Halloween Night

Trick or treat, says the girls.  They were so pumped up to go out this year that they finished dinner by 6:30pm (and that never happens).  The 3 Js were:  yellow angry bird, pink butterfly and green dragon.  Not sure why, but it seems Josh was much happier when he was a devil!

We walked in the neighborhood and visited the small complex a block away.  People were scooping handfuls of treats for them.  Jas' bucket handle broke, cus it was so heavy.  After 45 minutes, we were pooped and went home to light up fireworks.  Poor Josh was so scared of the noise that we had to carry him the entire time.

Didn't get any time during the week to decorate the house so I threw all of the decorations onto the house after I got home from work.  This is what the house looked like.  Not bad for 1.5 hours of decorating.  Can't wait for next year!

14 Months - Josh

Little Josh is now 14 months.  He loves to climb on and into things, especially the laundry baskets.  One of his favorite sitting spots is in Jas' laundry basket, next to the bookshelf, where he reads the musical books.

Taking pics of Josh is getting harder and harder.  We did manage to grab this shot of him when it was pouring outside and we threw Daddy's cap on him.

Future Profession Decision - Josh (video)

Do we have a future doctor in the house?  For each of the kids, after their 1st birthday, we predict what profession they will be in the future.  We do this by offering them a selection of items that represent the different professions:  singer, dentist, engineer, accountant, doctor, chef, gambler and writer.

And guess what?  Little Josh picked being a doctor!  Yay!  So now, we are expecting a doctor, a dentist and an engineer...    (see below posts for Jas and Julia's pickings)

http://leungwong.blogspot.ca/2008/12/is-she-going-to-be-dentist.html

http://leungwong.blogspot.ca/2011/02/julia-1-years-old-video.html

Thanksgiving in Victoria

We went to Victoria for Thanksgiving dinner this year (thanks YJ for cooking everything.)  It was great seeing the family.  The kids loved riding on the ferry and chasing the cats around the house.  Of course, they really enjoyed playing with cousin Kyle, who they don't see often enough.

We stayed at Parkside hotel, a 2 bedroom suite for 1 night.  Wished we could have stayed longer as it was really nice inside, around 1000sq ft. and they had this indoor pond with live gold fish.

The 2 girls were easy to travel with but for Josh, not great.  Because he wasn't used to staying in a weirdo hotel, he woke several times during the night so I ended up carrying him all night long.  Because of this, I don't think we'll be traveling much til Josh is a little older.  Til next year...

Vegas - Last Minute

(High Roller ride at The Linq)

We did it.  We managed to get away on our own without any of the kids.  We went to Vegas for 3 nights. For $250/person including flights and 3 nights hotel at Palms with daily breakfast buffet, how could we resist?  

The week before, both Jas and Jules were sick so we thought the trip was cancelled.  But on Monday night at 11pm, I asked, are we going?  Our flight leaves at 8am in the morning.  The girls SEEMED not sick.  So we decided to take the chance.

The first day we arrived, we ate at the Seafood buffet at Palms.  The crab legs, to die for.  You grab a plate, pile on as many crab legs as you can and ask the guys to steam it for you.  YUM!  I had 3 full plates.  And I also had 3 glasses of wine (included free with buffet).  And dessert, and that was all I could handle.  I collapsed in our hotel room after that.  Rich did better.  He had 3 beers and 3 glasses of wine...

We bought the Powerpass and visited the Voodoo zipline (Rio), National Atomic Testing Museum, Springs Preserve, Sky Zone trampoline, NYNY roller coaster, LV Mini Gran Prix.  It was fun.  On the last day there, we went shopping at the outlets and Mr. Tweet found some great deals and bought a gazillion amount clothes.

In my hand, is a cracked geode busted into tiny pieces.  There are tiny crystals or quart in it.  I wanted to crack in half, but I got crumbled pieces.

It was a terrific trip; if only Tweet didn't get sick on Day 2.  Hopefully we'll be able to have more alone time in the future.

Eating Fun - Video snippets of Josh Learning to Eat (video)

Finally had some time to convert videos of Josh eating in his high chair.  He sure makes alot of funny faces.  I try to capture all the fun times.  It's a short video of about 8 clips combined.  I love it.

Accidental Bonk - Julia

Poor little Muimui bonked her head today.  And she fell on her head yesterday too.  In these pics, she has a bruise/large bump on her right forehead, but not sure if I actually captured it.  

It's really strange lately, she's been tripping over her own feet and falling down on her face alot, for no real reason. Maybe distracted and not watching where she's stepping but if it keeps up, we'll take her to the docs to get assessed.  

Front Teeth - Jas

Poor Jas, one of her front tooth was hanging on a thread in her mouth.  She's been pushing and turning the tooth to help it fall off.  While at school today, her teacher asked to help her with the tooth and just yanked it off.  And Jas said that it didn't even hurt!!!  Yay.  See her smile now.

Mushroom Head - Cruising

Josh is officially cruising around the house, walking along furniture.  We have to watch him constantly so that he doesn't fall on his head (like Jas did).  Actually, he did fall over once already, like a tree.  He fell down on his side, slowly and with a loud bang.  Poor Daidai.

We kept this puffy hat thing that Julia used when she learnt to walk.  So we put it on Josh now, except he's too smart and keeps on yanking it off his head.  Silly boy.  Here's a video of him walking around this square toy thing, no idea what it is called.  Note - kinda boring video...