Many folks wonder how Solar can nap from 1pm till 5:30pm in a typical weekend afternoon, please just look at the amount of reading that he goes through to help himself sleep...
Need to make Chrissy picks up a good reading habit too as she rarely naps more than 2 hours.
We had dim sum lunch with Andrew, Vera, Nathan, Vincent, Joyce, and Windus in the Cultural Plaza at a place called Fook Lam or 福臨門. The place was a bit crowded but we had quite a good time there. Alexander probably consumed at least four 蛋撻's and Mui Mui had at least two. Together they devoured 2 orders. Everyone got to see Mui Mui vacuuming-style eating. When we got home afterwards, it didn't require a lot of convincing for us to fall asleep as we're quite tired. Boy Boy did sleep till 5:20pm and Mui Mui turned in a couple of hours of shut-eyes as well.
Before I forgot, the following crime-scene photo was meant to be put up last week. It occurred two Sundays ago....
It's almost funny to see Christine cheering her big brother on! As you can see, Alexander has already figured out a way to pull the mattress out of the frame. My real worry is Mui Mui. She witnessed first hand what happened and can you imagine the day when she will have her own toddler bed?
Aloha 姑媽 & 姑姐s,
Guess who they are? I'll give you a hint. The 4-months young on the left looks very much like his own uncle when he was a kid (that 叔仔排行第四). Yes, the LauZ sibblings are related to the father of these two good-looking kids.
(Please put your guess onto the Comments (see the link on the bottom right of this entry?) and remember, use only your first name or first initial and no lastname nor email needed)
(Kids' dad, thanks again for letting us see the pic. Send up more when you have a chance, ok?)
This image shows that Alexander is definitely not claustrophobic. Out of boredom, he tried to get back into his old carseat but, aarhem, got stuck in it. "Help me please, da da! Help! Da Da 幫您!" 
After lunch I took them upstairs to nap. Sure enough I stayed in there for about an hour to get a little rest myself. What happened after I got up? See for yourself
See the pillow on the floor with a green case? See the mattress out of the bed leaning against the wall on the left? See the empy toddler bed frame? See the stuffed hippo getting stuck under the toddler bed? See the mess in the crib? By the way, there was one more pillow lying somewhere outside to the right side of the frame... ALL new chaotic-style design arranged by none other than Alexander himself. Mui Mui was confined in the crib during the whole, although she probably was not totally innocent. They had plenty bonding time earlier this afternoon, I could hear it from downstairs. On the positive side, they fell asleep in less than 10 minutes after lights off tonight.
Boy Boy seems to have recovered quite a bit and most likely will go to school tomorrow morning. I will check on Chrissie tomorrow morning and make a determination then.
....or more like Alex in da shelf
A strong cold front hit Hawaii on last Thursday right after Gung Gung had left town. Both Boy Boy and Mui Mui got quite a bit of a cold as a result. We've been administering the nebulizer to Alexander since last Friday and Mui Mui has had her a couple of doses since yesterday. We are almost running out and a quick call to the Longs Drugs will resupply us later this afternoon.
Today, naturally nobody is going to school and so da da of course has to stay with them. Well, let's see if there is anything wrong with this image:
He's wearing a new robe that I named it 楚留香 because the way it flows when Alexander runs around reminds me of certain old tv shows fron Hong Kong. Ok, let's see another shot taken about 10 seconds before the above:
Yep! I now have indisputable evidence that he could make quite a mess despite what his dearest mommy believes. Look at the bottom of the photo, look how he cleared out everything on the open shelves and just dumped them onto the floor.
Happy Birthday Grandpa!
Today happens to be Gung Gung's 68th birtday. I let the kids have some snacks and TV at the same time on a small kiddie stool. Boy Boy was trying to be a sweet brother and fed Christine some Cheerios. Ma Ma may not be too happy to see this as they shouldn't be sharing food. Oh well, both of them have already caught the germs...
A massive cold front is coming through the islands. Temperatures dipped to mid 60's (a big deal in Hawaii) last night. We have the kids staying in our room just to stay warm (enought) together. Depsite having the windows and bedroom door closed, Solar got sick. Low-grade fever, but he is having asthma-like attack again...
Look at the 3 generations enjoying some nice Japanese food.
Look who had the most fun with Gung Gung's bday cake. 68 years old!
We had Dim Sum with some of the Won's family at the Royal Garden earlier. Alexander again ate 2 char siu bao's and 3 custard tards. Christine demonstrated her food-vacuuming techniques again with no help from anyone. Thank you Lord for blessing us with the Won's family! Amen!
May I have some more "min min (sphagetti)" please, mama?
However, mom was talking to gung gung on the phone. Christine didn't nap earlier in the afternoon. Hence, she just pased out when her mommy stopped refilling her plate with min min.
I hope you can see improvements here as Christine finally learned to use a hand to assist in assimilating the food on her plate - vaccuming style.
Trying to get "mui mui" to post with gung gung in our new 'O Chaya series of images. She wouldn't cooperate and insisted on walking around and exploring on her own. Gung Gung has some stylish new spectacles on.
On the other hand, Boy Boy almost always cooperates with gung gung in front of the camera nowadays.
This one taken about 10 months ago in 2005 March. Look at Boy Boy's hair!
Ma Ma shocked at what she saw - Mui Mui chowing down a snow crab leg!
2003 - Preferred lying down than running around
2004 - First bite of a nice piece of char siu
2005 - looking a bit "helpless"
2005 - Sharing the spotlight with the new baby...
(All images taken in January)
See the crib in the background? 5 minutes prior to this shot, mui mui was screaming in the crib demanding to get out right after waking from an afternoon nap. Da Da took her out, Ma Ma finished up phone call with Poh Poh in HK, then went up to see if Solar was ok. Ma Ma went back downstairs, took the camera, inserted a battery, and took this shot.
I guess Alexander really needed to sleep.
More background:
This is a shot of Solar sleeping in his daddy's spot. A couple of weeks ago, the weather turned chilly and the kids began to have some slightly wheezing problems. We decided to move the kids into our bedroom just to keep them warm during the night. The light-wooden colored crib belongs to Christine. The white-painted toddler bed came from the kid's own room across the hall.
Thanks to uncle Paul and DLau 姑姑 for all those stuffed animals in the foreground. Nemo, Bruce, and Dori.
Just as I pressed the shutter, Alexander playfully hid behind his buddy Hinson to create this very neat portrait of the two of them.
It was great eating out with Peter, Mabel, and the handsome Hinson. Alexander really loves playing with him.
About 30 seconds ago, the two of them were just about getting ready to pose...
First attempt on the Japanese style sukiyaki-looking hot pot. Of course, no real burner was put on the table because the kids were just too young. Anyway, we have some Korean pork, brocolli, dried scallops, different types of mushrooms, tofu, cabbage, long rice, squid balls, etc... (You're looking at the pot sitting on top of the stove for last minute warm-up before going out to the dinner table)
It was a pretty cold night. We let the kids all camped out in our room, just to keep them warm...
Oh no, I want eat but I don't want mommy to feed me. How do I eat 'tis custard tart 'ting?
Let me see...
Dive! Dive! Dive! Dive straight in! Then, Bite Bite Bite!
Edit: I just realized that perhaps she's mimmicking the vacuum cleaner. She did see me vacuuming the carpet not too long ago.
Left to right: Joyce, Stephen, Peter, Clarence, & Wendy
Stephen and Joyce brought their kids to Hawaii during their Christmas break. We had dinner at a Yakiniku place because the kids would love to BBQ their food. However, the place was so packed that we ended up without a grill. Oh well, hopefully next time...
