Truffles!

Yummy yummy morsels of goodness. Ok, technically there's no mushrooms in the recipe... but, damn it's good!

Mother's Day

Technically, this is Lina's third Mother's day... but, really, this is Persephanie's first one. Last year, Sephie was barely conscience of things around her. This time, she gets to participate. It was a perfect day for kite flying. Windy and not sunny. And DRY.


Persephanie flying solo..unassisted! Wind almost took her too.

Sakura

Sephie's First High Tea on Mommy's Bday

Finally! This has been the day I've been waiting forever!!! My daughter and I having our very first high tea experience. Sephie was the perfect daughter during the entire time at Secret Garden. She knew exactly where to place things and even knows how to hold the tea cup properly. It seems like she's been doing it all her life. I can say it is the most memorable bday ever! I love her so much.

Lina

EDIT: more pic

Starfish Graduation!

She made it. First class graduation! Gonna be lifeguard soon.

Happy 18 months birthday!!!

Easy as Pie

Ok, I'll admit it... I have a sweet tooth. Had been baking cookies for the last few days. But, decided to try something more ambitious. Apple Pie.. traditional style. And we're not cheating by buying pre-made pie crusts. No no no.. cause that would be too easy. We don't do anything half-ass here. Making this dessert from scratch. Best of the best. Organic granny apples, cinnamon from the most rarest cinnamon trees, sugar from the most exotic sugar plants, and flour off the backs of the most extinct Flour Beetles. Yea.. it's gonna be good.







Just like how mom made it... if she was white.. and American.

**** THANKS SARAH!!! *****

Vancouver Convention Center

Vancouver convention center built for the 2010 Olympics. It's basically a big.. really really big fancy meeting room. It features a six-acre "living roof". Largest in North America.

It was open house. And the public was free to enter and check it out. Good day for a family trip.




A view to remind me why I love Vancouver

a 360 projection screen

Close-up of the wall. The ENTIRE wall is like that!

First Swim lessons

First lesson went very well. Took a few dunks into the water. Her lips matches her outfit.

reply to Flat Stanley

Flat Stanley made it back home! And here's the reply email I recieved:

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Hi Uncle Tony,
I got Flat Stanley back. My teacher said it was one of the best Flat Stanley in the class,it also was an A.
I'm so glad that I got it back so early. I love the way you designed it, it looks wonderful to everyone in my class and me too.
When are you coming to the city? I really want to see the baby. How did you do all that work? Like I said I
really like how you made the Flat Stanley projects. I thought it was a scrapbook when I first saw it. I hope I get to see you some time
during this year and I want to see the rest of the family .EMAIL me back as soon as you can.Anyways bye.



Love, Melissa

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Isn't that the cutest thing?!?! I'm glad my uh.. I mean Melissa's project got an "A"!!

Flat Stanley

In the book, Flat Stanley , by Jeff Brown in 1964, Stanley is squashed flat by a falling bulletin board. Being paper-thin, Stanley is able to visit the world and meet all kinds of amazing people by traveling around in an envelope.

Here Flat Stanley is in Vancouver!

Granville Island:

Recycling Centre: (where he made $6.10!)

meets a totem pole artist:

2010 Vancouver Olympic Oval in Richmond:

Kid's Market in Granville Island:


Stanley was sent by Melissa Chow, a third grader from Haley Elementary in Chicago. This is actually Stanley's second trip to Vancouver... last time he visited he took a detour to Hong Kong where he met an unfortunate end in a shopping mall's garbage bin. Sorry. I felt (still feel) like a jerk.

Carnival

HB, Sephie!

Might as well keep this going!

An assist...

360

T-Shirts Don't Lie

A contest in which my buddy has entered in. Grand prize is $25k + 1% of future net sales in Canada!!!
Good luck, Will!!!

Stopping to smell the roses...

Bad-ass Biker chick

In a onsie no less.. that's how badass.

Come Again?

I'm speechless. Looks like the designers of this T-shirt was too.

16 months young!

DimSum with Gramps

Not many chances to spend quality time with Grandpa. In fact, I think this is the second time in her life to do so.

On another note:
Last night Persephanie had a nightmare. First one that spooked her.. so much that it woke her up screaming. For the rest of the day, she was getting startled by the littlest things.

Random pics:

Twins!