ over 25 years old adults over 4 hours still no success.....

Nathan's Birthday Party

This is the first 4th birthday for Nathan this year + House warming + Christmas party. We have a lot of friends and kids visiting us.



It is also Aunt Ann's Birthday, so we had 2 delicious cake :)



This is Nathan after the cake.


And ofcause the mountain of toys under the tree for Nathan and Naomi

Favourite thing to do at grandpa's house

Nathan and Naomi has so much toys at gu gu's house. See some samples. Here are just 1 in 5 boxes.


But they would rather watch TV. And "24 how" gu gu gave them each a portable DVD to watch their favourite show.


(Pictures taken: 2009.11.29)

掛住爺爺

星期六同爺爺, 浩宇叔叔, 及米米姨姨(對!不再是姐姐 :) MSN見面完。當要說再見時:

媽媽:「同爺爺bye bye 啦。」
妹妹:「唔bye!」

媽媽:「同爺爺bye bye 啦。」
妹妹:「唔bye!」

媽媽:「同爺爺bye bye 啦。」
妹妹:「唔bye!」

最後也是掛線了。

妺妺怎樣反應呢?



難怪爺爺那麼掛念她!

(2009.11.28)

NN Grocery shopping

(2009.11.07)

Twinkle twinkle little star

(2009.11.11)

NN singing

(2009.11.11)

Transformer

As you all know, transformers are Nathan's new favourite. But did you also know that Naomi loves bumble bees and optimus prime too?

(2009.11.19)

Uncle Alex and Auntie Duck Duck

Naomi loves Alex and Duck Duck, at times she calls their names out of the blue when playing. :)

nao counts 123

Can you tell what she was saying? She was first counting (up to seven this time). On a good day, she can count up to 9 in English, and 5 in Chinese), then was singing "twinkle twinkle little star", then singing "behold" (The part where you go "knock, knock, knock")


(2009.11.10)

Nao peekaboo

Cute eh?

2009.10.10

Nathan's exercise

This is what Nathan learned at school: breathing exercise. When he taught me how to do that exercise, his front teeth was biting on his bottom lip, and he would make this sound as he was breathing in and out. And he got angry when I did it backward. You are suppose to breath in when you raise your hand, and breath out when you lower your hand. It's good to know that his school focuses on exercise as well, not just academic. (Did I tell you how unimpressed I was when Nathan was sent home with homework with printing exercise? Come on, what a way to turn them off of school. I know I know, there will be moms out there who would totally disagree with me. I just think they are too young for that.)


(2009.10.25)

Nathan feeding Naomi

We told Nathan to feed milk to Naomi the other night. What an interesting sight. Nathan was extremely patience with Naomi, and also he was really good in explaining things to her. (I know he sounded kindda loud in the video. But he actually was really gentle majority of the time.)

As Nathan was feeding Naomi

Nat: "妺妺,飮奶奶啦."
Nao: "飲完." (while giggling)
Nat: "未飲完呀." (gently)
Nao: "飲完." (still giggling, thinks she is being funny)
Nat: "未飲完呀. 你睇吓,重有ga" (still gently)
Nao: "飲完."
Nat: "未飲完呀. 睇唔睇到黃色呀?" (I'm not sure why he said yellow, probably because the cup was yellowish green.....)

The same conversation went on for quite sometimes. Everytime I see them together, I can't help it to laugh cuz they are both so cute.



(2009.10.24)

One healthy meal

A quick trip to Costco to check out the X-files disc that Uncle Kerwin wanted became a temptation to one quick healthy meal: Best French fries in the world with gravy on the side, plus an "Ace-cream scone".

(2009.10.25)

Nao reading part II

2009.10.9

Nao reading

2009.10.9

Nathan's new favourite

Transformer it is! He loves loves loves loves them. Nathan would say: "Mommy, the transformers are really cool." Or he would look at their pictures and toys and say "WOW, 好勁呀!" Very funny.

2009.10.10

H1N1 Vaccination

Yes, we lined up for 5 hours to get our needles. I was just too afraid, especially with Nathan in school and everything. The line up were full with parents with their kids, but it was actually very peaceful. We became one big happy family with people who were lining up with us.

When we finally got in, the scenic was amazing. It was filled with wailing kids either not wanting to get the needle, or is crying after the needle. But as you can see, our two brave kids didn't even cry at all.

NN play with stamps

2009.10.12

Wake up sleepy head

Naomi loves her Dora pj. She calls "Dora" as "wa".

2009.10.10

Nao pics

Nathan took this picture for us. Good job!

2009.1012

Nao's number

I think that it's normal for all parents to think that their kids are smart. I'm one of them. Naomi recognized numbers and letters and can put the correct numbers at the right place. She has mastered shape sorters, and can count to up to four. And she can clearly express herself in terms of what she wants by using one to two words.


(Hee hee, I know she wasn't too successful in this video :)
(2009.10.12)

Look who's sleepy

We went to dim sum last Saturday and Naomi fell asleep in the car. Usually, Naomi is really snobby with Victor. Most of the time she wouldn't let him touch her. But since she is asleep, Victor seize the opportunity and quickly picked her up cuz he really wanted to hold her.


2009.10.17

Naomi's New phone

Do you like Naomi's new phone? Can you recognize what it is?

It is a bowling ball hand held game.

2009.10.22

Naomi playing with sand

Pictures taken: 2009.7.26

Pee bucket

One day I found some pee in the waste basket in the bathroom. Well, you wonder who did that. Obviously it was Nathan. So I asked him why did he do that. Guess what? He had a really valid reason. Mommy just laid down the law saying that everytime after you go to the bathroom, you should flush the toilet and wash your hand. And since it is very troublesome to have to do so many things after you peed in the toilet, a wonderful alternative would be to pee in the waste basket instead so that you don't have to flush or wash your hand......Men.

What's that in your hair?

See that yucky stuffs on Nathan's hair? They are the unbreakable bubble. Basically glue. We bought them from the dollar store and they last a long time. But sometimes the bubble would get too thick that they become really gluey and won't form bubbles. Then all you have to do is pour some water and mix it out and it would work. And since Nathan saw me doing that for a few times (pouring water into bubbles), he thinks that everytime when he runs out of bubble, all he has to do is add some water and it would work......or not :) Very cute.

(2009.7.28)

Nathan's Jello

This was the first time Nathan made his jello, and it was also his first time eating Jello. (Yes I know, we are kinna strict in term of what he can eat). He liked it so much.

2009.7.29

NN laughing

2009.10.7

Photo by Uncle Alex

Take a look at the photo taken by Uncle Alex in his album when we went to pumpkinland on saturday. Doesn't Nao looks like those commercial girl for the package of gum?

(2009.10.3)

NN hold hands

2009.10.03

Baby cousin's toys

Parent-teacher interview

We went to Nathan's new school to meet his new teacher. He seems really nice. Nathan is really lucky since he always has great teachers. It's very different setting compared to the Montessori school that he went to. Victor and I felt much better because we didn't know how Nathan would adjust to a regular public school. Luckily his teacher seems very nice and have great sense of humours. I know that Nathan is not the type of kids who is extremely obedient, but he is great when you take the time to love him and accept him as who he is --> very energic and curious, and active. His new teacher seems like just the right kind of people who would appreciate him as who he is and not be judgamental because he does not follow directions perfectly.

Oops, I spelled my name wrong.

2009.9.30

Funny walk

2009.10.3

Em.....what are you saying?

Can you understand what Nathan is saying? We can't ;)



(2009.10.3)

Nao single leg jump

Naomi doesn't know how to jump yet. But since Nathan was hopping with his single feet, of course she has to try too.


2009.10.3

Before the fireworks show

Look who's excited before we went for the fireworks.



2009.10.3

Fireworks at First Markham Place

We also went to the firework shows at First Markham place. It was supposed to start at 9:30pm. So we left home at 9:10, got there at 9:20, parked our car, and then the show started. It was the first time for Naomi and we thought that it might be too loud for her. But NOPE! Not a problem at her.

When the show started, we didn't know how many there would be. When when the first firstwork went up to the sky, there were a pause in between before the second went up. We thought it was finished so we said "做完?" (finish) Then Naomi copied us and said "做完" every time there was a pause. It's funny how much she talks now.



Victor took some nice pictures of the kids while they were watching the fireworks. Nathan's smile was priceless. But as I told you, due to slow connection, any picture from that big camera is not being posted anytime soon. Sorry!

(2009.10.3)

Ikea

Nathan favourite place.....ikea......because of the ice cream at the end of the day. I feel bad because every time we visit ikea, we spend so much time there everthough we said we were gonna be quick.


look who is tired after a long day trip.

Home depot

Since we moved into this new house, we spend soo sooooo much time at home renovating. Nathan even recognizes home depot, canadian tires and Ikea.


(2009.10.3)

Boston Pizza

We went to Boston pizza the other day. Look how much Naomi loves the spaghetti!



Nathan had his Blue Jello. Loved it of course.


(9009.10.3)

Markham fair 2009

We went to the Markham fair on Thursday, and it was a nice day for Nathan because he got to ride on all these Mighty Machines. He was flicking all the buttons and levels. I'm actually worried that the drivers who drive these bulldozer will get in trouble.

The firefighters actually set up a game for the little kids to go through obstacles and put out fires using bean bags and hoses. Nathan looked so cute. I originally took a great video capturing the whole run, but my phone frozed and I lost the video. (sucks!)



I also took pics using the big camera as well. Maybe later I will upload some photos la, maybe.....
(2009.10.1)

Pumpkinland

We were going to go hiking with uncle Alex and auntie duck duck on sat. But because it was going to rain, we think that it's not a good idea to take Nathan to slippery hiking trail.....so we went pumpkin picking instead. We didn't actually go into the play area. (We are going to go next sat instead being hopeful that the weather would be nicer.) We just went to the back of the market picking out pumpkin. (Naomi was sleeping in the car)

Nathan had such a good time picking out all these little pumpkins and putting them in the wheel barrel.





So finally when Naomi woke up, we bought her 3 small pumpkins.

2009.10.3

Fellowship picnic 2009

We went to picnic with church fellowship in a hot summer day. It actually warms up my heart just from seeing the photos of the kids shorts and bareback dress in this cold autumn rainy weather. The kids had tones of fun.

Uncles BBQing while kids played with bubbles

Thanks to all the uncles who drove us around. (Trust me, it wasn't easy pulling a trailer on grass)

Then we went to the beach. It was Nao first encounter with sand. She was pretty brave. It only took her 2 times to jumped right in and played with the sand.

Whose feet are these?

Fearless Naomi was going to jump right in the water.

(Pictures taken: 2009.6.27)