Spring Break-Trip to L.A.

We had this past week off for Spring Break so we decided to surprise Jason's family and take a trip down to visit. We left on Tuesday and had a very very smooth ride down. The girls were as good as gold. Couldn't have asked for a better trip. We stayed until Friday afternoon.



One day we met up with cousin Jen and Kiyomi and took a trip to Griffith Park. On the way there I got sick (and of course it was when I was driving) and had to throw up. Poor little Emi's beloved princess backpack given to her by her sitter "A yi" 阿姨 was the only suitable container and not only ended up with LOTS of puke (all of lunch and then some) but had to be left on the side of the freeway.



I pulled over to the right but wasn't able to make it all the way to the far right shoulder so I ended up in that middle area where there is the slow lane and then cars that are entering the freeway. And there was hardly any room to open the door without getting decapitated so there I was trying to puke with my door open as little as possible and Jason yelling at me to pull off the exit. (No way that was happening!!!) Then poor Emi was traumatized about her backpack being left on the side of the road. She is still commenting and asking about it. Luckily she blames daddy saying "baba you na de" 爸 爸有 拿 的!!!



So once we got to the park (after taking the wrong freeway) we rode horses and ponies(two times each), took a train ride, had fun running around picking up branches and debris from fallen trees and having some fun treats. We had to wait for the wind to settle down so we could ride the train but we had a fun time!!!



Emi rode one time with Kaida on the ponies that are hooked up to a walker and then once all by HERSELF on a pony around a track. She thought she was hot stuff. The guy where Kaida was riding let her ride for a SUPER LONG time. She was the only one on and was having a ball. She sat all by herself and would rock back and forth trying to get them to go faster(actually who knows why!!)

As for the snacks, we got a SpongeBob ice cream and some popcorn. Emi really liked her "Bobby" and Kaida of course liked everything.



Kaida got ticked off when it was getting too messy and we had to take it away.










Kaida then settled for popcorn. In one of the pix you will see her really enjoying the popcorn a little later in the day!!!Don't forget to click on the pix to see them better!!















I was searching everywhere for Kaida's ticket to ride while Jason quietly took this picture of the attendant pointing to the ticket in my pocket.

Easter Pix

The girls were not hot on having their pictures taken so many of these photos are me on the run after them!! There is one pix of Kaida asleep with her ears on. On Saturday Emi wore rabbit ears and Kaida had lamb ears. Mind you they don't typically like things on their heads but on Saturday they wore them all day!

Yes its been a year!!

Okay finally I have gotten off my butt and decided to update this thing!! Emi is now 26 months and fully potty trained. She has quite a vocabulary and unless you speak Chinese, you are, well... pretty much screwed! Emi loves her 企鵝 ( qǐ é-meaning penguin) blanket and all things penguin. She also loves to be on the computer and have her dad make her water balloons. (the pic of Emi dressed up is an outfit from Guatemala which was handmade for her by some friends of ours, it is their Indigenous people's native clothing) Kaida is now 15 months old and hysterical. She has over 30 words, yes in Chinese as well. She looks just like daddy! My mom calls her little miss big. She is tiny but mighty! She likes to do EVERYTHING Emi does. She has learned to say no and likes to say it especially when it is appropriate! Jason and I are both staying busy by working 2 jobs and going to school (Jason has a full load and I take one class).