Luk's first haircut with us.

When we got Luk he had a great haircut.  I've been bugging Eric to take him in for a trim for a couple months.  Finally pushed Eric today on my flex day and we took him in, mostly because Eric wanted his own hair cut.  Jia wanted her hair cut short so we got that done too.  Luk was a dream.  Sat good as gold and smiled through most of it.  He looks adorable.   Jia had a hard time sitting still but she was pretty happy to finally get her short hair.  She wanted hair like Lili and Dora.  ;)  I doubt Lili would be thrilled to think Jia thinks her hair looks like Dora's.  She is also adorable. 

After the hair cuts Jia wanted to show Gramma her new doo so we hung out in their back yard while we waited for the girls to get out of school.  Check out Gramma's hoola hooping moves.

Then home to play in sun.  It's all good here.

Throwing in a picture of Luk's first swim on the weekend.  For a kid who hated water a few months ago he's sure come a long way.  He had fun at the pool.  He was cold and turned blue like Lili used too.  We couldn't stay too long. 

Computers

Our laptop was two months past it's warranty when the motherboard went.  $400 to fix a $650 computer.  Silly.  So, I was sitting at work looking at my old tower and wondered if I could piece a desktop together.  Too funny.  Dug in closets,  storage room, old desks and managed to get a full set.  Eric hauled the ancient computer desk up from the basement and after we had the tower stripped it's all working great.  Jia was really missing her games. 

Luk and Jia's version of the cup song.

Luk and Jia's cup song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4owwZZgOY1c&feature=youtu.be

Little Kid Cuteness

The plan was for Jia to be a couple years younger than Fei, so 9 now and Little guy was supposed to be older than Jia, so 6 now.  It turned out differently of course and we have two littles (4 & 2) along with our two bigs (12 & 11).   Which has been like starting over.  Lili and Fei do so much on their own.  They don't require much from us anymore and they help with the littles.   Life is exhausting these days.  Chaos in the morning,  especially on Jia's school days, chaos at dinner time and again at the littles bedtime, oh, and always chaos when we try to all leave the house. 

Then in amongst all the work,  demands, tasks and chores there are moments of such sweet adorable cuteness that make all of it worthwhile.

BC Museum

Long day.  Luk is super tired of the car.  He's learning how to complain in whine.  Sigh.

We went to the museum first.   Kids all loved it.  We got a family pass.  Jia is asking to go back to see Manny even though she was terrified when she saw him again. 

Then to Playzone to celebrate Dagen's first forever family day.  Luk wasn't too interested in the Playzone, Jia loved it.  Rosey cheeks when we left.  Then pizza at Dagen's house.  Home early for Luk who really needed the day to end.  Watched Once Upon A Time and to bed early.  School night.  Spring Break is officially over.

Long cold day.

Another adventure failure.  Yesterday was so warm with gorgeous blue skies.  Today...not so much.  My brilliant plan, a picnic at the ocean, a hike at the falls and dinner out on the way home.  

It was so cold at Rathtrevor that we all agreed there was no way we could eat there.   We ran into the park far enough to take a couple pics and then scurried back to the cars.   It wasn't as cold at Qualicum Falls and not windy but still not really conducive to a nice relaxing picnic.  Too cold to bother hiking, we all opted to head to the mall instead.

Lili has decided her speech that is coming up at school will be "My Mom thought it would be a good idea to...".  Ya', there are some failures but it's always good for a laugh and most of my plans aren't 'that' bad. 

Gramma and Grampa were with us today.  Gramma came in to shop with us.  Gap and Old Navy.  My Mom and I actually managed six matching things for our family.  T for Eric, Jia and I, collared shirt for Luk, dress for Fei and a hoodie for Lili. Gotta' love Old Navy.  Ready for a proper family photo now.

Mom and Dad then took Jia home for dinner and the rest of us met Penny and girls for a nice peaceful dinner out.

Last night Lili, Fei and James went to see Divergent while Jia and I went to see Mr. Peabody and Sherman.  She was so well behaved.  ?  I praised her like crazy, told her I really enjoyed her company and let her know specifically each thing she did great.   She was so happy to report to Eric and the girls that she was good at the show.   Today when we asked her to tone it down in the car she said 'I was good in the theater'.  Hmm,  so she bought the right to misbehave?!

Eric is watching Thor with the big kids now.  I'm in bed early.  Letting Jia stay up to play her Leapster pet pals game.  Its been missing since our Disneyland trip this past Oct. and Fei found it today.  Exciting times.

They grow up so fast!

Dropped the big girls at the pool on their own today.  Start of a whole new era.  Then Jia was sad that she wasn't going so Eric took her for a swim after dinner.  Luk and I did lots of cuddling while we did laundry and dishes ;)

Tonight Fei brought one of the more friendly chickens in for Luk and Jia to pet and hold.  Such fun.

James is coming to spend the weekend with us tomorrow.

Can't believe the kids spring break is almost over.