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The girls were all dressed up for the Chinese New Year celebration at school. Emersyn wore a traditional Yunnan skirt. We purchased this skirt on our trip to Lijiang in 2009. Eleri had one, but she has long since outgrown it. Eleri is wearing her Chinese New Year costume from a […]
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This year for the first time, the 3rd and 4th graders did a group project for Economics. The children were assigned to groups to create a business group. Each group had to design a project to make and sell. The group presented their project to the “bankers” to receive a loan. After securing the […]
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One of the projects over this break was cleaning the attic. Jim and I swept through the attic to get rid of everything that was no longer needed. The train was pulled out to give to Dylan, Giselle’s son, but Eleri wasn’t ready to give it away…yet. I said she could keep the train […]
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Mimi and Papa treated Jim and the girls to a performance of “A Christmas Carol” in San Jose. They enjoyed a lovely lunch at Jonny Rockets downtown. The plan was to walk through Christmas in the Park before the performance. It has been awhile since the last time we took […]
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The girls LOVE to make Gingerbread houses with Aunt Nancy. I asked Emersyn what was her favorite Christmas tradition – her quick response was Gingerbread houses with Nancy. Nancy makes the houses from scratch. She sets out all the different bowls of candy to enjoy for making and eating! I eat the hot-tomales, […]
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The Lion King was playing in San Francisco. I was thinking we did not need to go to the performance as we have seen it many times. Well, not many times in Eleri’s life as she doesn’t remember seeing it except at HK Disneyland. The Lion King was Emersyn first performance at the age […]
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Every year, Terri and Andy take the girls to see the Nutcracker. A nice dinner in the city before the performance to make the night extra special. The girls always look forward to their night in the City to see the Nutcracker. Grandma generally goes with them to enjoy the tradition. The […]
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On Monday, we went to see Santa. The local children were still in school so we knew we could see Santa with no lines. This year for the first time, the Mall had a fun set-up for waiting in line. We took a few fun photos of the giant ornaments while we waited for […]
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The girls and I flew home for the holidays a week ahead of Jim. We had doctor appointments to get through the first week since many doctors are closed between Christmas and New Years. Sunday was a rainy day so we skipped the farmer’s market for tree trimming. No Jim meant I had to […]
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Eleri wanted to get bangs. I like the look of no bangs, but it is Eleri’s hair. I was a bit concern as she has funny waves in her hair, but it is hair and it grows back. First, Lee, the stylist, gave her side bangs. Those bangs that hang just below the eyes […] |