Off to China

Aiden will be starting kindergarten this August. Before school we planned a trip to China and it was first time for both kids back to China. We had one hour flight from Indy to Chicago followed by nearly 4 hours wait and another 12 hours flight from Chicago to Beijing. Kids did really well on the long flights. Mia took two naps with about 7 hours total. Aiden took one nap close to 6 hours. While they were awake, they were occupied with movies offered by airlines, games on iPad and some drawing activities. There was no melt down which was a big relief for Mommy since Mommy took both kids alone as Daddy can only join us a week later. Upon arrival, grandparents Li werer waiting for us in Beijing airport and kids were very excited to see them.

Having Breakfast in Indy airport

Coloring on the plane to China

Bundle up in the airplane (Chilly)

Got snack from grandparents Li

Arrived in Beijing Airport

Memorial Day Weekend at Zoo

The weather couldn't have been better for the holiday weekend. We took kids to zoo on Sunday morning as the zoo welcomed some new friends - orangutan s. Kids like to watch them swing, climb and one of them got quite close to Mia's face and she freaked out and immediately stepped back. We also caught the fantastic dog show. Mia really liked the show and clapped when the crowds did.

Entrance to orangutan

Big orangutan

Watching orangutan through glass

Bouncing bridge

YeeHaw

Penny horse riding is kid's favorite thing to do while one of us is doing check out, especially Mia. Lately she loves to wear Aiden's buckeye hat.



give my hat back



Hand Made Mother's Day Card

Aiden brought home a hand made happy Mother's Day card. He did his own painting and writing. There is also framed picture of him. It was one of the best Mother's Day gift.

LOL

Not sure where that comes from

Mommy is very moved by this

Mommy's sweet little boy!

Horse Painting

Aiden's daycare has farm and farm animals theme this week. Aiden also partnered with another boy to be teachers on Tuesday. He went through the baby farm animal book during circle time. It was a great opportunity for him to  build leadership. He also drew a horse based on a real horse picture.

Egg Hunting in Our Yard

We didn't make it to some public egg hunting this year due to the conflict with soccer. So we had kids hunt the Easter eggs in our yard on Easter afternoon since the weather was so nice. The kids had so much fun looking for eggs. Even Mia got he idea that she should hunt the eggs first rather than eating what is inside first. We did have to ask Aiden to take a little break so that Mia can catch up. They ended up similar amount of eggs. And of course we ended up with sugar high kids.

There is one blue egg

More eggs

Happy egg hunting

taking a break and enjoy some sweets

posing for pictures

speeding up

sharing eggs

enjoy our complishment

Easter Bunny at Soccer

Easter bunny was waiting for us on Saturday morning at soccer practice. Aiden is still not quite sure about hugging big bunny. Mia did give a hug and high five. But we did have time to get picture. When mommy finally too her back again for picture. She wasn't too sure about it either. She first ran away then came back  and gave the bunny a high five. But she surely kept distance from the bunny this time.

I better run, that bunny is scary

Maybe not that scary, thinking about high five?

Climb, climb

Kids went to he holiday park on Friday evening and did a lot of climbing. Great way to shed some winter "fat".

Happy Climbing

Knee climbing

Mia's First Happy Visit to Dentist

Aiden, Mia and Mommy had their dentist visits altogether today. This is Mia's first time. Aiden has been doing pretty good and he can finish his whole session without mommy there. Mommy was a little concerned with Mia not sure if she would stay with the hygienist without mommy. But she did so well. She liked to sit on the dental chair which goes up and  down and tilt front and backwards. She let the dentist look over her teeth and count them. The hygienist also took picture of her for her file with bib and gloves on. Both of them got some stickers, toys and balloon which made their day.

All ready to go even with gloves. :)

Back to Zoo and Garden

It has been 4 months since we were at zoo for Christmas light. This Sunday the weather feels like a real spring and we headed to zoo after swimming class. Aiden said it is going to be a lot of fun. Even though not all animals are out but the kids did get a very CLOSE look of tiger. In fact it was just a piece of glass apart, Mia was quite scared of seeing big tiger that close. After zoo, we took a stroll in the garden and watched butterfly.

In the butterfly house

Chasing butterfly

"Feeling" spring

Just happy to be outside

Happy April 1st Fool's Day

Warm weather brings smile to kids' face.