Down in Virginia

Ok, so now on to our DC trip. Here's what we did the first day. We flew on an airplane down to DC in the morning. It was really early.

Mommy and daddy rented a car that looked just like our car, only it was white. This bothered me, but then they let me play with the buttons in front and it was fine.

Aki and I fell asleep on the way to Uncle Dan, Aunty Linda, and Emma's house. It had been while since we saw them.  When we finally got to their house, we woke up and it was time to play!


Aki liked climbing on Emma's chair. She's really light so she can climb up high now.

Then we went out to have a picnic at the park. This is Aki eating a chocolate covered rice krispie treat.

Emma showed me the piggies

I rolled around in the grass

And checked out the wildlife

Here's Emma going to hug the geese

Here we are looking at the little turtles in the pond

When we got back to the house, Emma went to take a nap, so I went out to do some yard work.

Here I am watering the sidewalk. Grow, sidewalk, grow!

We had a fun day with them, and we stayed over the night at their house! It was nice to see them again after so long!

Happy Birthday, Grandma!

Feeding Halloween
Originally uploaded by Mikenan1

We're looking forward to seeing you soon!

Love, 

Owen and Aki

Catching up Vacation Week

Ok, one more post before we get on with the DC posts...

Last week we went to the Children's Museum in Easton. It's in an old fire station, so of course, I had a great time.


Here is one of their old fire trucks...


Firefighters have to eat too. Here's Aki fixing a pizza on the stove.


Of course, what fire station would be complete without Mardi Gras beads?

Thanks for taking us to the Children's Museum all by yourself Mommy!

Visit to DC

Emma and Owen
Originally uploaded by Mikenan1

By the way, we're down in DC for a conference that daddy's going to. We're staying with my friends Uncle Dan, Aunty Linda, and Emma. I'll write more to catch you up after I finish up catching up vacation week! Also, I don't nap anymore so I need to catch up on my sleep!

Patriot's Day

It's vacation week and I haven't been at school all week! On Monday, Patriot's Day, we went to watch the Boston Marathon with my friends Emerson and Ellie. We got there early and went to the park to play. 


Aki reenacting the ride of Paul Revere

"The regulars are coming!"

After the park, I went to meet my friends. We sat on the sidewalk and watched the runners come by. They were really fast, and they ran right in front of us!

Here's the lead women runners

They ran right in front of us!

Here's the first guy

And two other guys. The one on the left ran for the US in the Olympics.

This guy didn't have legs and still he runs faster than daddy.

After lunch we had to cross back over the marathon course to get to our car. But by then the runners were coming so fast we gave up. We went back to the park to play for a while.

Aki enjoying the sliding

We had an exciting Patriot's Day outside! Yay for vacation week!

Songkran at Wat Boston

Last weekend we went to Wat Boston for Songkran, which is the Thai New Year.


Happy 2552!


This monk was moisturizing the Buddha and the granite balls with the same stuff mommy and daddy use for us


Applying gold leaf to the statues. Daddy's not so good at this.


Monks collecting alms. Back in the day these guys used to go around town doing it, but now the people come to them.


Some of their collections


After giving alms it was time for lunch. Aki had something soft with coconut around it. I don't know what it was because she ate it all up and didn't share.


A parade of dancers and drummers came after lunch


Then P'Tip helped Aki ring the gong and we were gone!

We had a fun Songkran at the temple. Thanks for inviting us, P'Tip!

Uncle Oliver and Auntie Uyen are here!

In honor of Good Friday, Owen had the day off from school. And since it was such a nice day out, Mama took Owen and me to the Franklin Park Zoo. Too bad she was too busy chasing after us that she didn't get to take pictures of the good camera.

After wearing us out at the Zoo, Owen and I passed out in the car on the way home. When we woke up, we were at the airport... to pick up Uncle Oliver and Auntie Uyen. I've never met them before. Owen has, but he doesn't remember since he was only 4 weeks old at the time.

Visit from Uncle Oliver and Auntie Uyen when Owen was 4 weeks old.

Three years and 2 months later...

For dinner, we went to Uncle Jose's house where they have a big screen TV. Everyone had fun playing Guitar Hero. I'm not sure what the hype is all about, but everyone thought it was hilarious when daddy started to play.

Daddy's first time playing Guitar Hero

Owen likes to play along with the big kids. Notice Owen playing his ukulele.

While we were busy playing video games, Uncle Jose made sushi for all of us! 

Yummy! I really liked them.

We had so much fun. I hope we get to go back to Uncle Jose's house again soon.

Spring is here!

The weather is finally warming and up and I don't have to wear my one-piece "snowsuit" anymore. Yippee! Here are some things we've been doing to celebrate the coming of spring:

Making a butterfly

Watching sheep get their haircut

Visiting baby lambs

Getting horsie rides from our parents

Eating ice cream from a super-long spoon

Running around at the playground

Hunting for eggs

Finding surprises inside the eggs

and flying kites

We hope the flowers will bloom soon. Yay for spring!