New Year Eve

We're having potluck at Ida's house celebrating the coming new year. As usual, it took a while for Elle to warm up to mingle in. She put on a very mean look as if everyone in the room had annoyed her somehow, which was so hilarious that cracking us up. Oh boy, once she broke the ice, she was a loud, wild one, hanging out with the boys and mimicking everything they did.

It's funny to see her trying to jump on the bed like the boys and fighting toys with them. This naughty girl yelled out "NO" and slammed the door in my face whenever I was trying to peep into the room. She would then lock the door and scream "help me help me" from inside, calling others to open the door for her. Azman was together with this naughty girl in the slamming door act, standing by her side watching her slamming the door and then helping her to open the door when she's screaming in distress as if the world would collapse if the door didn't open right away.

While Ida was busy frying munchies in the kitchen, she kept going to the kitchen with an empty bowl asking Ida for more fried goodies, which really cracked us up. Zul made a kick ass apple pie from scratch, yummilicious. Just 10 minutes before the clock struck midnight, we bid farewell to the host and on our way to downtown. The fireworks blasted upon the sky while we're driving towards downtown. We pulled the car into a parking lot with the crowds, watching the fireworks inside the car. Elle was oohing and aahing with us when the fireworks were shooting into the sky. We welcomed the new year in a blast of fireworks. By the time Elle got to bed, it's already past 1am.

Chicago trip

Lots of cryin', laughin', hoppin', runnin', climbin' and throwin' tantrums. It's exhausting, but a great family time together. During our two days stay, the weather was windy and chilly even though we had gorgeous sunshine.

Drink like a big girrrl

Merry Christmas!

What a bright sunshine Christmas day we have today. We had a wonderful time playing in the snow, sliding in the playground, stomping through the snow, pulling sleigh around, and lying on the snow.

Season's greeting

We have plenty of snow this season, about 12 inches of snow accumulation, and it's freezing cold. Today, it starts raining and the snow turns into mushy slush on the road.

My lil' santa baby wish ya'all a jolly merry Christmas!

Cry-baby complainer

Elle has been complaining a lot, pointing at the "bully" and mumbling away. It happens whenever mama doesn't give in to her or says NO in her face, she'd run to her dada, making a big deal of her being bullied, and then firing away her accusation of mama's wrongdoings. These pictures were captured while she's filing a complaint to dada of mama saying no to her drinking from the cup.

Meet Santa Claus

After fourty minutes wait in line, we got three shots of Elle crying on Santa's lap. Well, she's more like fake crying and screaming, expressing her dislike of being placed on the big jolly man's lap. It did not cross my mind that she'd cry when meeting the Santa. She loves her Santa hat and calls it "Santa". She has been calling "Santa Santa" when she's seeing the red suit white beard man during her TV time. Not to mention she was happy like a seal, swinging her body along with the holiday music while we're waiting in line. Don't we just love the surprises our baby throws at us in our parenthood? Last year was a pleasant surprise though that when we expected the worst, she's acting mischiveous with Santa pulling his beard and laughing at him.