Happy Bithday YiYi

  Sis, hope you had an awesome Birthday!!
 

Xavier singing a happy birthday song,
ending with his usual blow and kisses

Hope u likes it :)

Our simple saturday

16 Nov 2013

 

We love having tim sum brunch on weekends

here we are at JS Chen

having their delicious congee
♥♥♥♥

  

 

Spent some alone time shopping at Allen
while Xavier napping in the car with hubby
really enjoy myself LOL!

Didn't buy anything for myself
Just went on to Oshkosh to get Xavier's winter clothing

Then head to Ross and TjMax to check out any good deals
Xavier spotted a toy saxophone
he loves musical instruments
I will probably hate myself for purchasing a noisy toy
But I want to encourage him interests in instrument
when we reached home, he starts walking around the house with a sax in his mouth
making his own music ♥♥♥♥ 

 

A visit to Fort Worth Zoo

2 Nov 2013

Two weekends ago, we took Xavier to the Fort Worth Zoo and it was so fun!
Beautiful weather made for a perfect day at the zoo
This zoo is amazing! WAAAY better than Dallas Zoo

Here are some pictures from the day

Getting ready to ditch the stroller to explore the zoo

 

Checking out the monkeys

 

 

This cheetah was so close! He was pacing up and down along the fences

 

 

Checking out the rhino

 

 

 

 

 

The orangutans were so energetic...enjoyed doing tricks and acting kind of silly up and down on his climbing structure

Xavier watched him probably for 15 mins... he was totally fascinated  

 

 

 

I think this gorilla is pregnant... her belly is so huge!

 

 

Baby chimp was putting quite a show... swing up and down the vine

The chimp even stomp on the window when we stand close to the glass

 

 

Took a short break to enjoy snacks

 

 

We had lunch inside MOLA, the museum of living art

The crocodile café shares a window with the crocodile exhibit

 

 

Baby animals - elephants and giraffe

 



 

Xavier is getting a lot more independent day by day!

He loves walking together with us :)

 

 

One of the highlights of our visit was the show put on by the lion
We have never seen one awake, most lions are always asleep
but this one growled and roared for several minutes
It was incredible loud and intimidating

 

On to raptor canyon. This is a Harpy Eagle who was enjoying a meal of freshly  caught rat!

Feel so disgusted...

 

 

Now on to something more pleasant!

I loved the aviary cage in the zoo, which is filled with many parakeets and cockatiels

We purchase the food stick for USD 1

The birds will land on the food stick and practically eat right out of our hand

we waited for quite sometime finally a bird landed on our stick

Xavier has never seen bird up so close... he did fine and seemed to really enjoy it

 

 

There is just nothing like taking Xavier to the zoo

Yes, it can be exhausting to spend all day walking around a concrete path and looking at some stinky animals. But the joy and wonder on his face make it so worth it.

 

Till next time :)

Happy Halloween 2013

31 October 2013

 

Happy Halloween, everyone!!! 

This year was our first time went trick or treating.. Super excited!

We all got dressed up and took some photos before we headed out to a nearby neighbourhood

 Xavier the pirate and Chlovelle the rapunzel!

 Yanwen the hot mama red riding hood

Our matching pirate outfit!

hubby didn't expect can join in the fun with us

actually wanted to buy a matching costume but I doubt he will wear it HAHA! 

so just bought a digital frantic eyeball shirt from party city 

The shirt was so super COOL~~~

You can check out the LINK here

 

Thanks Yanwen for the recommendation

Thanks Liyi for helping to buy at the last minute

 

 

He did really well walking up to the houses and holding out his bucket

grabbing a piece of candy. He was pretty darn cute!

He was comfortable enough to say Happy Halloween and by the end of the night

he was saying "trick or treat' like a pro! :)

 

 

Xinhui the fairy

 

Went to about 10-15 houses around the neighbourhood before we packed up and made our way home

 

Before we left, took some photos of the most popular big spider house

Their decorations were so awesome!

 Thumbs up for the owner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overall it was a fun Halloween.