The Thanksgiving Day 10 Years Ago in 2001
This day ten years ago, Harrison and I met at Sam’s turkey dinner in San Jose. Can’t believe it’s been a decade. There has been so many happenings between now and then. Most of our friends got married and our life also moved on with more new families and friends. I realized that our slideshow at the wedding was not included in the wedding DVD. There were so many memories there while watching it again today. Each picture has its unique mark and memory before we got married… Andy, do you still remember what you said to Harrison at the night of this picture in the slideshow was taken?! (hehe, you know which one I was referring to.) Sam, remember our failed tiramisu and the very first trip we visited you in NC when we went hiking? Tim,...
The Star System – I Will Share with You, Mommy!
寶寶雖然不是很會吵著要東西, 大部分的時候都還慢講理的, 但是慢慢長大了, 這樣的機會總是避免不了。譬如說，有幾次去了農夫市場時有跳跳屋 (Jumpy House), 還是小火車之類的乘坐遊樂器 (Rides), 他們俩直吵著要玩，有一次媽咪心軟了，決定走過去看看，哇！一個小孩玩一兩分鐘要$3，媽咪於是對兩個寶貝說， ＂要三塊錢耶！太貴了！媽咪沒有錢！＂ 寶寶還不死心，問說：＂那媽咪你有幾塊錢呢？＂ 媽咪編了個數字，＂媽咪只有一塊錢。＂ ＂喔！…. ＂ 寶寶有點失望的回應著。 妹妹還不是太懂，只是一直說，＂我要玩 Jumpy...
G & M Farms, Here We Come Again!
It was such a great experience at G & M Farms last year so when Jean was asking about it, we said, “Yes!” right away. Since it was not a school field trip, we didn’t have the Hayride. But Kyle, Kaitlin, Anders and Arden had a great time in the “corn-box.” Look! Who were buried in the corns?! There was a small area set up with skeletons and ghosts. I remembered Anders was so scared last year. However, this year, he was just trying to make as much noise as possible to wake up the ghost in the coffin. Not to mention about Arden, she didn’t fear even a tiny little bit. Kyle and Anders took the bike rides and used up all their energies. Anders and Arden also got one “big giant” (Anders favorite description) pumpkin...
Arden Mei mei in School
Mei mei was finally in school. She’s been crying for school ever since we came back from Taiwan in January because she wanted to go with Anders. I had no problem sending her to her class the first morning. She gave me a kiss, waived me goodbye and went off with the teacher immediately. I was peaking from the outside of the window while she saw me. She waved and re-focused on her dance again. I thought she’d never cry just like when I went to school the first day as a kid according to my mom. Hehe.. Nope! She followed the same pattern as Anders… 5 minutes to 20 minutes crying during transitions in the first three days; after that, she just started crying every morning whenever she heard, “Let’s get ready. Eat faster! We gonna...
Before Going to Bed
以下是每天睡前都要上演的戲碼： 寶寶：媽咪妳不出去嗎？ 媽咪：不出去。 寶寶：真的不出去嗎？媽咪妳真的不出去喲？（大概是回台灣的時候每晚趁他們睡著後跑出去太多了，每次他們醒來都找不到媽咪。：） 媽咪：是的，真的不出去，再問媽咪就走囉！（ok, 這段對話大概會重複１０遍） 妹妹：媽咪陪陪！媽咪陪陪！ 媽咪：媽咪不陪陪，妹妹要像以前一樣自己睡覺！ 妹妹：媽咪陪陪… 媽咪陪陪… ...
Happiness! 值得高興的事!
每天面對亂亂的＂更衣室＂(well, 剛搬進這個房子的時候, 因為主臥房沒有 walk-in closet, 我們把一個小一點的房間改成了我的更衣室) 加＂工作室＂(辭了 Cisco 在家工作後, 為了就近看管孩子, 只好把書房從樓下搬到了這個 “更衣室”)，雖然覺得煩，但也抽不出時間好好整理。今天終於心血來潮，準備把一些心想一定再也穿不下的褲子收起來送人了… 穿上第一件, 嗯, 好像還可以耶! 再試一件吧!…. 咦?! 還是可以… 好! 把最早期上班的褲子拿出來吧! 這可是 “pre-Anders” 的喲!…. 哇! 居然都能穿耶! 太好了, 好像瘦回懷孕前的身材了,...