Zoe turns three years old!

Zoe turned three this past Sept! We celebrated all week. But here are some pictures from her party at Chuck E Cheese with 16 of her closest friends. Since Zoe loves Dora - we decided to have a Dora themed party.

After Chuck E Cheese, we invited the family to come over for food and so Zoe can open up her presents. Since we just did this for Ethan (about a month before) Zoe was so excited for it to be her turn. Instead of cake, we had ice cream sundaes which everyone enjoyed.

One of the gifts Zoe got for her birthday was a Snow White scooter. She also got a new Barbie helmet and knee pads. She is trying it out below:

Summer 2009

SOOOO much has been happening ... the summer flew by so quickly. Over the summer, we were busy...we moved into a new house, we went to Chicago for my brother, James and Annie's wedding, then went to Chicago for my brother, Jason and Samantha's wedding. Ethan turned 5 years old, graduated from preschool and started kindergaren at a new school. Zoe started potty training and moved from her toddler class to preschool. She still loves to sing, learned this new song and we just cant get enough..so cute!

Here are a couple pictures and video from the summer:

James and Annie's wedding

Handsome ring bearer

Beautiful flower girl

Jason and Sam's wedding:



Preschool graduation:

Ethan's 5th birthday:

First day of Kindergarten:

Zoe's song:

"You think I'm marvelous, you think I'm beautiful and magical and filled with curiousity like dreams"

Mother's Day 2009

Wow, I cannot believe it has been so long since I've posted on my blog! We've been insanely busy that time has flown by.

On Sunday, John took us to the Fairmont Hotel for Mother's Day brunch. They had so much good food-the kids even enjoyed it. They had set up a mini-buffet on shorter tables for the kiddies so the kids could get their own food. They also had a dessert table which included a cookie decoration area.

For dinner - we went over to John's parents' house and celebrated with all of John's siblings. It was the first time in a while that all 7 kids were there to celebrate Mother's day with their mom.

Chicago visit part 2

At Dad's surprise party!! I only had a few pictures on my camera - we took a lot more pictures with my Dad's camera but this is all I have right now. I will post more later.

A couple Titas including Tita Maida, Tita Aida and Tita Delly

Allan and John

Zoe and her Ninong James

Ethan, busy as usual:

Allan and Michael (cousins) with Tita Ofe, Zoe, myself, Tim and Elaine


Some of my cousins: Maricar, Kris, Elaine, Abby (and myself)

Me with my two brothers:

At the Science and Industry Museum:

Zoe's Holiday Program

This was Zoe's first holiday program. The song I am showing here isn't very Christmas-y but it is super cute. After this song, her class continued to perform Christmas songs.

Check it out. My baby is a star!!!

Here is a clip of Zoe in action:

Chicago visit

We went to Chicago to celebrate my Dad's 60th birthday. He had no idea we were coming so it was a lot of fun to surprise him! We even threw him a Big Surprise party which was yet another suprise for him! I'll post some of those pictures soon.

At the Legoland Discovery Center:





At the Chicago Children's Museum:

Playing in the snow:

Our new friend:

Ethan- sledding down the hill: