Monthly Archives: May 2009

The big boys helped make a chocolate cake for Christopher’s birthday party.

Christopher’s "fiance" will be leaving Shanghai for the summer, so they had a little going-away pizza party. They’ll really miss each other!

Yumi got these beautiful flowers from Ken on our 7th wedding anniversary. We had a delicious lunch at a French restaurant. They had an unusual foie gras dumpling dish (picture on the right). Their dessert (souffle) was just simply amazing! … Continue reading →

Who’s hiding under the crib?!…Is it….Amelia!! The twins like playing together, but Amelia likes pulling Kevin’s hair and taking Kevin’s toys…  Kevin doesn’t seem to mind…

We took the big boys to the Shanghai aquarium. This was our 3rd trip there, but the boys still loved it! The boys had a lot of fun chasing this friendly penguin as it kept racing across the tank in both … Continue reading →

We were invited to a surprise birthday party lunch for one of our friends.

Christopher and Jeffrey sang some songs with their classmates in English and Chinese in their preschool performance.    Jeffrey got the award for Best Smile, and Christopher got the award for Best Artist! Snack time! The boys kept on eating for … Continue reading →

We went out to lunch with one of our local Chinese friends. The restaurant was fancy (Cantonese style) and the food was great, but it was also very "Chinese". Pigeon (with the head still attached) Snapping Turtle (the gelatinous lining … Continue reading →

When their big brothers are in school, the twins have a great time playing with all the toys!

Yumi’s friends with their twin babies.They are all boy-girl fraternal twins and only 2 weeks apart. (Why do ours have so little hair….??)