Annual Wong Family Picnic

Yesterday was the Annual Wong Family Picnic. We had a Pot Luck at Fisher Basin Park and the kids played their little hearts out. The kids had tons of fun with their cousin Gabby and Poy's cousin's children as well. The weather was great and so was the company. Here are some photos of the family.

The kids getting food in their bellies before going to the playground.

Poy and the kids

Gabby, Nolan and Sophie

Poy & his brother Howard

Gabby

Madison

Kennedy

The food tastes better on Auntie Irene's plate

Gabby with her yummy noodles.

Our brother-in-law Kyle, Poy's uncle Edmund and Poy

Poy's Aunt Sally

Me :)

Zachary & Nolan

Give this kid some water 'cause he is sweaty!!

Sophie after playing hard

Busy, Busy Day

Yesterday ended up being a very full day.  Sophie and I started the morning at her "Creative Creations" Art class.  They did a very fun activity. They put a variety of things on the table and the children put them on wax paper.  They placed crayon shavings on their creation, covered it with another sheet of wax paper and then the instructor ironed it.  Sophie used feathers, paper, and flower petals. I think we'll put them in a window cause they look really cool when light shines through.  Last week they painted with "sand bags" (which were actually sand inside a tied nylon), that was fun, but didn't keep attention too long and it was obviously very messy. 

After class I had a chiropractor appointment, we went to lunch, and then took Sophie to her 3 year check-up.  She had a great appointment, her doctor was pleased with her health.  She weighed in at a mighty 27 lbs and she is 36 1/2" tall. She is equally proportioned at the 25th percentile in both height and weight. *For those of you without kids, this means 75% of kids her age are bigger than she is. We then were off to Target for some school supplies. 

As soon as we got home it was time to prepare for Nolan's soccer game, get a little snack in us and get to the field.  This was the first time I was alone with the kids at the game.  Poy took his management team out to dinner to show his appreciation to them, and my parents left for Las Vegas this morning. The ironic thing is, I felt like this was probably his best game so far.  Nolan is not an aggressive player at all, so he is often just running around.  He had a lot more kicks at the ball yesterday and he did quite well at his turn at goalie.  Here are some photos of Nolan playing and Sophie posing.

After the soccer game we were off to T-ball practice!  I know, what kind of a crazy mom has her 6 year old do 2 sports in one day... I didn't know that t-ball practice would be the same day as the soccer game, so when we can, we do both.  The hard part was I had a 3 year old to entertain on a blanket for 2 hours by myself.  Lets just say, she was playing with my camera ALOT, and insisting I take her picture.

We arrived home after 8pm and I then made a quick spaghetti dinner while we waited for Poy to come home. When we were done Sophie was unzipping her PJ's so I asked her what she was doing.  She says in a low gravely voice, as she sticks out her belly "My tummy says he is full". So cute. 

After Poy got home, we remembered that we bought Sophie her first nightgown at Target yesterday cause it was super cheap.  Sophie LOVES dresses, so I knew she'd love a nightgown.  Anyway, so she had to change.  I told her to pose for her picture, and that she did!

And just at the time when we should put the kids to bed and relax... I had to go to work...

As I said, it was a busy, busy day.

Did I hear what I think I heard? Yes I did!

Tonight I was getting Sophie's PJ's on and encouraging her to clean her room.  She really didn't want to do it, so she was getting a bit frustrated.  All of the sudden I hear her say something, but her back is turned to me, and I think "did I hear what I think I heard?" So I ask her, "what did you say?" She looks right at me with the most appropriate face and says "damn it".  She said it another 4 or 5 times while I had to hide my face in my shirt because it was really funny and I didn't want her to see me laughing and think she should continue.  She ended up thinking I was crying so I told her it was because I didn't like her using that word.  The funny thing was she was using it so appropriately.  The tone of her voice, the reason and everything.  I don't even know where she picked it up.  We are actually quite good at not swearing in front of our kids, and Nolan at 6 years old hasn't picked up any.  It was quite surprising, but that's our Sophie, she keeps us on our toes!

Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles

The kids and I had some good bubble fun today. It started out with a bubble bath which is Sophie's new favorite thing.  Everytime she sees me in the tub she asks if she can have a bubble bath. Here are some fun pics.

Sophie's polishing the chrome for me

Nolan, I can't see your face...

That's better

Bubble Head!

In the afternoon I decided to try making homemade bubbles. Over all, it wasn't nearly as successful as I hoped it would be, but we did have some fun.  I've been trying to find some fun stuff for the kids to do outside since I feel like the kids are inside way too much.  Last week we made silly putty.  That was some messy fun.

Nolan climbing the rock wall

Check out that trapeze artist!

Cute Pose

Mixing bubbles

Blowing bubbles

It was a such a beautiful day today. I sure didn't get much done inside the house, 

but it was nice to be outside.

A Yucky Way to Wake Up

I was peacefully sleeping this morning when I woke to hear Sophie crying in her room at 5am.  She wakes often and makes her way into our bed, but this morning was different.  She was crying, and yelling "mama".  As I pulled myself out of bed to go to her, she knocks on her door, which of coarse she can open herself.  I opened the door to an overwhelming stench.  I thought she pooped or something.  I asked her what was wrong and if she pooped. She said something about it being in her bed. I turned on the light to see vomit on her PJ's. I went into her room and found that she had thrown up in her bed then she must have been disoriented cause there was a path from her bed to her dresser.  There was the smelliest vomit everywhere.  Yuck, yuck, yuck!  I got her cleaned up and then Poy and I spent a good 20-30 minutes cleaning up her bedding and her carpet.  Luckily she had tossed her "night-night" (her name for her lovey) out of her bed before she got sick, so night-night was still available to comfort her in her time of need. When she woke for the day she didn't eat anything for breakfast, she only wanted milk.  As we were getting into the car to go to Nolan's t-ball game, she threw up her milk too.  I thought we were gonna have a sick kid all day long, but luckily she didn't have any more issues the rest of the day.  I will say we are quite fortunate, both of our kids did not have their first incident of "real" throw-up until they were 3 years old. 

They did like to spit up as babies though :)