I took Tyler in to get allergy tested again today. We wanted to check if his peanut allergy has gone away and test for airborne allergies because he’s had red eyes lately. They did a skin test on his back. He complained that it itched and hurt but overall did a good job during the tests. His peanut allergy is still there and went up since we last tested. The doctor thought that was wierd so we’re going back for a blood test. He also tested positive for allergies to trees, weed, and grass! Oh great.

After we got home from school today, the kids had a snack and I went to my room to do some more work. It was surprisingly quiet so I went into the kitchen to see what they were doing. I found them focused on writing and drawing. They had decided to make books. I overheard Tyler tell his sister his book was about “Me and Mom.”

While they were working I heard Natalie offer words of encouragement when Tyler made a mistake and also give him pointers on adding pictures.

It was a rare productive and peaceful evening!

This afternoon I got a call from school from the office admin telling me that Tyler had an accident at school. He fell and scraped his knee and chin and busted his lip from running and falling. They asked me to come pick him up.

After we got home, he watched TV and was totally fine.

Today was the first day of school. Summer went by too fast! At least for me it did. Natalie and Tyler were excited to start school today. They both really like their teachers, especially Natalie. She’s really excited about her teacher and says she’s super nice!

We ran into Ms. Lee and said Hello!

Nat ran into her BFF too

Last night I made a deal with the kids. If they did a good job waking up this morning without complaints I would take them to Baskin Robbins. Needless to say, this morning was very smooth!

We went down to LA to celebrate Ah Mahs 100th Birthday. The family threw her a big birthday party at Golden Coast Buffet and almost 200 guests attended! Everyone dressed up in traditional Burmese outfits. PoPo even made outfits for the girls. Happy 100th Birthday Ah Mah!

We took advantage of our annual pass and went to Universal Studios for half a day while in LA for a quick weekend trip. It was so hot!!

We got the kids to take pictures with these statue guys. The one next to Tyler was a real guy and Tyler didn’t know. When they sat down, the guy started to move, but Tyler was too focused on smiling for the camera and didn’t notice. His sister tried nudging him so he would see, but he didn’t. See video below.

PoPo and Gong Gong came to stay with us last week to watch the kids during their last week of summer vacation. PoPo went swimming with the kids. Natalie and Tyler poked fun at her and her swimsuit “haha old lady swimsuit!”, but they had fun swimming with her.

She taught them to stretch before swimming

We went bowling this evening, this time the whole gang came. We got a deal from Groupon and needed to use them soon cause they were expiring. Natalie and Tyler love bowling and they were super excited that everyone else was coming too.

After bowling we went to eat a late dinner at Cooking Papa. Natalie enjoyed a hong kong style tea with dad.

This afternoon we fa la la’d and hung around the house watching the Olympics. Natalie and Wileen were playing Draw Something with each other. It’s a sign of the times.

In the evenings after dinner I try to get the kids to take walks with me. The other day I asked Tyler to take a walk with me. At first he said ‘No’ cause he was playing but for some reason he changed his mind. He came to my room and said, “ok, let’s go.” I was working on my laptop and asked him to wait a minute. He then said to me “now or never!”