This is Xander's first Pinewood Derby car racing. Sean and Xander put lots of efforts in it and the car turned out really pretty. In fact, Xander won all 3 races but unfortunatelly there were some cars that ran faster than Xander's. But we all had a great time and that's all that matters.
We've heard MI Upper Peninsula is famous for pasty. After living in MI for 5 year it's finally time to make one.住在密西根這麼久了, 聽說本州的 Upper Peninsula pasty 很有名, 肖恩一直很想試著做做看. 所以呢今天就來試試吧.
Ready to go to oven. 準備進去烤囉.
Just came out of the oven. 剛出烤箱, 好香!
Approved by my boys that night. 小朋友們和我們當晚都說 "讚".
We made one patch and was able to freeze half of them (we froze 7). Next time will try to triple the recipe and freeze a bunch at the same time. It took lots of time to make them but worth the efforts.
Have you seen chickens wear diapers? Well, tonight was the first time that I saw one and had to record that to show you.
We decided to stay at Las Vegas for 1 day after leaving parents' house. This will count as our 10th anniversary trip. We came to Las Vegas with my parents and sister on our honey moon, 10 years later we came back again with 2 cute boys. Not many people at the Casinos and that worried us a little bit because it was 1 week before Christmas. We worried that many casinos would shut down due to lack of business. Maybe it would get busier when it gets closer to Christmas. We tried to get deals to watch some shows, but they were too expensive with 4 of us. We ended with spending 20 dollars at this game studio and had a blast.
We came to this buffet at Paris Casino with my parents and sister, so of course had to come back and visit. There were lots of choices and we came out with a full tummy. Went back to our hotel took a nap and ready for our night adventure.
Turned out many free shows at different casinos were shut down due to preparations for the Christmas rush. What a bummer. We visited Venetian Casino and really loved the river and the boat, it was very romantic and relaxing.
We stayed at Bellagio on the honey moon and still remembered looking down at the dancing water fountain from our window. Boys were amazed at the beautiful water fountain. They are much prettier at night. We watched several water dances and then headed back to our room. Had an early morning flight and headed to the holiday concert at school right after we arrived home. What a busy day but fun trip except the sad circumstances.
This month had been a very busy for our family: flew to Idaho to attend grandma Berreth's funeral, attended school's holiday concert right after arriving MI, made cookies for friends and enjoyed the Christmas, of course.
Xander looked very handsome and really liked to sing. He memorized the whole "Rockin around the Christmas tree" 傑升很喜歡唱歌, 他將整首歌都記起來了.
This was Khai's first holiday concert at school and he was very proud of his performance. His friends were so excited to see him back from the funeral. 這是煒勳第一年的演唱會, 他可是非常興奮呢. 他班上小朋友看到他回來都好興奮呢.
Kids working on the treats, they were my good helpers. 幫忙做餅乾.
Jumping in the air on Christmas morning with his new pajamas. 在聖誕節當天很興奮的跑下樓來開禮物.
Another excited boy jumping in the air with his new pajamas. 弟弟也是高興的跳上天了.
We are ready. 我們準備好了.
Santa ate the cookies and drank the milk. Can you see the excitements in his eyes? 哇, 聖誕老公公把餅乾和牛奶喝完了吔. 你有沒有看到煒勳那興奮的眼神. 眼睛都發光了.
Let's see what's inside. 看看箱子裡有什麼.
Santa gave Xander a camera and a puppy from grand parents. 聖誕老公公給了傑升相機
Khai loves his puppy. 煒勳很喜歡他的小狗.
Pei-I got a new camera and took these beautiful pictures. Sean got a ipod. Thank you and Merry Christmas. 我想要一台相機, 所以這些漂亮的相片就是用我新相機拍的. 肖恩得到一台ipod. 謝謝. 耶誕快樂.
I discovered this homework from Xander's Friday folder. My wish is: I write better at Chinese I hope my wish comes true because: that mom won't have to tell me to write again. If my wish comes true, I would feel: happy.
I asked him why he wrote that and he said he was doing bad last year with writing Chinese, but now he's doing much better, so he's very happy about it. Keep it up.
What a nice comment and he does doing much better with Chinese this year. We are very happy about that.
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