Last Christmas ...

"Last Christmas, I gave you my heart, but the very next day, you gave it away..."
No ... I am just trying to blog what happened in December 2009.

• We took Natalie to watch Nutcracker in San Francisco, performed by San Francisco Ballet. Nutcracker is a story that Natalie fell in love with after we read her the book. This was her first time watching a ballet performance. She behaved better than I expected. She could sit still for the 1st half, then she kept asking to leave during the 2nd half. After she watched the ballet, she loved the story AND being a ballerina even more.
• So, we took her to watch Nutcracker again. But this time it's with Peninsula Ballet. We watched it in San Mateo. We are thinking about taking Natalie to watch "Sleeping Beauty's Wedding" this coming March. Also performed by Peninsula Ballet.
• Had a fun X'mas party in Lisa's house. It was great. Natalie was not afraid of Santa anymore. Last year, when Santa came up, I had to hide with her upstairs. This time, she could sit on Santa's lap. What a big difference!
• We went to Vancouver near end of December. We sledding at Mount Seymour. But Natalie did not like snow splashing on her face while sledding. So we left after 2 runs. Fortunately, Mt. Seymour was only 45 mins drive from my parents home. We could easily drove back to have lunch and let Natalie take a nap. On the other hand, Natalie really enjoyed my parents company, and she loved hanging out with my brother and sister. On the day we went back to the Bay Area, Natalie was crying and she said she wanted to stay longer... :(
  

Here are the pictures we took in December 2009:

November 2009

Time flies.
I have not blogged for months.
I tried restarting last week, but I was too lazy. I ended up with a 3 liner post.
I am trying to think back what I did in the past few months.
Let's start from November 2009.

• Natalie had a performance on stage with Small Fry's Dance Club. Since then, Natalie fell in love with performing on a stage and she kept asking when she could do it again. The next performance will be in June. We have told her that, and she's looking forward to it.
• Natalie's 3rd birthday party was held in BounceU. She was excited that she could have a birthday party. She wanted to invite many of her friends from CCLC. But since most guests that we invited were Cantonese speaking, so I told Natalie that I could not invite her non-Cantonese speaking friends from school. I did not want them to feel being left out. But I think I should do better this year. I'll need to arrange something that would allow everyone to have fun.
• On Thanksgiving Day, we put up the Christmas tree together. It was fun.
• We took Natalie to Gilroy Garden. It was her first visit there. She had a great time. She enjoyed every ride there. She even wanted to get on the Pirate Boat and roller coaster, but she's too young for those. When the weather gets better, I will definitely take her there again.
  

Here are the pictures that were taken in November 2009: