Getting ready for Christmas

This was the first year that Ethan helped select and decorate the tree. As you can see, Ethan has his Spider-Man ornament too. Christmas just wouldn't be the same without a Spider-Man ornament, right? Zoe and John even did a little decorating. Suprisingly, Zoe didn't really mess with the decorations. She didn't really even try to open the presents either.

Each year, another tradition is to decorate a gingerbread house. We've done one since Ethan was born and both of the kids had a lot of fun doing it this year.

As you can see, Zoe is showing off her new smile. She has creatively come up with several new smiles in the past few weeks. She used to just squint her eyes and smile but now she does stuff with her nose too. I'll post those pictures later.

Ethan's holday program

Last night, Ethan had his annual holiday program at school. Last year he was an elf and this year he was a reindeer. He sang all the songs and knew all the words. He even did the dances that the teachers had taught them. It was adorable. He sang:

We wish you a Merry Christmas

Must be Santa

Jingle Bells

Rodulph the Red Nosed Reindeer

Here are a few pictures and a couple videos for the folks who could not make it to the performance.

Ethan's buddy Anjali was a goose.

November 2007

Hi again! Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. Here are some recent pictures of the holiday weekend. None of the guys really wanted to take pictures - oh well! We had fun though - we ate a ton of food and played board games and the Nintendo Wii.























We also went to Christmas in the park with Mai-An and Christine. Christine and I grew up together - you may have seen some of her pictures posted here. And Mai-An and Zoe were born just a few apart so it has been neat to see them grow up together.



























Here are a few more pictures of Zoe and Ethan and a short video of the kids dancing. As most of you probably know, I love to dance so its fun to see the kids enjoying one of my favorite things!

All grown up

Over the past weekend, we found this really cool software that can show you how you'll look 20 years later. It was so cool. You put in a current picture and then answer some questions, like - how old you are in the picture and DOB etc. You also have to describe some of your eating habits, sleep habits, exercise regime, and also answer some questions about heredity. After going thru a 20 minute Q&A session, it spits out a picture which shows you how you'll look in 20 years. Its amazing! We did one for Ethan and one for Zoe. Both pictures were so realistic. I think the most astonishing was Zoe's picture. Most people already think she looks like John, but after these results, I'm definitely convinced - they are practically twins! Even Ethan's picture, looks a lot less like me and so much more like John. Check it out:
































Hahahaha - Gotcha!

Halloween 2007

Halloween was fun. A little spooky and a little cooky! Check out the pumpkins we carved. Ethan helped mommy clean out the pumpkins. Daddy did all of the pumpkin carving!

Ta Da!!!! You can tell we got tired of carving because we only carved two of the three pumkins!

Batman pumpkin

Spider pumpkin

Most people weren't surprised to find out that Ethan was going to be Spiderman for Halloween. He was so excited to try on his costume. He has waited weeks - we bought the costume early so he has been admiring since we bought it.

Here he is still Peter Parker...

Now he is SPIDERMAN!

Spiderman and Wonderwoman...are they the new dynamic duo?

Even Zoe enjoyed getting dressed up. Once she saw her Kuya in her costume, she was excited to be ... Wonderwoman!


Trick or Treat!

Zoe and Grandpa trying to get in on that candy!

Isabelle and Ethan hoping to get lots of candy...

Grandma Del's birthday

We celebrated Grandma Del's birthday (my mom) on Sunday, Oct 28 at PF Chang's for lunch. The food was delicious (evidenced by the picture of Zoe licking her plate clean below). Most of us were feeling sick that day but we had a lot of fun watching the kids act silly (see Ethan's picture with Kix cereal in his nose, and John's goofy picture face).

See the Kix in his nostril? What a crazy kid! I wonder who he gets that from..me or John?

Can you tell Zoe liked the food too?

first Earthquake for the kids

Although California is known for their earthquakes, luckily, we don't have them often. In fact, last night, Zoe and Ethan felt their very first Earthquake. It was measured at a magnitude 5.6 and struck at 8:04PM and was felt for about almost a minute widely throughout Northern California, rattling homes and nerves. It was centered in the South Bay about 5 miles northeast of Alum Rock in San Jose. There was moderate damage reported in the Bay Area but no injuries. John and I were at the Warrior game and the kids were at home with Grandma Del. Zoe didn't really notice. Ethan was a little scared and started to cry. But after the shaking was finished, he was back to his happy self! A few things flew off the shelves but nothing broke at our house.

On other news, Zoe was sick last week. After having a high fever for several days, I took her to the doctor. It turned out to be pneumonia! She was given antibiotics which she is still taking now. Her asthma was acting up as well. Last Thursday, she kept vomiting and was having a really hard time breathing. Her whole chest was moving and her nostrils were flaring as she tried to breathe so John took her to the ER to make sure she was ok. She was given oxygen and a shot with the antibiotics (since she kept throwing the medicine up). She is doing much better now. In fact, she is dressed up as Wonder woman today at school for Halloween. I'll post some pictures tomorrow - so check it out!