Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Kids' Birthday Cards

My friends from the card making group are going to laugh at this....

After spending 2-3 hours working on Jady and Jeannie's birthday cards, I pay special respect to people who earn a living with their creative minds. It truly is not easy to come up with a design, and the most frustrating part is that I was not happy with the original cards I made and spent an additional hour redoing a different one for the kids.

The originals:



End Result: I added the kids' pictures on their cards to make it more personal!



Now, it's a card you will never find in the store!

"Jeannie's card needs a border".... got to shake this off my head and sit on my hands coz I am NOT redoing it again! :p

Wood Sign

I learned to make wood sign from the RS craft day two years ago and felt in love with these handmade crafts. So, I decided to make a few for our friends (the Cheungs, the Chengs, the Martins, and the Chois) as Christmas gifts this year. I wish I had kept one to myself. :)

Evan's Concert & Jady's Birthday!!!

It was Evan's Winter Concert last Friday (Dec 19) at Hillside Elementary. Johnny and I had a chance to see how Evan does with his second year in the school orchestra. We were happy to see him on the stage and thought he did fairly well until he told us at the end that he actually messed up in a few places.... Never mind, son! No one notice it. :)

Happy Birthday, Jady!!!

Our two-year-old has been sick for the past two days... as well as mom. So, we only have a small birthday party for her birthday (Dec 21, Sunday). We finally caught her smile in one of the many pictures!











Jeannie baked this yummy, delicious vanilla cake for her little sister. She accepted mom's challege of making a special cake for Jady (cake without frosting, sweets and ice-cream). Why is that a challenge? Because our Ms. Jeannie Kwan had a sweet tooth! :)

Mr. Evan lost his wallet a little while ago, so he did not have money to buy Jady a gift. I felt bad for our poor guy but he has to learn to receive warnings from us. Yet, another hard lesson to learn. :)

Nothing fancy!!! Johnny and I bought Jady a little traveling size magic doodle erasable board. We hope this toy will keep our two year old busy while we travel or keeps her quiet at the chapel.

***Jeannie reminded me that I've forgot to make a card for Jady... Good call, Jean... Will take your order! :)

A Two-Year-Old Response

Evan and I was trying to shovel the snow before dad comes home one evening. We were just about done as I turned around and saw my little helper checking into the beach basket (located in the garage) for her tiny, little shovel. Her mischievous smile tells me... "Anything helps, mom!" :)

This is what happen when I asked my soon to be two-year-old (her birthday is on 12/21) for tissue... way to go, babe! :)

Our Latest Attempt!

One night after dinner... Johnny and I tried out this recipe our friend, Phoebe sent us. They turned out soooo good and yummy that I am sure many of my friends and my kids future family would love it! Enjoy!

Ingredients:

Ground meat (pork, beef or turkey) 3 lbs

Soy sauce 4 TBSP

Fish sauce 3 TBSP

Sugar 1 1/4 cups

Cooking wine 3 TBSP

Oyster sauce 3 TBSP

1. Marinate the meat for at least half an hour

2. Use a spoon to spread the meat on the parchment paper (very thin layer).

3. Let it air dry overnight

4. Bake at 300 F for 25 mins. Cut the meat into small pieces (about 1 inch x 2 inches).

5. Turn over and bake for another 10 minutes