NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory open day

Last Saturday and Sunday was JPL's annual open day. We arrived Pasadena at around 9:40am, it was a very chilly and windy morning. Helen and the girls were not on their best condition and the show was not as good as what we were expecting... There were waiting lines everywhere, some lines were almost as long as the lines at the Universal Studios and Disneyland! We didn't stay long and went to dim-sum in San Gabriel.

Spring break 2011 (Toronto)

It's Easter Sunday and we just came home form a week-long Spring break vacation visiting family in Markham, Ontario! It was the girls' first trip to Canada and they are in love with everything and every person over there! We are so glad to see everybody! We had tons of delicious food and visited many places including the famous CN Tower and the Niagara Falls! We want to say a big THANK YOU to my sister's family! They took great care of us and we all had a great time! We hope to visit again next year!!

Breakfast on Saturday morning

Saturday morning after dropping off two cars at Jiffy Lube for oil change, we found a mom & pop French pastry shop "Chocolatine"around the corner and had some yummy breakfast, it was a nice treat!

Girls' new pets

It's been over two years since we last went to Chinatown in downtown Los Angeles... We went to Ocean seafood restaurant for some late afternoon dimsum. The service was excellent but the quality of food was so so compared to the restaurants in San Gabriel/ Alhambra area, good thing is we don't come to this area often. Checking out the stores on Broadway was fun, we bought a few toys from street vendors... Before we head back home, we stopped by Liberty & Fish pet store and found lots of pets we don't usually see in a regular pet store. Helen found her favorite South American Red Foot tortoise, Vivian instantly fell in love with a white (patchy spots) two-week old bunny baby, Erica was stuck at the cages filled with chicks! 15 minutes later, all girls left the pet shop with their new pets!

Vivian is 6!

2/18 was Vivian's 6th Birthday! We didn't cut the cake because she was too tired and went to bed early right after a quick dinner... Our whole family is recovering form a week-long sickness -viral infection. Erica was the first one to get it, then spread to Vivian, finally it's mommy and daddy. It was pretty bad, since it was viral infection, the prescription antibiotics was not working at all, both Erica and Vivian had low-grade fever for 4 days, coughing, runny nose, tired... As of today, everybody is pretty much recovered. However, Vivian is still very tired, complained headache in the morning... We hope she'll be all energized like a bunny again soon!

Chinese New Year 2011

Happy Chinese New Year!! It's the year of the Rabbit! We wish all our family & friends a prosperous year! We wish you all happiness and great health!! Erica & Vivian dressed up with traditional Chinese costumes and sending their greetings!

Malibu Bluffs & Adamson House

A nice scenic drive to Malibu Bluffs State Park on Sunday morning with the family. We later visited the Adamson House right next to the Malibu Lagoon. What a beautiful Spanish Colonial style building build in 1930! The girls took their own cameras and took a lot of pictures themselves too.