A nice day in SF

 We visit the city on Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. We figured that Waigong and Waipo probably missed city life and seeing all the people and hearing all the noises, having lived for many years in a 5-million-people city in China. Everyone has a great time. Luca is totally fascinated by double-deck buses and trolleys.

Maya comments on the model: "Mommy, I don't think it's appropriate for her to dress like that." Mommy agrees, of course, hoping she'd still have the same opinion when she's 18.

Visit the famous bakery in Chinatown, where President Clinton has visited, and buy some pastries. They're really really good. 

Best friends, always. 

We didn't plan it but we visit a gallery near Union Square and end up buying an artwork by a French artist. It will be a Thanksgiving gift to ourselves, I guess. Since Mama and pappa stay in the gallery for quite a while, Luca and Maya are quite bored towards the end. Luca even takes a nap on the floor.

Watch ice skating in Union Square

Snack time

 Chinatown. Maya loves Chinatown and asks mama and papa if we can live here.

 keychains and magnets for tourists

 Inside the hotel Westin San Francis, where a huge sugar castle is being displayed

It takes us a long while to drag Luca away from the sugar castle. It's not so much about the castle, but the cute train circling.

Hard not to behave like a tourist in SF

Family photo time

What is Maya doing? Hanging to the bed like a frog.

Luca's Two Year Birthday

It's a day packed with events

Here is the agenda
- Luca has waffle + ice cream for breakfast
- Conference call with Farfar and Farmor
- Open gifts
- Happy Hollow Zoo where we meet Jessica, Scott, Ethan and Justin
- Lunch at BJ in SJ downtown
- Nap  ( Luca loves napping)
- dinner, guests being Marie, Anders, Victoria and Elliot


Good morning, birthday boy!

Nobody gets MY ice-cream

If you want to know how good your ice-cream waffle is, you really have to close your eyes…

Luca's gifts include clothes with cars and trucks, bath toys, books about cars, firetruck, cars and airplanes, trains, socks, soccer ball, a pair of 4' soccer goals….though he hesitates when he opens his first gift, he quickly becomes an expert in opening unwrapping all the boxes and packages.


Maya loves to wear the same t-shirt as mommy

Maya gets gifts too

The goals are put in use right away

Happy Hollow Zoo: crooked house

Waiting in line for roller coaster (unfortunately Luca is too small for it. He's very upset.)

Maya and Ethan

You know what Luca is looking at: the moving roller coster where papa and maya are riding

At the playground in Happy Hollow: Luca is counting 1, 2, 3 before jumping down

More gifts!

Luca knows the candle and the cake are for him and he's a bit try about all the attention 

While other kids are playing a game, Luca is focusing on his own project

Maya and Luca

It's a rainy day, but Luca and Maya still have a lot of fun at the garage

Luca tries on Maya's blinking boots

Luca manages to squeeze out several drops into the potty after he pees on the floor (couple of days ago, he pooped on the floor. First time he ever did that.)

Hi, Purple Girl!

Luca: Let's see if I can drink from my nose

Posing for photo

At the Exploratory Museum in SF