On Saturday, before returning to San Jose, we stopped at Kaiya’s birthday party.

She showed me her crib and her buddies

Po Po, baby Theo and Nat

Gathering to sing Happy Birthday

mmmm…. this cupcake is good!

Last night while we were getting ready to brush our teeth, I asked Natalie if I could touch her wiggly tooth. It was very loose. I told her to try pulling on it because it was ready to come out, but she was too scared. While I was getting her toothbrush ready, she suddenly shouts, “My tooth came out!” I guess she decided to try pulling on it and it came out.

Overnight, the toothfairy came and left her two 50 cent coins. She was excited to find them in her toothfairy pillow this morning. She was also excited to get to school to tell her friend Morgan who also has 2 missing teeth in the same place.

Natalie: One time I heard a dog say something to another dog.

On Sunday, we went over to Grandma’s house and hung out with David’s side of the family.

Natalie showing off the lobster that Uncle Tommy won at the Chinese New Year street fair.

Playing Chinese New Year dice games

Feasting on crawfish and cajun shrimp from Boiling Crab. Why is Uncle Tommy so grumpy? (Because he lost all his $$ in the dice game)

New year’s eve celebration at Gong Gong’s house. Everyone came over for dinner. We ate, we gambled, we played boardgames. Red packets were everywhere and the kids had fun running around the house.

Feast

Hanging around after dinner. Everyone was too full to move.

Cousins

Playing boardgames. Uncle Alan and Auntie Irene brought over a new boardgame called ‘Settlers’.