Swing

Lizzy is 5 and still can't swing on a swing. :( There just isn't that many swings in China. Our apartment complex playground has a couple of swings, so I'm getting Hayden started early. He's a little unstable on this "big kids" swing, but he's got a tough head and can tolerate a couple of falls, no problems.

Mom and daughter haircut

Lizzy was due for a haircut, so we got an appointment together.

Smile Lizzy!

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our new haircuts! I know, we look a lot alike don't we...

Work Day

We went to the office to organize some stuff for short term people who come who need basic necessities like pots/pans/dishes, etc. My brought Lizzy with me and she and some other kids were a great help!


The rest of the time they played hide and seek.

Transformers Birthday

Hayden's favorite favorite toys are his little Transformers action toys. Daddy ordered a whole batch of them and has been eagerly awaiting his birthday to give it to him. I made him a Transformers cake with two of the toys as cake toppers. As soon as Hayden saw them, all he wanted to do was to play with them.

We decided to have a quiet celebration with just our little family. Hayden is still quite anxious in big crowds and also he's 2 and not gonna know any better. It has been a huge joy to see Lizzy get excited for his birthday, and learning what it means to treat him special for his birthday. She was so excited about the cake, balloons, presents, and smothered Hayden with lots of Lizzy love. It was too cute.

After we served him a piece of his birthday cake, we cleaned the icing off the toys and set them right in front of him so he can admire them.

Hayden got lots of toys for his birthday, and had a hard time parting with them for his bath and bedtime. But his ultimate favorite present that he got were those two guys sitting on his cake: Optimus Prime and Megatron.

We are so happy and proud of Hayden, he is truly such a joy and blessing to us.

Birthday morning

This morning, Hayden got woken up by the blinding light from Daddy's video camera. "Happy Birthday Hayden!"

Fun in the park

asymmetrical

They say nobody is perfectly symmetrical. But Hayden is especially lopsided, one side of his head is flat because he always laid on one side as a baby (we blame ourselves, we really do). What didn't help was that Lizzy got the idea from a friend of mine (you know who you are) to give Hayden a haircut. She took scissors and chopped off a chunk of Hayden's bangs! Is it noticeable? Now he's really asymmetrical.

Don't let your children play with scissors. lessons learned.