Hannah

Hannah loves playing in with the clothes in the dress up box. Here she is in one of the girls' old Christmas dresses. Brings back memories of Christmas past.

Happy Birthday Lisa

Weilong Swims

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This post will only be up until it is discovered by the person pictured. He was in a friend's wedding this past weekend and I got a picture of him.

He threatened to erase my whole blog if I used the picture, but he is so handsome and so sweet that I had to brag by showing ya'll his picture. Oh, and the same razor that got hold of Weilong also attacked him!

Sorry, son.

Summer Buzzzzz

Weilong and his oldest brother had a run-in with a mean razor. I think the razor won! They are both almost hairless. Wonder what the razor looks like?

Don't you love that smile? I'm seeing it more and more often now. Weilong's headaches are much less intense than before and less frequent. I've noticed that the more active he is, the more headaches he has. But it's good to see him so happy and normal. I try not to be overprotective. He deserves some fun after all he's been through. He has already started asking for a trip to the beach again. May I please say that a long drive in the van with 4 or 5 screaming kids does not appeal to me right now. Maybe later.....

Lisa's last year at West

Lisa is a little sad because this is her last year at West Elementary. She says she'll miss everyone. I think she's surprised at the sadness. We realized that there is always a little sadness with any big change in life. Lisa has gone to West since she first came to America, when she was in kindergarten. Those loving teachers taught her to speak English and loved her from day one. Of course she'll miss them. But she can visit any time she wants, we live practically across the street!

Weifu Turns 10

Sunday was Weifu's 10th birthday! He loves chocolate so we fixed brownies for him with hot fudge and ice cream. Believe it or not, these were the first brownies I have fixed since the boys came home. I think they liked them cause they disappeared fast.

Of course our little ham, Weilong, had to get in on the birthday picture! The kids voted for only 5 candles cause they didn't want wax all over their brownies. They have now decided not to put too many candles on birthday cakes, a very big decision that will impact my baking for years to come. We can get rid of the fire extinguisher in the kitchen now!

Oh, and in case you're wondering why the kids have on their pj's a lot in my summer pictures it's because I usually take pics at the end of the day. It was still daylight, but they had finished swimming and so they just put their pajamas on. We ordered Chinese food (what else) and the birthday brownies were desert. A very nice end to a very nice birthday.