Time Flies When You're Having Fun!

The days just keep flying by and we're almost about to celebrate the big "4"!!  We have been so busy!  We got together with our wonderful Taiwan families to celebrate Pey's birthday.  Too bad the birthday boy was afraid of the lions!

Then it was Chinese New Year!  This outfit was given to Lexie when we attended Taiwan ROCks in Dallas, back in 2011.  It belonged to sweet Hannah and finally, Lexie was able to wear it.  She looks so grown up in it!

                     

We had a fun celebration just hanging out and playing! These wonderful boys have become Lexie's brothers!  She loves them so much!

   

There was a lion dance for good luck until it was interrupted by a tiger!  They were trying to out-roar each other!

  

When we had some downtime, Lexie wanted to play with her zhu zhu pets.  They were not working for a long time even though we kept changing their batteries.  Lexie told daddy to try again and to our amazement, they started moving around again.  Well, this was the last picture we got of the 4 pets.  Lexie had Jingle on zhu zhu duty, but these pets are pretty sneaky and the purple one hasn't been seen since they were let loose in our kitchen.  

         

Then, it was off to another party!  We celebrated baby Boston's first birthday.  Lexie had fun playing baseball and doing lots of jumping and sliding.

        

         

We were all sick on Valentine's Day, but we still managed to have a little fun.  Each day in February,  I put a heart on Lexie's door telling her why I love her.  She loved counting her hearts.  We haven't celebrated yet, but as soon as everyone is feeling 100%, we will have a belated Valentine's Day with our little love bug!

       

We went to the zoo.  I love this sign at the entrance.  It shows how far Taipei is!

    

We were playing by a fallen tree and Lexie went into model mode and started posing for pictures.

             

The best part of going to the zoo was spending time with her best friends!

   

And on our few sunny days, Lexie loves going outside.  She can't get enough of her trike.  She loves riding it and we're thinking that next Christmas, we may have to upgrade to a bicycle!

      

It Was a Happy New Year!

We have been non-stop busy since Christmas.  Right after Christmas, we made mochi.  Lexie loved eating them.

This was the first year Lexie really enjoyed making the mochi.   Every time she heard that timer go off, she was at the table ready to make more mochi.  She loved playing with the potato starch.  She said it was like snow.  She loved putting it all over her face and growling like a tiger.

            

There were other people in the family who also liked putting potato starch on their faces.             

Lexie's favorite doll is her rabbit, Thumper, so she was thrilled that her cousin had some rabbits that she could play with

          

She didn't mind that she was in their pen with poop all around her.  Lexie could have stayed in their all day long. 

            

Then it was off to church to be blessed for the new year.  Lexie fed the lion for good luck.

          

Giving daddy a squeeze while we waited to be blessed and hoping that it wouldn't rain.

            

Lexie was having fun by pretending to be a tiger!

        

We were blessed by the priest and shook the bell for good luck.

        

Lexie loves posing with statues.  She can be such a ham!

        

Lexie has taught everyone in the family how to make a goofy face.

        

Grandma Sharon and all 12 of her grandkids!

      

So far, the year is zipping by pretty quickly.  Can't believe it's already February!  We are enjoying each day with Lexie, but wish we could push the pause button so we can freeze moments like this!