Bright Nights on New Years Eve

In Vancouver, one of the things that is a must-do during winter is to see Bright Nights in Stanley Park.  It's a train ride in the park and the entire area is decorated with lots of lights.  It's kinda expensive ($10/adult and $7 for kids) but all proceeds help the Fire Fighter's Burn victims... I think.  So it's for a good cause.  The kids had a good time.

Guess Who Turned 1? Mommy? No...35! (video)

I was referring to the candle on my bday cake.  If only I was only 1 years old... No, today is the big 3-5!  Ughhhhh.  Didn't want a pic but I guess it's a milestone birthday so we took one.  I love how my girls smile...  they need practice.

Leung Wong Xmas party

 

For the first time, the Leung and Wong family celebrated xmas together. The new house, the new Christmas tree, loving family and tons of food, we had a terrific time.  The Leung family travelled all the way over from Victoria and stayed for a couple of days.  Too bad baby Kyle wasn't feeling well and had to go to bed extra early, so Win and YJ couldn't stay up to party.  But everyone else were in good spirits, chatting and singing.  Thanks for coming over everyone!

 

Xmas Party at Cheryl and John's

John and Cheryl had their annual xmas party at their house.  There was alot of friends, family and KIDS!  So many kids.  For some reason, it felt like there were 2 times more kids this year than last year, but it's because last year, all the kiddies were infants, sleeping in their car seats in the room.  And this year, all the kids are over 1 and running all over the place.  It was a great party.

 

 

Emma's 3rd Birthday party

 

We celebrated Emma's 3rd birthday party today and had a great time at the gym, jumping in bouncy castle and playing with all the toys.  The theme was Dora!  Kiddies loved it, especially the cake.  Jas and Julia ate an entire piece of cake by themselves.  Thanks for having us!

5 Year Shots!

It's been quite some time since Jas had to get her shots done.  The last time was her 18 month old shots!  But tonight, she had to get her 5-year old shots, which she was not happy about.  I didn't tell her about it until the very, very last minute, just before we left the house.

Jas was whining the entire car ride to the clinic, walking to the clinic, even inside the nurses office.  She kept on saying, "no, I don't need shots here (points to her arm)".  I bribed her with candies and sweets.  But then she realized that she's going to get a shot no matter what, she started screaming at the top of her lungs.  WAH!!!!!!!!

The nurse looked at me and asked, should I just give her the shot anyways?  I nodded.  3 seconds later, I told Jas, "it's all done.  Does it hurt?"  Jas looked at her arm and stopped crying immediately.  Then proceeded eating all the candy I gave her.  It's funny how she can stop crying so fast.  

The next set of shots will be in grade 6.  Phewf!

Adyson's 5th Birthday

Today, the kids had a terrific fun time at Adyson's birthday party.  This year, it was at the gymnatics center at UBC.  Wow, it was cool.  We were able to swing on the ropes, swing on the round circle things, jump on the trampoline, rock climbing, parachute games.

Although Jules was too young for it (had to be age 3 or older), she was allowed to join in with parent supervision.  Lucky Mommy and Daddy both wore socks.  Thanks Adyson for inviting us to your party.

Ginger Bread Party

We were invited to a gingerbread party at K's house and there were tons of food and kids there.  The house was packed and kids were playing in every room.  J and J were happy to show off their gingerbread cookies (after eating half the candies off of them of course).  

After the kids ate their share of food, they dashed off to play again.  Somehow, Jules found a dragon tail and sword and proceeded to ROAR (scare) everyone away.  She ran around the house, chasing people out of their seats.  It was a funny sight.  Thanks K for inviting us over.  

Videos - Wrestling and Twinkle Little Star

It's been quite busy the past few weeks so I didn't get a chance to convert any videos.  Here are a couple of videos from October and November.  This first video is J and J doing their usual play fighting.  The young one is usually the starter of the fights!



The second video is Jules singing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with her own lyrics.  She seems to only know a part of the song and keeps on repeating it over and over again.

Jas 5th Birthday Party (video)

We celebrated Jas' 5th birthday today at Creekside Coumunity Center and 50 of her friends (family and kids) came out to play.  The theme was angry birds.  We had cake, cupcakes, balloons and goodie bags, all decorated in angry birds style.  Everyone seemed to have a great time.  It was great seeing everyone.  (click on pics to enlarge photo).

Trina and Emma	Julia
Wrency, Rick, Adyson and Kesler	Cyrus, Alex and Jas
Paul, Noah, Gavin, and Megan	Kaveh and Aroosha

Because Jas' party did not take place on her actual birth date, we celebrated again a few days later and she got another cake!  Another angry bird cake but this time it's ice cream.  As the girls say, I scream for ice cream.  YeYe and MaMa were able to join this time around.  Then Jas ripped open all her presents; wow look at all the gifts!  Thanks everyone!

First Visit - Principal's Office

Whenever I get a phone call, I always look at who the caller is.  I always answer the phone, regardless of who it is though.  Unfortunately, I got my first phone call from kindergarten.  As soon as I heard "I'm Jas' teacher from school", I already knew she got into trouble.

Apparently, Jas threw a huge tantrum at school and wouldn't stop screaming, even when she was put outside the classroom.  After several minutes, she was sent to the principal's office.  Really?  She had to see the principal for discipline?  Eeks.  Do kids age 4/5 still have screaming tantrums?  

What's Inside the Door?

When we bought the house half a year ago, we noticed that the sliding door between the kitchen and the living room did not close properly.  We were told that a child put a book or toy inside the door so the door no longer shut.  Shrug.  OK.  We finally got around to checking out the door (after the kids kept running into it). 

We cut a small hole in the wall and pulled out the junk stuck in the door way and this is what we took out.  Looks like there were 6 books, 2 long foam pieces, CD, car, spider toy...  The kid must have had fun shoving all this stuff inside the door!   Our door is fixed!  Good job Daddy. 

Sleep? Only in the corner please.

Yes, I love to sleep... sideways.  My bed is way too big so I have to squeeze into a corner to be comfortable.  Mommy and Daddy always pulls me out when I am fast asleep so that my legs don't get cramped.  See you in the morning!

Potty Trained Already?

Wow, is the young one already potty trained?  We actually weren't training Jules for the potty yet (waiting until December when we have vacation) but she wanted to go herself.  We've been putting her on the toilet before her bath and sometimes she goes and sometimes not.  But at least she'd sit there for a while with no complaints.

Then tonight, we put her on the toilet and she did a pee and a poop!  YAY!!!  Way to go beebeeboo.  We are so proud of you. 

Halloween 2012

This is our first Halloween at the new house so we decorated the outside of the house with a monster, skull, spiders and web, pumpkins...  The kids loved it.  It's too bad there were only 3 houses on our street that handed out treats so we had to clobber all the treats in the small complex a block away.  A terrific find!  There were about 20 units in the complex and the doors were close together.  After an hour and the kid's bags were full!

When we walked home, the inlaws informed that it's been non-stop people coming to the house.  We actually ran out!  Lucky the kids brought tons home so we handed out some of their treats out.... shhhh, don't tell them!   This year, Jas dressed as a pink butterfly and Jul was a green dragon.