no school is good

Feels good I don't need to go to school today! We played in the backyard before thunderstorm came.

breakfast story

Today's breakfast is special - Keke made the pancake herself (mixing part, not cooking part:) She's so excited about this and said the pancake she made taste better :)

At breakfast table, she was making up stories with her pancake and honeydew, very interesting. She made up this story: "a fish can fly, a bird can swim, fish jumps onto the tree pretending to be the baby bird waiting mommy comes back, baby bird instead went to swim. Then mommy bird came back see a different baby bird, ohh no... " Also, she stuck a fork onto the honeydew and start singing "happy birthday to mommy"; she imaging the umbrella on the patio is the rainbow.

Children's imagination is unlimited. We said go ahead learn how to read and write, soon she can start writing her own story to be put on the shelves in the library and the bookstore. She seems to be really encouraged by the idea, ha-ha…

Interesting family breakfast time.

Keke draw butterfly and bee herself, I helped her write k, y and n.

Again, showing off her art work. Of course, the nice butterfly was done by daddy. Pancake Keke made herself :)

Emma's B-day party

Emma, Kaitlyn's classmate, hosted such a unique birthday today at Storytime Cottage (http://www.thestorybookcottage.com/) today.

As you can see from the pictures, it's a princess tea party (well not totally true – there are two princes attended as well). All girls got to pick their dress when they got there. Kaitlyn is apparently in a purple mood today. She wants everything in purple - purple dress, purple nail, and sparkling powder over face and arms. Of course, princess can't leave without tiara, necklace, bracelet, purse...

Then everyone walked out like fashion show, each took a picture for artwork. After artwork, they had story time. Then it's the real tea party with cupcake served. The last part is opening present, Emma was so excited, and she almost knocked her daddy out couple of times...

It was nice to meet many of Kaitlyn classmates' parents, finally put names to faces:)

Daddy joked that Kaitlyn better enjoyed this party, as she’s not going to have her b-day party at this kind of luxury…

busy weekend

This is such a busy weekend!

Last night, we went to Miller Outdoor Theatre (http://www.milleroutdoortheatre.com) to watch opera "Hansel and Gretel" - such a wonderful show for kids! I briefly explained the story to Kaitlyn before the show, so she knows she’ll be expecting a witch in the performance. But still, right before witch came out, she was little scared, told me "she was tired, want to sleep." - I know she meant she doesn't want to see the witch. I let her sit on my laps for the rest of the show. I was so impressed at how delicate their dresses are and how amazing the stage set ups are. The performance of the witch was the best part of the whole show, I think:) For Kaitlyn, what she remembered the most was the fourteen angels looking over Hansel and Gretel at night in the forest.

Kaitlyn was so looking forward to this show, because she enjoyed so much of last weekend's ballet show "Don Quixote", kept asking when we can watch it again. I'm so glad she could sit through for 2 1/2 hours. Hope there will be more events like this closer to Katy.

This is only day one of the party serial...

more pics

Daddy took her to the new shopping area in Cinco Ranch - La Centerra. There are water fountains in the center of the shopping area, all kids are running around barefoot in between water jets. Kaitlyn was being extra cautious (as always) - a little afraid to get into water, but she apparently enjoyed climbing the rocks and running in circle outside the water fountain.

I'm so busy at work this week, haven't had time to take any new pictures. Here are a few from last weekend. These two pictures are not very clear, but I really love her expression – smile showing happiness from her heart. And if you can read her shirt, it says " I got my good looking from my DAD".

Kaitlyn Lau 劉雅珂: Finally!!

Kaitlyn Lau 劉雅珂: Finally!!

Finally, Keke got little friends like "big daddy" near your home. keke is not that shy,she even gives flowers to him. Keke is more brave now ,riding the bike proudly and freely. Bigger now !!! She dared not ride bike on the road last October when i was there. I love you , Keke.


Grandma

bicycle ride

Weather was so nice yesterday evening after heavy rain in the morning. We took a bicycle ride in our neighborhood after dinner.

You know what, Keke met her good friend from school - "big daddy"! (His real name is Evans, even his mom doesn't know how he gets this nickname from school:)Kaitlyn doesn't know his real name either - when I told her Evans is his real name, she corrected me, say " No, he's big daddy" So funny! Of course we don't know he lives in our neighborhood as well.

We met Evans parents and another neighbor; they have how many kids al together? (Three girls, two boys, and one more coming up?). It's a lot of fun seeing them running around playing together.

It's so cute to see Evans was so excited to see Kaitlyn as well, he kept running back-and-forth telling his parents "This is Kaitlyn! This is Kaitlyn!" Kaitlyn was a little shy, but I can tell she was so surprised as well, and asked to step off bicycle to play with them. She picked up some flowers to give to Evans. But boys, flowers for me? - Let mommy hold it for me, I'm to busy running around :)

So eager to show off her dance

While we waited outside LuYan's meeting room, she found out her skirt can fly high like a butterfly. The ones she made post sitting on the floor letting me take pictures are so cute. Also see the way she danced fast in a circle, like a little ballerina

little artist

While waiting for LuYan's party on Saturday afternoon, we took a break at 宗華's classroom. See how serious she's about drawing, just like a school age girl - drawing is one of her favorite activity:

little shopping girl

Daddy was complaining she needs more clothes for school, so I took her for shopping over the weekend.

We stopped by Gymboree, Children's place and Gap. I don't remember seeing Gymboree in Katy Mills before, we saw that on Sunday, and they have a lot selections, the price is not as expense as I thought. Especially those on-sale items, probably just a couple bucks more than other stores, but much better quality and cuter styles. We both love it. The best thing is Keke would watch cartoon while I was shopping, she then tried out some clothes, and told me whether she likes it or not (erhh...) then she would go back watch more cartoon, or try something else she picked out.

This little girl is so into "being pretty"! She picks her own outfit every morning for school, she decides which color matches, which style is good for which day's mood:) Her favorate color is pink now.

Flowers for mommy - from my sweet little angel