May 4, 2015 - Scooters and bikes

Sorry sorry - I tried to get this out before Sunday was over but I was trying to balance sleep (and being up at 5:15) and finishing the blog (and my computer has 1 GB left of memory... if someone can help me strategically get rid of my .raw photo files please let me know)... and sleep won last night.

Just a few funny things that have happened recently:

The other day I catch Charlotte saying "What the hell?" on the way home.  Naturally I ask her where she heard such a thing, and she cheerfully responds "Daddy."  Turns out there was some dumb parking maneuvers at the school in the morning.  So now we ask her to say heck - which is still not the best but better than hell.

Sophia and Charlotte always get lollipops at the grocery store.  While Kathy was here they went to the store and bought nothing else... so Kathy told the girls to stand in line to pay for the lollipops.  They asked why because they thought that the grocery store gave it to them for free (because I always pay while buying a slew of other things).  So they honestly believed that the lollipops existed, just for them to have anywhere they wanted for FREE.

Matt and I went to see Katy Perry in concert on Friday and the girls really wanted to go.  We went to lunch at our favorite Japanese place earlier in the day and Sophia was a grump, saying "I don't want to go to Japanese!"  I ask her where she wants to go and she whines, "I want to go see Katy Perry."  All while wearing an Elsa dress (of course).

Last week the girls and I went to HK for 2 days to get China visas... $1500 USD later we got them for 10 YEARS.  Joy was an awesome host (we did not plan to stay the 2nd day but was advised to to ensure that we could get the 10 year one).  We played London Bridge and the girls loved it while wearing Joy's tall shoes.

Charlotte is getting very good on her balance bike - she is 85% there on her peddle bike without training wheels.  All within 2 weeks.

Sophia is amazing on her scooter too - she turns and brakes (unlike her sister).

Here they are on wheels at the Macau Tower:

Here is Matt at the office-  he is going for Halloween as Bunsen Honeydew:

Matt trying to teach the girls golf:

The brood going to the grocery store:

Putting air in the balance bike:

Dawan the photo bomber:

We went to the park near the gas station by our park and subsequently got lectured in Cantonese for letting Dawan off her leash:

Macau Tower dinner - The Singing Bean Cafe does not have enough staffing to open the outside seating so we waited a while to sit:

Days in HK:

The view from the Courtyard by Marriott HK:

Joy had Play Doh - and the girls were thrilled!

We went to HK Park and Zoo:

We gave Dawan a long overdue haircut - she is now a labrador!

Tamar organized the kids in our building for some water hose fun - a great idea and a great day on Friday May 1!

Sophias kvatch:

Jessie met us for a brunch at Sky21 - surprisingly kid friendly!  Great choice Jessie - thanks for spending the day with us as daddy watched the fight of the century!