Bellybutton

Last night I went to a "two-circle" dinner for Chinese New Years. There were so many aunties and uncles that we filled up two circles.

In case you don't know, I really don't like it when my clothes get wet. If water dribbles on my socks, I have to change them. If my sleeves get wet when I wash my hands, I have to put on a new shirt. It makes a lot of laundry for Mommy to do.


At dinner, my collar got wet! Yuk! Mommy didn't bring an extra shirt for me to wear so I had to eat dinner with no shirt on. I was really tidy though so I didn't get any rice falling into my bellybutton.

Money Down the Drain

Every Thursday after my Arts Umbrella class, I like to go to the Granville Island Kid's Market. Last week I found a blue bus that I wanted to buy but Mommy said no because she had just bought me a new car the day before.

When we got home, we decided that I would be helpful around the house to earn some money so that I could buy the bus myself. Here's the chart that we made. I'm supposed to earn enough quarters to fill all the circles. When all the circles are full, I'll have enough money to buy the bus.


I worked really hard all week and had only two spots left to fill this morning. Before we left the house, I helped Mommy make the bed, was very cooperative and then I put on my own shoes and coat. Mommy said I was a really good boy and gave me the last two quarters to fill my chart. Yippee!

After Arts Umbrella, we bought the bus. I paid the cashier myself by counting the quarters for her. Unfortunately, I can't show you what the bus looks like because I've already lost it. Somehow it got left behind while we were looking around the Kid's Market. Mommy and I spent a long time trying to find it but we didn't find it anywhere.

I'm kind of sad because I tried really hard to get enough quarters to buy the bus this morning. As Max and Ruby say, "money down the drain." Mommy says I can keep trying to earn more quarters and when I have enough we can go back to the store. Next time I'll be more careful with my new bus.

Las Vegas Surprise

Daddy's been in Las Vegas all weekend and he brought back a surprise for me.

Lei See

Chinese New Year was lots of fun. I liked our family dinner and going to see the lion dance. I also liked getting the red "lei see" envelopes. Grandpa, Uncle Kelly, Aunty Wendy, Uncle Craigy and Aunty Dorothy all gave me "lei see" this year. There was lots of money inside and I put it all in my bank to save for my RV bus.

Giddy-up

On our way home from Richmond this afternoon, we stopped at Choices Market to get some groceries. We didn't go to the Choices near our house, instead we went to the one that has the train up top. I had fun racing the train around the store while Mommy tried to shop and make sure I didn't run into anything.


After we paid for our groceries, the cashier gave me a balloon then Mommy let me ride the horse outside the store. This is a new friend of mine and I've named him Oreo because he's black and white.

Gung Hay Faat Choy

Mommy and I went to Parker Place in Richmond this morning to see the Chinese New Year lion dance. We talked about it at school and Mommy told me about it at home so I knew that it would be very loud. I don't get scared of loud noises so I was excited to go.


First we saw three lions dancing on the stage. They had lots of energy and could stretch really tall and jump around. The drums made me feel like a dancing noodle.


After the lions danced on stage, they went around to all the stores in the mall. Each store had a bundle of vegetables and a red envelope hanging in the doorway for the lion to eat. The lions had to jump up high to eat the veggies. I don't like vegetables and I'm small so I don't think I would do that if I were a lion. But when I'm bigger I plan to like vegetables and then I'll be able to jump up high to grab the veggies.


We didn't stay to watch the lion go to all the stores. It was starting to take too long. Instead we went to get lunch and Mommy bought me one of my favourites, a pinapple bao.


Gung Hay Faat Choy

New Trick

I've discovered a new thing to do with my Kid's K'nex.

Hide & Seek

Daddy and I play hide and seek almost every night. I'm getting pretty good at finding new hiding spots (Mommy helps me) and staying quiet until Daddy finds me. Sometimes I forget to hide everything though.

Pearly Whites

Mommy, Grandpa and I went to Daddy's office today.  We all had appointments to have our teeth cleaned.


Here we are at White Spot before our appointments.  Grandpa treated me to a pirate pack!  It was yummy. My favourite part was the chocolate coin, the chocolate ice cream and the boat that I got to bring home.


Here's Shannon cleaning my teeth. She polished them so they are super shiny and smooth. I think you need sunglasses when I smile so that my shiny teeth aren't too bright for you.

While I was waiting for Mommy's teeth to be cleaned, I had lots of things to do. I saw Uncle Bhasker, Uncle Praveen set up the driving game on the XBox for me and Katie played with me. Today Katie and I had lot of fun together AND she bought me a new bus! It's a red "Fillmore" that plays guitar music. I love it. Thank you Katie!