Friday, September 23, 2011

Beautiful Day

We have been taking advantage of the beautiful weather by getting outside to play at the park!
Olivia LOVES bubbles :)
I love the sweet smile on the lady's face in the background watching the little 'foreign' kids play!
This is my favorite pic from the week - Olivia has decided that she is a BIG girl and can go down the slide all by herself! So I planted myself at the bottom and snapped this look of complete happiness! Don't you love her shirt!!! And her crazy static hair!
More fun at the park with buddy, Owen..

I'm trying to decide whether or not to trim her hair~ she's sort of becoming a crazy haired mullet head, with long straggles in the back and not much on top! Any suggestions??!

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Rainy Day..

I ventured out alone to get some groceries... Tom (our driver) was with Justin at a meeting out of town, so I took a chu zu che (taxi)! FUN times in the rain! I'm not sure which is more exciting - trying to find one in the rain or riding in one while it's raining! At least one I stay dry.. and least one I stay alive!

Starting to clear up outside!
I got to come home to this sweet angel...
We had fun editing some photos!
Olivia with the gang! Boss those boys... you go girl :)
PS - the last pic is at Adventure Zone - yea, we got her a membership!

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Adventure Zone!!

This Wednesday, we beat jet-lag by running, climbing, sliding, scootering, pulling, and playing at ADVENTURE ZONE!!! It's the most amazing indoor play area I've ever seen - inside a new luxury hotel only 15 minutes from our house!!!!! Olivia's pal Remi had some guest passes, so we (along with Owen and Henry and Jack) were invited along for a morning of FUN!

Here is a pic of the 'baby' play area:
What Adventure would be complete without a scenic car drive!?
Bigger kids area, but we had fun exploring here too!! It's hard to capture with a camera, but the entire area is filled with places to climb and maneuver through.. fully padded, and netted for safety since it was at least 2.5 stories high!!!
Ball pit at the bottom of the big kids slide!
Here is Hannah (Remi's big sis) about to do the big kids slide!! We climbed out of the ball pit since it's the landing zone for the slide!! (And technically, we weren't supposed to be in it!!)
The little kiddos!! Owen, Henry, Olivia, and Remi! ~Olivia likes being the only little gal!
Thanks for the invite, sweet Remi!
Here we are going down the slide!! Heidi and Owen on the left - me and Olivia in the middle! It was much MUCH faster than I had anticipated!
We decided to go again!!
Scooter ride!
The place was just slightly too big for the little ones to explore alone, since once they got to the summit, they were too little for the slides.... so it's a good thing the mommas were all in decent shape and could fit through behind the babes! It was a SUPER good workout for me - and gave us great laughs watching one another crawl up and over and through the gym! Olivia needed several boosts and held my hand a few times to reach things that were too far, but otherwise was showing her mommy what a BIG girl she has become~

Let's go again!!! (yes, this is where I had to being following her!! I did get slightly claustrophobic a couple times :)
We had such a fun time!! We're considering getting the full details on the cost of a membership!! So hopefully, more photos to come from this cool play place!

Monday, August 1, 2011

To Daddy, From Olivia

You are there... We are here.. and missing you!

Really soon, we'll be doing this again:
(Aren't we cute in our coordinating colors!)
Until then, I'll be swimming :)

Have a safe business trip! We love you!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

VACATION!!!

This past weekend Olivia went on her first family vacation with Mommy and Daddy to Sanya! A beautiful beach ... just a 3 hour flight from Shanghai!



This little whitey LOVES... LOVES.. LOVES the beach.. and the pool..and the sand!!!!

She was such a good girl.. made lots of sweet friends at each meal... the waitresses were drooling over her! We had the BEST surf and turf!! And enjoyed a YUMMY Mojito! or two! :)

Is that the cutest little wedgie you've ever seen!? I thought so!


Monday, May 2, 2011

A Beautiful Weekend

Fun in the backyard!!



Let's do some watering!


Afternoon at Century Park!



Thursday, April 28, 2011

Cutie Pie

Yay... my Daddy is home from his business trip.. I'm happy!
Wait a second.... Sometimes he brings me a present.... hmmmm..
A present for me!!?? I'm really excited!!
Not sure what it is, but I like the box!! (And I'm excited for new smelling shampoo and lotions :)
I better go downstairs and show off my new skill!!




I'm a funny girl :) Haaaaa Haaaaa