Hong Kong summer vacation 2012

The girls kicked off this summer with two weeks vacation in Hong Kong! Mom took the girls to so many fun places, play with cousins, nephews & nieces, shopping, great food and birthday party. Each girl gained about 3-4 lbs! When asked what's their favorite food in Hong Kong, they both said McFlurries, when asked what's their favorite place to visit, they both said Hong Kong Disneyland. When asked what's their least favorite thing in Hong Kong, they both said the smell at the meat market!
Here are some pictures taken by Helen to share with you!

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Last day of school year 2012!

Today is the last day of school year at Conejo Valley school district, classes ended at 12:30pm, I went to school at around noon so that I can find a parking spot nearby school. All kids were so excited when the room door opened, class teacher was giving hugs to each of the students when they stepped out the door to their parents. Erica was very proud of wearing her special "See you soon" T-shirt mom got for her from Hong Kong! They also received their report cards today, everything was excellent, the girls had a very successful year in school and we are see very obvious progress on two girls, we are so proud! After the summer, Erica will go to the 4th grade and Vivian will be a 2nd grader!

Look at my Afro hair!

Vivian found an old cassette in my car, I told her she can pull out the tape and make a pom pom. She found out it's more fun to use it as an Afro wig!

Last Sunday before Hong Kong trip

We invited Mr. Chen & Mr. Leo's families over for dinner last night. Helen prepared 4 dishes of authentic Chinese food with a pot of Chicken soup. Kids had cheese and pepperoni pizza, popcorn & watched a movie Charlotte's Web, Jennifer & Katelyn had a great time with our girls, everybody stayed till 10:00pm and had a great time. This morning we went to the Camarillo Outlet and bought 4 more Coach bags and 3 pairs of Levi's Jeans for gifts, Helen will bring to Hong Kong on our trip this coming Saturday. We probably will buy a few cases of fresh strawberries this Friday and hand carry to Hong Kong too. It's a nice Sunday afternoon, we went to Sam Woo for lunch, did grocery shopping at Ranch 99 and came home, took the girls out for a 45 minutes bike ride in the neighborhood, ate leftover pizza for dinner, this sums up a relaxing Sunday.

Vivian's new pet!

Vivian just adopted a new pet last Saturday, it's an 1 year old male Australian transparent Bearded Dragon which Vivian named it "Pineapple". She has been bugging us for a Bearded Dragon for about 3 weeks since I shown her one on the Craigslist. We bought this one from a guy in Simi Valley for only $60, usually you'll find these in the pet store selling for $150-$200 each! We set up a 40 gallon terrarium in the garage and we have heat lamp for it at night time and UVB lights during daytime. Vivian is very proud of her new pet and was showing to our neighbors almost everyday!

Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock

The first grade classes at Westlake Hills had a play at 7:00pm in school tonight. The name of the play is called Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock, it is based on a West African Tale. It's the story of a very tricky spider who discovered a magic rock which he uses to steal food form all the jungle inhabitants. The last laugh is on Anansi, of course, but not before everyone has a chance to sing some fun songs about yam, dancing mangos and Anansi's mischief...  The first graders spent a whole week practicing the play. Vivian was one of the elephants. Erica had the same show when she was in first grade and she was one of the elephants too.

One more week and the school year is over! Helen and I will have a business trip to China next weekend, we will bring our girls along with us and drop them off in Hong Kong with Helen's sister for a few days. I will return to the States on Thursday the following week and Helen and the girls will stay in Hong Kong till 23rd. The girls & mom are going to have lots of fun in Hong Kong!

Westlake Hills Elementary Open House

The school year will end in 2 weeks, Westlake Hills Elementary had a open house this evening. The girls were so proud to show us their school projects and artwork displayed in their classrooms. In the remaining days of this school year, they are going to have a show, field trip to the zoo, In-N-Out burger lunch and other celebrations.