mother's day, d-land, and more

I still can't believe we're already in the month of June. 2010 is already halfway over!

There are still so many projects I want to work on with so little time. The weekends that are spent with the kids seem to always fly by. I didn't realize how fast my life was going until recently, I get daily requests from Kylie that she wants me to work on a puzzle with her or she wants us to play with her and there's never enough time during the week to just sit back and relax. Working full-time, getting the house cleaned, putting food on the table, running errands, grocery shopping, and juggling two kids (especially paying attention to them) is a lot of work! It's been harder these days since I added 20 more minutes to my commute each way. That just means I have to leave the house earlier and I get home later. Mark and I would try really hard to go on a walk with the kids after dinner, so they can ride their bikes and roam around. But that's if we finish dinner early. The more I think about it, the more I believe time spent with the kids are so valuable and they grow up so fast.

Time is precious. I just got my manager's approval for working 32 hours a week, so I can spend that extra day at home with the kids or take them out for classes. I know this is a great opportunity, and this is what I always wanted...work and life balance. :) The best part of it is that I got my hubby's full support!It's not official yet, but I should be starting my new schedule the beginning of July.

On with the kids...

It has become more and more apparent that Kylie is a very clean and organized person. She always uses her napkin during meals. She always gets a kleenex when she shed a tear. When Kaden drips milk on the floor, she grabs a napkin and kneels down to the floor to wipe the milk away. Whenever Kaden plays with toys and makes a mess, she's right there asking us if she can clean or put it away. Kylie is very possessive of her room and the things in it. She always directs Kaden to come into our room to play with toys instead of hanging out in her room and messing up her things. Yes, it's wonderful that she's neat, but at times, I feel like she's a little neurotic at keeping things tidy. After all, she is a Virgo! But so is Mark, and I don't see him being like that. :)
Lately, Kylie has been able to control her emotions a little bit more. At times, you can tell she's trying to hold in her tears, and the only thing she's concerned about is that she wants us to be happy. She's really enjoying school these days and I'm really starting to see that it's paying off. She's starting to learn how to write her name, draw shapes, happy faces, and do simple math. One of the things I'm really happy about is that she's eating all kinds of food and drinking milk. I'm not worried about her eating anymore because she has well-balanced meals each day.

one down, one more to go...

Kaden's eating has been regressing. We thought Kylie was picky back then, but he's even more picky! Sometimes he would go through the day just eating a bunch of cheerios, crackers, and milk. On a good day, he would eat plain noodles or rice with soup and yobaby. He's definitely outgoing and still loves to run around outside. Lately, he's been very interested in learning shapes, colors, and letters and points to it so we can tell him what that is. He's saying a lot more words now: mommy, daddy, ball, boots, map, (btw, he loves to watch dora), box, and a few letters of the alphabet. His favorites are still balloon and balls. He's showing a lot of interest in music and he's always dancing and clapping. He's starting to throw tantrums when he doesn't get what he wants or screams. We caught him hitting kylie a few times cause he thinks she's taking away his toys.
For the most part, Kaden is easygoing and cheery!

Here are some pictures from the last 2 months:

For Mother's Day this year, we spent it with the Hsu's and had breakfast at Taps. My mom and her sisters got to all hang out together.

Happy Mommy's Day!

Kylie & Evan hanging out at the diner...

Kylie and her class performed a few songs for our Mother's Day breakfast.

Kat came to visit us for a weekend and we made a trip to Whole Foods. Too bad both Kat and Mark had to work all weekend!

Kaden hanging out

Another weekend, Stella, Kellie, Kaylin, and Wesley came over to visit us and played with the kids. Kylie stuck like glue with KK and wanted her to do everything with her, even help her take a bath! You go, KK! Here's a huge bubble KK made for her.

Hanging at the park with the big & little kids...


It's crazy to see that my neices and nephew I used to baby-sit are watching my kids now. So sweet. They are so good with kids. Can they move closer, please?

My two babies

KK, Kellie, and Kylie


Disneyland with the Hatakeyamas! Thanks Scott for the wonderful pictures!

Kylie had a blast on the teacups with Ally. Can you tell?

We watched the Aladdin show at California Adventure. I was a little worried about Kaden sitting on Mark's lap for 40 minutes, but he surprised me! He didn't move at all and clapped when everyone else clapped. When the lion showed up, it was a little scary, but all he did was say, "ROAR!". Kylie loved the show!!

Happy June to everyone!