Heute hat der liebe Opa Geburtstag.
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag, Opa!
Today my brave little niece turns 6!
Mama Pig has been contemplating on cutting Lil Piglet's hair for a long time. Fearing that Midori might develop a lazy eye from the constant blocking of her right eye by her long bangs, Mama Pig put Midori on her high chair, bribed her with a piece of biscuit before snipping some 6 cm off Midori's bangs...... a tad too much.
Given the beautiful spring weather, Mama Pig and friends brought their offsprings to the playground today.
The circus was in town! So 2 friends and I brought our kids to the circus.
We didn't watch the circus because the kids are just too young to sit through a 2-hour show. However we still had fun just watching and feeding the camels.
My super-duper nephew turns 7 today!
My precious elder brother always has a smile for everyone, even strangers and enemies. Some think he is stupid when in fact they are the real fools for not recognizing his magnanimity. How many of us will not lash back when insulted, scolded or beaten. My saint brother will just smile, say "omitofo, eat more tofu" and walk away. MM strongly believes in peaceful, non-retaliating act amid confrontations. Yes, we have a "Dalai Lama" in the family.
This is a tribute to my dearest brother, who has given me a new life and continues to encourage and inspire me to be a better person.
Given that today is also Academy Awards 2009, the Oscar goes to..... (drum rolls).......MM for the following awards:
Our Chinese friend, A, invited Mama Pig and Golden Piglet to her place for dinner tonight. Our Japanese friend, Y, was also there with her cutie pie, A, aka Midori's best friend.
A made Jiaozhi and mini spring rolls and they were really yummy. It was the first time that Midori tasted these 2 Chinese specialties and our greedy Piglet totally loved them.
Since it was only 2 days to Chinese New Year, I made tangyuan, glutinous rice balls in syrup, for dessert. The pink ones had peanut filling whereas the blue and green ones were just plain sticky rice balls.
In my family, we always make colorful tangyuan. I have fond childhood memories of me and my younger brother happily helping our mom make colorful tangyuan in all sorts of colors and shapes, much to our mom's frustration and amusement. Oh, how I miss my family during this time of the year.
Oink! Oink! Oink! Mama Pig got a brand new notebook!!!
Papa Pig bought Mama Pig a green Dell Inspiron after her old Acer died. Yeah, now Mama Pig can googletalk with Midori's dearest MM99 again!
