Surprise Balloons

During the weekend until earlier this week, Ashrie caught a bad cold and with it fever, so Mommy’s busy making her busy by engaging her in fun-filled activities such as painting. It’s the perfect thing to do - it is not tiring, as she is dealing with a recovering patient. It is also giving her the mental preparation for school, which she missed for a couple of days.

Ashrie never fails to impress me with her works of art. There is genius behind her innocent, nonchalant brush strokes. When asked of this piece, her concept is well-defined. It is an owl with many balloons. It’s watercolor on paper and she entitled it “Surprise Balloons”.

And here is the artist at work.

Jane’s Birthday 2013

Thank God for holidays!

I’m back to work after a 4-day break, and all is good. We celebrated Jane’s birthday last Saturday with a couple of friends who came over for dinner. We both won in a game at church in the Chinese New Year service. We spent a slow afternoon at the Chinese Garden as a family. And we even had the luxury of time to watch past seasons of our favorite TV shows on YouTube, with no consideration of waking up early the next day.

To end, let me greet my wife, a very Happy Birthday and a Happy Valentines’ Day! I love you, Jane.

Pink and Double-Denim

Just a quick photo update of Ashrie. The first photo was before a “Saturdate” a couple of weeks ago. And the second was just yesterday, when MyGirls went out to dine at the nearby shopping mall.

Happy February!

Ashrie’s First Visit to the Dentist

Yesterday after school, my wife told Ashrie’s teacher that she could not come today because of her dental appointment. But my wife was surprised to know that Ashrie already informed her teacher of her absence the following day.

And that day is today, my wife sent me these photos from The Kid’s Dentist and she happily told me that Ashrie was well-behaved during the whole time and quite courageous at that. Her teeth, all 20 of them, are generally fine so they just did some cleaning. Next month she is scheduled for a fissure sealant procedure just to seal-off fine cracks on her molars.
 

I’m so proud of you Ashrie!

Stylish Paper Dolls

Paper dolls have never been so stylish! – Vouge

And they’re back. My wife told me that during her childhood, she used to draw paper dolls to play with.

But with various dolls of all shapes and sizes nowadays, the idea of playing with paper dolls is far from a little girl’s playtime schedule. Now, Louis Vuitton came up with this free downloadable of paper dolls to showcase their 2013 Spring/Summer Collection. Illustrations by Kerrie Hess and styled by Kim Hersov. Hmm, both have KH initials.

I have downloaded the 6-piece illustration set, (cover included) and will present it to MyGirls later. I wonder who will love it more.