Boston Book Festival in Copley

It was a cold and rainy day. Laura was so excited to see "Johnny and the Sprites". She started wailing and crying uncontrollably when he left the stage.

Coloring activity for the kids.

Free ice cream!

A Dora book for Laura.
I would have liked to have stayed to let Laura watch the Doodlebops but it was getting too cold and Laura's parents had to go to a wedding.

Random photos

Prewedding BBQ at the Boston Sailing Club

Pretty soon, she'll be washing the windows

Sushi

Laura and I went out for Sushi last night.
Daddy, I ate a ton, that's right.

Not yet ready for Broadway

Ymo's here!

What! Ymo's here?! My sister came in late on Thursday night.

Laura with the fishes. We went to a miniature golf place nearby.

This is the 18th hole. She was wiped out. We then took a 3 hour nap. Nice.

Street Thugs

Laura hanging out and riding bikes with the neighbor's boys.

Short visit

Lime

Laura's favorite popsicle flavor.

sleeping

My daddy

We were in the car after going to the Himalayan Bistro. My hubby makes a U-turn to go home.

Me: Where are you going, Big Daddy?
Laura: He's my daddy, not your daddy!
Me: He's my Big Daddy!
Laura: He's my daddy and your babe!

I guess I should clarify this post with the following.
Me: What's daddy's name?
Laura: Babe
Me: What's mommy's name?
Laura: Woman

I've been away

I went to Philly for a conference then a wedding in Baltimore where I picked up one of my best friends, took a trip back to Philly for a Korean senior dance then NYC to visit more friends and finally Boston. It was a jam packed event and one of the longest trips that I have taken without Laura. Laura stayed home with her father. Here she is ready to go out to dinner in her coat because it has been cold and rainy.

We took my friend to West which has great atmosphere and very mediocre food.

Here's my girlfriend reading a book to Laura.

I told Laura that I was driving my friend to the airport and she asked "Is mommy coming back?". Boy I missed this little bugger.

Spicy

I gave Laura some wasabi covered rice crackers. This was her reaction. Is this considered child abuse?
Ok, so this is actually like the 5th video I took b/c she would keep eating it despite the pain. Boy, kids are dumb.

Thomasina's visit

A very close friend of mine and her daughter, Thomasina, came to visit for the weekend. So not to confuse Thomasina with her Thomas, she would say, "Thomasina like a girl".

Laura surprised me with 2 things this weekend:
1. She is no longer afraid of dogs (I have no idea how this happened)
2. She can now swing all by herself (actually not as surprising since she is always on the swing at preschool when I pick her up)

Thomasina is about 6 months younger but incredibly brilliant. Her verbal skills and comprehension as well as memory are astounding.


Thomasina giving the thumbs up.

Laura swinging on her own.

Hmmm. Wonder who's gonna win this one.

We invited ourselves over to Kie's house with a bounty of sausages as a bribe.

How girly is this?

Laura babble

Huh?

Brightcove

checking out different online video providers

August Moon Festival

Laura's first bubble tea

Watching the dragon dance

Laura and Thomas were jumping around and dancing while watching the dragons but once the dragons jumped off the stage to the street, both of them ran into the crowd. Scaredy cats.