One day I'll play the flute for you...
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Rain, rain, come another day
Mountain, snow, cloud, rain, our neighborhood, our home, Christmas, in december 2010.
Little Ballerinas
My little ballerinas and I...
They were so excited to put on the pink ballerina dresses, and then they picked out their shoes...
They danced, twirled, sang and played all day.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
My favorite thing...
After the school performance, Kari fell in love with the "Jingle-Bell" song. She'd ask me to play it over and over again for her as she dances and sings along. One day I made chicken soup for the girls. Kayla stood by me with her cute little mouth open, staring at the food, and asking for "肉肉 (meat)". One bite after another, she kept her eyes on the chicken and me. I begged Kari to stop her "Jingle Bell" for a minute and come eat.
As Kari hopped over happily, she declared, "妹妹喜歡 (Mei Mei likes) Jingle Bell!" Kayla, still standing faithfully by my side waiting for her next bite, whispered, "姐姐喜歡肉肉 (kayla likes meat)..."
We brought them to perhaps their first Christmas party this year. Surprisingly it turned out much better than we expected. Kayla was her usual self, cool and composed. Kari roamed around the room and even conversed with a big boy, asking him to "share" his toy car. Briefly we left the house to the car for the diaper change. Kari was displeased, and refused to leave the "party". She said, Mei mei wants to go to the party!" I think she really enjoyed it! She talked about going to "party" for the rest
of the car ride home.
Kayla feeding bread to her little sister Kari...
Santa made it to the party!!! kayla sat on Santa's lap for less than a second, and got her present before she leisurely walked off set. Although Santa was stranger to Kari, the temptation of the gift was too much to resist. She cautiously approached, snatched her gift off his hand, and quickly ran back to Daddy...
Our final surprise was a visit from neighbors singing Christmas Carols! Kayla welcomed them. Kari was a little agitated and began to loudly scold them in her Chinglish.... No idea what she said.
As Kari hopped over happily, she declared, "妹妹喜歡 (Mei Mei likes) Jingle Bell!" Kayla, still standing faithfully by my side waiting for her next bite, whispered, "姐姐喜歡肉肉 (kayla likes meat)..."
We brought them to perhaps their first Christmas party this year. Surprisingly it turned out much better than we expected. Kayla was her usual self, cool and composed. Kari roamed around the room and even conversed with a big boy, asking him to "share" his toy car. Briefly we left the house to the car for the diaper change. Kari was displeased, and refused to leave the "party". She said, Mei mei wants to go to the party!" I think she really enjoyed it! She talked about going to "party" for the rest
of the car ride home.
Kayla feeding bread to her little sister Kari...
Santa made it to the party!!! kayla sat on Santa's lap for less than a second, and got her present before she leisurely walked off set. Although Santa was stranger to Kari, the temptation of the gift was too much to resist. She cautiously approached, snatched her gift off his hand, and quickly ran back to Daddy...
Our final surprise was a visit from neighbors singing Christmas Carols! Kayla welcomed them. Kari was a little agitated and began to loudly scold them in her Chinglish.... No idea what she said.
Friday, December 10, 2010
First Christmas Carol Performance
Oh it was such a successful performance in our books.... No hysterical cries. No jumping off the stage. You should've heard the "Ahh...wooo...awww..." when KK stepped onto the stage. The smallest of the bunch, they were so adorable just standing there!
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