On Saturday, we took the kids to see Ratatouille. They liked the movie but got really fidgety in the last 20 minutes. It was a whopping 1hr 50min long, and I think some of the antagonistic plots and feelings were a little more difficult to understand for them. At least they had lots […]

Julia and I went to pick Emily up at her dorm on Friday to take her to SFO. We moved out all the blankets/pillow/fan/lamp/etc. that was borrowed from my home to the car while she finished packing the rest of her stuff. She had post-its in an array of bright colors covering most of […]

Nicholas and Wesley just finished week 2 of the session and I can already see progress in both. Wow, what a difference these twice a week lessons make. When I picked up Wesley from school today, he kept asking me when we are going to get to swim class because he loves swimming. […]

Julia and I were both down in Southern California to visit with my parents so we met up with Lisa and my nieces at Disneyland in the afternoon. Since we had season passes, we went over to the California Adventure side for a bit before Lisa’s husband dropped her and the kids off at Downtown […]

The struggles and triumphs.
I enrolled the kids in a 4-week Monday/Wednesday swim class for the summer, and for this session Nicholas’ teacher is Mr. Tommy. Nicholas seems to be pretty flexible with teachers now so the change every session doesn’t seem to bother him much.
Wesley for this session has 2 teachers (Miss Chelsea and Miss […]

Since my cousin was only going to be at Stanford for another few weeks, we decided that this would be the perfect weekend to take her out. The students were barred from leaving campus with other guardians the past 2 weekends so for this weekend, we decided to take her up to SF. […]

Kyle just turned 7 year old, and he celebrated the occasion with a swashbuckling adventure put together by his fantastic team of dream builders. I call them that because from his invitation to all the party props and costumes, this team (made up of mom/dad/aunt/cousin) does it all. Their creativity in party planning […]

We had lots of fun with the Cheung family this week. Here are some of the highlights:

The Kids - It’s great seeing Matthew and Kimberly again and to see how much they have grown and matured. When the kids play together, it’s as if they’ve never been apart. Matthew is such a great kid […]