Emma's Birthday!

Emma turned 5 on September 4!!  

Dinner with the Phillips.  Emma's favorite food is Mac n Cheese.  I got a bunch of outdated mac n cheese this summer for half the imported price:)

Oh my.  Thank you Grandma Susan!!  Now I can play big girl dolls with my sister!!

And this was the party where I thought I had invited Emma's classmates over.  Hmm, why is no one showing up?  OH wait, I actually put the wrong date on the invitation!  Yup.  Thankful for Geneva who was on her way, and for Lisa and Andrew who came last minute to make up the party!  Emma didn't mind and enjoyed herself:)

As of late

Language lessons continued all summer.  Our tutor has found that cartoons are good rewards for a good lesson!

All the kids have enjoyed a great pool just 10 minutes away!  Shhh don't tell them we don't live in the apartment complex!!!

Finally something all 4 bigs can do, Tai Kwan Do!

My new friend at the pool(the one who sells drinks and floaties).  She loves Luke!

Crawling backwards.  Oops

Um, I don't think I can get out of here. . . 

Oh, but I'll always smile for the camera.

Ayi spending time with Luke

Piano lessons

Daddy feeding Luke ice cream

Andrew and Jenna are back!!

AND, its school time.  The kids doing their first real test.  

Not so happy about that.

Oh, that time we did water balloons outside

These were from Hong Kong.  The helicopter landing was right beside our beach.  Only way off the island quickly.

We saw almost 2 every day.