Bai Tong

Last time we ate at Bai Tong in Redmond Kenzi noticed the cushion seating by the wall.  We decided to try the Bai Tong in the Highlands and by surprise we were seated at a table with these nice cushions.  Kenzi was more than happy with our spot.  

Barbies!

Eveytime Emi and Kenzi are asked what they want for Christmas they have said Barbies.  I wasn't sure if they kept asking for them because Daddy is so opposed to Barbie or if they really wanted them.  I never got into playing with Barbies when I was little but we were not planning on getting them.

They were SO excited to get this gift from their boys {Nath and Kase} oh the look on their faces and cheers of excitement were the best on Christmas Eve.  Thanks for the Barbies Fernando's!

Christmas Prom

Christmas Prom was FUN!  Emi and Kenzi were so excited to dress up and celebrate Christmas with our family at Auntie Christine and Uncle Eric's house.

Everyone enjoyed the yummy meat loaf and baked potatoes, endless snacks and drinks!  Thank you Christine and Eric for hosting!

Gung Gung

Merry Christmas!

Kindergarten Kafe

Emi's Kindergarten teacher is just wonderful, since the beginning of school she few family activities that are really fun and related to their curriculum. Today we were invited to Kindergarten Kafe at lunch time.  Each student was invited to bring some food to share 

{the kids got to pick a food to share from the food groups they were learning about}

Emi picked cucumber rolls...

On her desk was a gift that she made.  She wanted her gift to go to her cousins that visited this summer from Philadelphia {Ryan, Megan, and Kevin} so thoughtful.

After lunch Emi and her friend Emily took turns reading to us.  It's always so fun to see Emi at school!

Kenzi was thinking she was pretty funny for wearing mommy's hat today.

Silly {sweet} girl!

Winter Celebration

Kenzi had her first winter celebration performance this weekend.  She did a great job holding hands and dancing with her class.  I am a little behind and will add some pictures of her actually dancing!

Flap Stick {Kirkland}

Uncle Jason invited us to join him and some other friends for an evening of mini putt putt and dinner.
The girls really had fun playing mini golf {first time!} we'll have to do this again soon!

Cookie Decorating

Our friends {The Miikki''s} invited us over after school to decorate Christmas cookies.

It was a bit messy but so fun for the kids!  Emi goes to school with Matias and Kenzi and I have gotten to know his sisters {twins} Olivia and Sofia and their parents.  It's great having friends so close by!

Kenzi really had fun  loves squeezing out icing of th bottle and decorating with mini marshmallows.

Emi was really concentrating on her decorating, Alyssa had so many candies and sprinkles!

Cookie creations

Kenzi's are on the left and Emi's on the right.

Thanks for a fun afternoon!

Serres Farm

We visited Serres Farm {same as last year} for our tree.  

It has nice trees that are pretty reasonable, the farm is not too big or over whelming and it'snot too muddy.

 

Looking for our perfect tree!

After we got the tree set up on the stand, the girls got busy decorating.  E & K pretty

much took over and had so much fun putting each ornament on. 

 It was really fun to watch and hear them working together so nicely.

Here is our lovely {little} tree.

Ice Skating

We took the girls to Redmond Town Center

 today to get out of the {Erich was sick and we were getting cabin fever after 2 days at home}

While I shopped Erich took the girls ice skating, it was their first time

 {it wasn't real ice} but they had so much fun!

The last time Erich ice skated was 8 years ago today 

{when he proposed and we ice skated at Bellevue Park}

Kenzi and Emi liked skating so much that they wanted to go back for more after lunch.

Post Thanksgiving

Emi lost her other front tooth after Thanksgiving {she lost her first one during Thanksgiving dinner}

We were taking it easy since Daddy was not feeling well after Thanksgiving.

Kenzi wanted to draw smiley faces on the backs of our Christmas cards.

After Daddy got better then Kenzi got sick 

{she had a fever for a few days and then an ear infection}she had a rough few days. 

We knew Kenzi was feeling better when she was interested in working in her ABC sticker book.

Hoping that Emi and I stay healthy!

Kenzi always ask to buy flowers when we get groceries.  Today I talked her into a pretty little rose plant. 

Creativity

Lately I have been into home decor and crafting it up for the holidays...

I took out the pictures and clutter from these 2 shelves and added some 

simple decor and flameless candles.

I made this fall wreath with a friend, it was so fun and easy to make!

I recovered our chairs...

and painted our dining table with chalk paint {my latest obsession}

Made this collection box for the homecoming fundraiser/

Made these "wish" bracelets for a friend's trip {goodie bags}

Kenzi's new hat

Kenzi is a little under the weather.  

Her nose was running and she's rocking her new hat on the couch to help her stay warm.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was festive, fun and we filled our tummies with yummy food.  

Unfortunately I failed to take more pictures this afternoon, hopefully 

Uncle Marc will share some of his pictures!

We decorated these cuties with name tags.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Emi lost her tooth during dinner.

After dinner Leap Pad session with Emi.

Happy birthday to Auntie Sonia!

Uncle Justin and his UW friends joined us for dinner.

We are so happy that we could host our families for Thanksgiving dinner.  

Everyone had a great time {especially these two!}

Harvest feast

Emi's teacher hosted a friendly harvest feast for families on Wednesday before Thanksgiving.  We began with a story and then  we were invited to eat some snacks that kids made for their family.

Kenzi did not want to smile for the picture...

Our sweet Kindergartner Emi :)  Thank you for the nice food! 

Grammie and Grandpa

Grandpa and Grammie came over to visit this afternoon.  Everyone had fun playing pass the ball.

ICE!

It's started to get really cold this week...Kenzi really wanted to play outside but I was too cold to take her to the park so she asked to go in the back yard.  She went straight for the water table and had fun fishing for ice in the freezing cold water!

Mom's bday

We celebrated my mom's birthday with a trip to Polished to get our nails done, then we had

lunch and did a little shopping.

The ladies got pedicures {picture by Emi}

The girls got their nails polished!  Everyone was happy, happy!

Emi and Po Po

Emi helped take this picture {lunch @ Tokyo}

Wrapping up Po Po's birthday with cake!

Happy birthday Po Po, we love you!