Maya's new love

Maya is very into yoga these days. Mommy's influence? Maybe. She's learned many poses and loves practising them.

Another new thing about her is doing math. Ask her, 3+3, 3+2, 4+6, 5+4...she'll give you all the correct answers. Papa is amazed, saying he couldn't do math until he was much older. So you know where Maya got her math gene. :)

Of course, Papa has his contributions too. Just ask Maya what her favorite car is.

Luca is five months old

Luca just turned five months. He's very good at rolling from tummy to back, so diaper changing (he wears diaper three now) is a big challenging now. He rolled from back to tummy several times too. His legs have a lot of strength. So watch out when you hold him.

He's probably teething because he likes biting. Weipo complained that he bit her fingers so hard that it hurt. He likes kissing (or chewing at) your face, making it very wet.

Every morning Waigong and Waipo take him to the neighborhood park, where they meet other Chinese grandparents with their grandchildren. Luca is famous for being a "xiao shuai ge," a little handsome guy, and for his sweet smiles.

He started a little solid food two weeks ago, mainly rice cereal and yogurt. But it looks like that he's eager to try more solid food.

He weighs over 17 pounds. Maya was barely 20 pounds when she was one year old.

Maya and her new swimsuit

Maya loves her Hello Kitty swimsuit. It's time to take swimming classes!

Maya dances

Maya loves her pink ballet dress and wears it whenever she has a chance.

Maya's injured wrist

Maya injured her right wrist while playing on Sat., right before mommy and daddy were leaving for a good friend's wedding in San Francisco. Ouch!!! She went to see a doctor and got x-rayed. Luckily nothing is broken.

Mommy keeps her home today. Maya plays in the park in the morning. Then Weigong reads her Chinese stories and teaches her how to write Chinese characters. She writes with her left hand. Luca joins the fun too. See, he's reading .

Luca's sleepless night

How's Luca? People asked.
He eats a ton and sleeps like a baby, Mommy answered, always with a smile.

Well, every mom knows what "sleeping like a baby" means. It means he keeps mommy up all night long. Is he hungry? No, not really, because he sucks lazily and unwillingly. Does he want to play? No, not really, because his eyes are closed. Does he have a soiled diaper? No, not really because mommy just changed him. Is he sick? Definitely not. Then why does he make all the noises and kick his legs and throw his arms around like the whole world owes him?

Last night, around 5am, after the 20th times he spit out the pacifer mommy put into his mouth, mommy handed him to daddy. Within five minutes he fell asleep in daddy's embrace -- but not before mommy fell aleep first.

Maya and her pink tutu

In the past two weeks, Maya has worn her pink/purple tutu every single day. Every morning when she gets up she stripps herself naked (despite Waigong's and Waipo's pleading -- "Put on clothes or you'll catch a cold.") and takes her time to pick her own clothes -- pink is now her new favorite. And she loves leggings which she avoided before. Mommy bought her some cute stuff (in mommy's definition) from macy's but she doesn't fancy them. Papa also bought her some really cute stuff (in papa's definition) from Hanna Anderssen. Let's see if she'll wear them.

Two nights ago, she visited her little friends Victoria, four and a half, and Elliot, two and a half, in Atherton. My, they had so much fun, chasing each other around the house, dressing up, painting, chatting, hiding the "secrets" they made, playing house under a table. Luckily, Luca slept through all the audacious rackets of noises, showing once again how calm he is.