Winter Is Here

Ready for another fun winter in Tahoe!

Little Brother Love

Mini is in a thankful mood these days.  Mostly due to school and their lessons about thankfulness and appreciation centered around Thanksgiving.

Mini wrote the top letter to Grande.  The other two are her "cards".  It's amusing to see her spelling and watch it develop.  She catches on quick, especially when you spell it for her.  She'll remember the combination or sounds the next time.

Conservatory of Flowers

Today was a mommy and son outing to see the Garden Railway exhibit at the SF Conservatory of Flowers.  Grande likes his trains and really wanted to touch the model trains.  He didn't care much for the flowers and plants on display.

It was nice because I've been living here for 20 years and this is my first visit to the Conservatory of Flowers.  Something I got to share with the little one, his first visit too.

Smooth Operator??

Someone is making moves :)

Grande has a girl buddy at preschool.  I've caught him hugging her and playing with "Mei Mei", but I've also seen him screaming into her face.  But all in good fun, she was laughing.

Looks like he's feeling extra friendly in these photos.

Makeover Gone Wrong

Mini is much nicer to Grande these days.  Today, she was in the mood to give him a makeover/face painting treatment complete with mani/pedi.  Grande, of course, loves the attention and lets it happen.

Mini said she turned him into a scary, spooky skeleton.

Ga-Ga

Ever since Grande started talking (about 3 months ago), he would call Mini Ga-Ga. At first, we didn't know what he meant but we soon realized that he couldn't say her name and this was his interpretation of it. His ability to repeat words has improved in the last few weeks so he has been picking up both English and Chinese words quickly. Don't tell Mini but he actually said her name this weekend when repeating after me. However, he still calls her Ga-Ga (which she hates). Mini measured today at 42" -- she can finally ride more rides at Disneyland! She had been stuck at 41" for the last 6 months or so. Grande also grew to 35.5" -- just another half inch to be able to ride some rides by himself!