Day of Hayden

Yesterday was Hayden's day since Kira went to daycare. So I took a LOT of pictures of him. Here are some of them. The poor boy has very sensitive skin so he has all kinds of rashes everywhere. I was going to fix the pictures (airbrush them) before I put them on but there are just too many. So, here are pictures of Hayden with blemishes, smiles, drools and everything else...

Blaire Witch?

If you are a fan of the Blaire Witch Project, this is the video for you:

Happy New Year

I finally got some pictures of the kids in their Chinese New Year outfits. Chinese New Year celebrations were simple in the Allen house. We went for Dim Sum one day, went for lunch at daddy's work another day, and hit the mall and the playground when we had time to spare.

Here are pictures of our dim sum outing. This is Hayden's second trip to the dim sum restaurant. He was very well behaved both times. Kira was a whole other story.

Hayden with Por Por:



















Hayden with mom:


Kira trying to tell us how she feels about having to stay in her seat and eat like a lady:


After dim sum, on the way to the Blockbuster: (Kira didn't want to sit in the stroller nor did she want to hold my hand. So we let her "walk the stroller".)


Kira is working on her gross motor skills... I think that's what the books and our pediatrician call it. Well, she is learning to jump.


China doll outfit:



















After we took Por Por to the airport, we went to the mall. There is a turtle pond inside with lots of turtles and fish. Kira is seen here chilling and checking out the animals:


Here is why I don't have more pictures of Hayden. He is often in the Bjorn and I am often the one carrying him. It's quite awkward to take a picture when I can't even see his face half the time. Since Brett carried him on this fine day, I took a quick snap. What an adorable little guy!

Catch Up

I've been slacking with the posts so there is much catch up to do.

Kira playing with finger paint. She was first quite concerned about the mess and the staining of her fingers but then she really got into it.

















Kira modeling one of the scarves I made before Christmas. It just took me this long to get it completely finished and sent out.

















Picture taken outside the Randall Museum. The view of the city was gorgeous.

This is one of the activities inside the Randall Museum. It's a movable table that simulates earthquakes. Kids can build what they think are good and sturdy buildings and test to see if it can be shaken down during an earthquake.

















We went to the Bay Area Discovery Museum on Chinese New Year. This is Hayden's Chinese outfit. Kira had a very nice coat on as well but she won't stand still and let me take a picture of it. I will try again.











When are you going to get up and play with me???














Wish you all a great year of the Rat.

Oh, and while I am at it, one more video of the kids playing together... well, more like Hayden chilling and Kira invading his personal space.

Super Kira Ball

Have you ever played the video game Super Monkey Ball? Well, here is a Kira version:



And if you don't know what Monkey Ball is, here is a link to a video you can check out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deWSP2c2jjk&feature=related

Play nice

I finally managed to take some decent pictures of the kids TOGETHER. They were playing together so wonderfully I just had to grab the camera.

Kiss the baby:
Huggsies!
"Hi baby!" says Kira. "Get her off of me!" says Hayden.
"Why won't you look at me?" asks Kira. "'cause you are invading my personal space." answers Hayden.
And here are my latest finished products. A little scarf and a pair of mittens for Kira in preparation of our upcoming trip.

My daughter the genius part 2

It won't be fair if Kira only takes after the men in our family. So, she decided to give chemistry a try last night. In the end, I think she still favoured math more. I guess calculus and statistics are quite interesting but in my mind, chemistry is the best.

If you don't have time to download the video, these two pictures will give you a pretty good idea of Kira's choice of literature:












This video shows how Kira took the time to educate her baby. It's a slightly long video and I was shaking quite a bit from laughing. Sorry about the quality.