I have a lot of cousins. First cousins and second cousins and fake cousins (i.e. children of close family friends) and real cousins. Weekends were full of family get-togethers. Our parents would eat and drink and play mah-jong upstairs while the kids played and ran wild in the basement. We literally grew up together. Those [...]
Oh hi! Seems like I took a little bit of a blogging vacation. It was much needed time away from the computer and social media (mostly) and time with family and friends. One of my favorite ways to spend time with friends and family over the holidays involves Christmas cookies. Lots of Christmas cookies. We [...]
I was planning a longer post but realized that really, I just want to slow things down. It’s the holidays after all, right? Plus, the boys wanted to wish you a happy holiday. Thank you all for your kind words of encouragement even though I was doing stupid yoga tricks. One thing that I just [...]
Yes, December has definitely snuck up on me. You too? While we have been trying not to rush and dive head first into all things holiday, we didn’t really have a choice this weekend. We couldn’t find our holiday decorations, Advent calendar, our tree stand or Christmas tree ornaments. After searching through our storage unit, [...]
This weekend signaled the start of the boys’ spring break. After Ed and I realized that vacation actually started on Friday instead of Saturday, we scrambled to find a babysitter for the boys so that we could work. I guess that’s one of the downsides of being a freelancer – you’re not as clued in [...]
Our family is a bit of a mixed plate. We are a Chinese-Polish-American family (although I’m sure that my husband would say that we’re a Polish-Chinese-American family). I know, kind of an odd combination, right? It’s even funnier when you see my five year old son, who looks more Asian than not, speak fluent Polish. [...]
I don’t know about you but I am exhausted. I thought that since we were staying in town over the holidays things would be a bit more mellow and relaxed. Not quite. The past two weeks or so have been jam-packed with visiting relatives, family gatherings, Santa visits, Christmas tree decorating, trips to visit my [...]
Do you remember when you first found out the truth about Santa Claus? I don’t remember exactly how old I was when I figured it out but I don’t remember it being a huge traumatic discovery like it was for some of my friends. I just remember that one year there was Santa and then [...]
