Hazel was just sobbing inconsolably because I told her we were going to her friends house for Thanksgiving. She said "But I thought we could go to my cousins house for trick or treat." I said, "oh ,Hazel, not this year, sorry" Wailing, "…..but I

We have a family tradition of the birthday person getting to choose birthday dinner. Hazel chose sushi, but specifically said that she wanted to make it. And she asked to make panna cotta, so she and I spent a good chunk of the afternoon in

Hazel was convinced that "Mommy would Looooooove one of these" I think she might have been projecting.

Hazel is excited to learn to dive in 5 years. They had a fish ID card and she was trying hard to find them all.

First day of preschool. She picked her own clothes and insisted on a backpack like ga-je (big sister). I was nervous, I’ve never even been able to leave her at the Y kids area unless Hazel was with her. But she ran in excited, we’ve

Hazel is trying to read this brochure Kim grabbed, and I’m amazed at how many Chinese words she can already recognize.

At the Exploratorium in SF. She actually made a longer one, but it didn’t save. :/ Still cool. This place is awesome.

We are going to San Francisco tomorrow, for a week. Visiting friends this weekend, then the girls and I will be hanging out playing tourist while Kim attends a conference. The following weekend we will be up in Bodega Bay, north of Marin, at a

Hazel normally wears a uniform, but for "color week" she was supposed to wear something green today. Turns out she doesn’t have much. But she wore her old dress as a shirt, and her skirt that she still loves and was excited to get to

Hazel’s kindergarten normal has a uniform, but since they are learning the colors (in Mandarin) they have a color week where they get to wear non-uniform outfits with a color theme. Today was blue, and Hazel was super excited to wear her Peppa outfit to

Hazel made Nemo in a fish tank at her after school program. She said it was 100% her idea and execution. 🙂