discovering her belly button

discovering her belly button

strawberry farm revisited

on papa's shoulder

Ming Ming filled her truck with strawberries...

beautiful cherries...

peaches...

Papa is back

Ming Ming's toys - from another yard sale...

Popo's toy - a sewing machine
Papa is back! He skipped his saturday class to come home one day earlier to see Ming Ming.

ladybug, butterfly, bee and dragonfly

our little plants...



Ming Ming playing with the cups...

Between ladybug, butterfly, bee and dragonfly...

Ming Ming saying "No" in Fujian dialect

in toys'R'us... looking for a carseat and a walker..

at the pool ...

at Ming Ming's farm house...

Ming Ming sharing Cheerios with popo... she was being so generous because she got a lot in her new snack cup...

Ming Ming saying "no" in Fujian dialect and smeeling my foot...

rainy day - reading, TV watching, and trying to walk

Park

Today she is alone on the table. Sometimes other kids would come and play having a meeting or ordering dinner in a restaurant with her. Ming Ming loves playing with other kids. Often I feel bad for not being able to put her in contact with other babies more often.

Looking at other children play... she is often the only one in the park who cannot walk yet, and so she looks at other children running and chasing each other with envy...

Already, she does not want to leave the park, and often it is a struggle to put her down in her stroller. A few Cheeriors would do the trick. It is funny to see how she holds (very tightly) her cheeriors in one hand and tries to get them out with the other hand.

Climbing stairs

Apparently climbing up the stairs is one of the best adventures the world can offer...

today on the way back from the park, I took Ming Ming out of the stroller and let her climb up the stairs, while I carried the stroller and followed her.

happy playing... have no idea where she learnt that style of dancing...

Chinese buffet

Specially for Papa who is in Germany for the whole week --

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with love, Ming Ming misses you!

She looks like such a big girl!

Ming Ming has eaten a lot of fish and rice. She tried a piece of sushi with seaweed and avocado too.

Ming Ming and her new toys

We went to some yard sales yesterday and got Ming Ming a lot of toys, seriouesly, we got 8 sets of used toys. They are used, but you cannot beat the price (all for $24). My mum cleaned them up and they are like new. A great bargain! Ming Ming is happy!

the pool is open!

strawberry picking / 採草莓

Finally we got to the Chiles Peach Orchard for strawberry picking. I have been thinking about it for a while but it was hard to plan around Antoine's day off. Finally I decided to drive on my own, this is the longest trip that I have ever made (45 mins). I was lucky! On the way back I made a fatal error, the woman driver on the opposite lane shown me her middle finger. Anyway, it was a great outing. Freedom comes with responsibility and burden, but freedom is still freedom.

Ming Ming in strawberry field...

Ming Ming does not like eating strawberries that much, actually it is the first time that she tried it (babies aren't supposed to have berries before one year old). But she loves sinking her fingers into it and squeezing the juice out. She come out of the strawberry field with her shirt and pants colored with strawberry spill, everyone knows that the baby has stolen/eaten some berries in the field.

滿載而歸....

trying strawberry milkshake... love it!

she knows how to sip from a straw already...