first few steps of the little guy...

Party of five

I am ONE!!! A little party with just us and my best pal.






These are a few of my favourite things that makes me smile or even chuckle out loud!

1. Popping gerber stars into my mouth - two at a time. You'll see me calling and waving for mummy to bring them to me.
2. A car ride, especially when che-che sings a silly song.
3. Exploring on all fours, going to forbidden grounds. I especially like the kitchen and bathroom in our home, and going out the door.
4. Climbing up the sofa. Makes me feel so proud standing up high and looking out of the window.
5. Mr Teddy, my best pal. His little red nose is simply delicious.
6. A good book.
7. Playtime with my favourite people.
8. Rolling on daddy and mummy's big bed.
9. Hearing the piano sound when I bang on it. I can sure clap, shake my head and do a little dance.
10. My big sister when she is nice. Still loves her when she is not so nice.

Feb 14 2010

Birthday party #1:

Birthday party #2, courtesy of Kenneth and Linli and friends...

Happy Lunar New Year!

Checking out the ang pow...

With Ethan...

after the shoveling...

CMU and many other schools in Pittsburgh canceled classes today due to bad weather and traffic condition. We went to get some groceries as another round of snow storm might be coming on Tuesday and Wednesday. (CMU is canceling classes again on Tuesday...)

What we saw on our trip out today:

Classes were canceled, but no kids at the playground:

sledging

We also met up with some friends and went sledging for the first time...

With Felix and Madeleine...

Going back up the slope for another round... the walk up was pretty tiring...

Just the two kiddos.... doing it blind-folded...

so we had to shovel

We didn't manage to go to church, as the car was stuck in the parking lot. We didn't do anything about it the day before, as I thought "somebody" would clear the snow for us, and anyway we didn't have the equipment to get the car out. Apparently, I'm supposed to be that "somebody". Charis kindly offered me her cool-looking orange shovel from her personal tool box to get the job done. That shovel served her well when she was at the beach. After some serious consideration (like for 3 seconds), I decided that it's a better idea to borrow a more professional shovel from the maintenance guy.



So we shoveled. Charis had a fun time helping and playing. Picking up the shovel, memories of Exercise Nutcracker that I had gone thru during NS flashed in my mind. After shoveling for 1.5 hours, I called it a day... the car was still stuck, but less stuck than it was 2 hours ago. Anyway the evening service got canceled, and we decided not to bring Charis to her Sunday choir practice.

a milestone...

the day after...

The snow came pouring. Pouring non-stop overnight, and most of Pittsburgh woke up to many inches of snow. Thankfully, we don't have to shovel snow, and there were not disruption to the power/electricity.

Charis had a nice time outside playing with the snow. We actually wanted to make a trip to the Walmart, but we couldn't find our car...

We did manage to find our friends' car...

The view from our windows...

The snow almost reached the windows of those apartments at the basement.