papa took MM to a drum section

Being Independent!

MM can now go find her own yogurt in the frige, got her spoon, eat the whole cup of yogurt, put the spoon in the sink and the cup in the trash, all on her own. vive independence!

a glass of milky white wine

cheers! MM drinking from a wine glass

she insisted that she wanted a glass of wine... so she got some milky white wine..

chicken bone! 雞骨... 婆婆, 你寄來的冬菇已吃完. 全是明明給吃光的!

Daisy face.. her artwork from school

pretending

using papa's phone and laptop... she was pretending to be talking to Ashley (Julian's mum).

game at dinner table

Being Helpful

Ming Ming at time out. This time she made herself useful by arranging her books.

Ming Ming washing her face! 她很喜歡婆婆給她寄來的小毛巾.

Jennifer's Birthday

this jungle gym was all about elevated, enclosed tunnels. For the frist time, Ming Ming went up with Jennifer and was super excited. The second time she was alone and got trapped, I could not get up (it was too small for me), and she came down feeling a bit scared and did not want to go up again. I guess she was too small for this gym.

the only small thing in the gym, she was happy.

party time

Jennifer blowing out candles...

opening gifts

Ming Ming got a small one too

Here she was playing again because two older girls (11 yr old) took her as a little sister and stick with her the whole time. Thank you Esme and Christy!

With Charlotte and Julian

run into charlotte in the museum, both were super happy to see each other

having lunch with Julian

papa's photo update

old photos from papa's phone, scrambled together...

richmond children's musum, 27 Nov 2010

a cafe restaurant in richmond, 2 Jan 2011

same cafe

downtown mall, 4 Feb 2011

home-made-crepe, 6 Feb 2011

the difference two year makes

november 2008

Feb 2011

computer game

Ming Ming's first computer, a gift from Tonton and Tatie for her 2nd brithday. She starts to really use it now, not just as a prop to show that she goes to work too, but really playing the games!

imitation

she has to have everything papa has: paper, pen, folder, and ... computer!

at home, mis pics

Saturday, papa did not go to Chicago this weekend because of a century blizzard in Chicago. Ming Ming was pretty happy, and so did I, I got such a bad flu that I really needed some help taking care of MM.

Ming Ming singing and doing puzzles

"hello" and "good-bye" song from Music together class

puzzle one

being silly and trying to do a puzzle

discovery museum

Ming Ming and Julian playing with a bigger girl we met there.

大年初一去上學

讓明明穿著新年衣服去上學, 本想給她準備點過年食品帶去學校, 但媽媽這時開始大感冒, 完全力不從心.

祝大家新年快樂!

我們的團年飯...

一個晚上怎麼也拍不了一張正經一點的新年照

媽媽這天開始大傷風.

acrobat before bedtime