Our Second Weekend Alone!

So we made it through the week pretty well...Vic has been working from home, so I haven't had to face a full day with The Toddler and The Baby. I am fairly mortified at the thought of dealing with the both of them all day. We'll see how it goes - since Vic's back at the office on Monday. Good thing he's got Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday off!

Oh, and I've finally joined Facebook. Now I get to spend time uploading pics on that website too! I actually like Facebook (much more than MySpace, which is kinda lame, IMHO) - I like to see what everyone's up to, and get instant feedback on pictures and comments and such. So I'll probably stick with Facebook and Xanga for now. I still really, really like Xanga, b/c I can be more creative with my posts. Facebook is more like Advanced IM'ing to me. I can shoot a quick note to an old high school friend and see videos of my sisters' kids. I like that.

Okay, a few pics of the kids (which are now also on Facebook)!

Vic's 32nd birthday (we celebrated a bit early when Mei was here - the chocolate flourless torte was AWESOME!!)

I think this pic is friggin' hilarious...

Baby in the basket!

David holding Abby:

David holding Abby...and a squirrel. Way to multitask, kiddo!

David always has to be where Abby is...

Video:

Our first weekend - alone!

So Vicki left us on Saturday morning. Sigh. Now we're on our own with the kids!

I'm going to miss having her around to play with David, to hold Abby...but most of all, I'll miss this:

Everything was made from scratch with fresh ingredients. Ah, we ate good for 3 weeks! :D

And now we're on our own. Of course, David has been sick with a fever all weekend - so one of us has been up with him all night and the other has been up with Abby. Then we switch. Good times, good times...

Okay, Vic just told me that David's fever broke - so that's good! Okay, time to start the day!

The Meaning of Abigail's Middle Name

So Abby's middle name is "Ben-Tsu". Vic's folks came up with it and gave it to her on the day she was born. It comes from a traditional Confucian poem. Vic's mom spent quite a bit of time explaining the meaning to me; it loosely translates to "born with a kind heart". However, for those who are curious (and for my own posterity), I had Vicki look up the poem.

Voila!!

人 之 初
ren zhi chu (tsu)
People at birth

性 本 善
xing ben shan
Are naturally good

性 相 近
xing xiang jin
Their natures are similar

習 相 遠
xi xiang yuan
Their habits become different

苟 不 教
gou bu jiao
If negligently or foolishly, not taught,

性 乃 遷
xing nai qian
Their nature deteriorate/widely differ

教 之 道
jiao zhi dao
The right way to teach,

貴 以 專
gui yi zhuan
Is with absolute concentration/thoroughness

So basically, Abby is born good...and if we don't teach her well, she will turn bad! Way to lay on the guilt, Nai-Nai!!

Happy Halloween, ya'll!

Halloween is my favorite holiday - as anyone who has ever been to one of my parties can attest.  This year, since we had Abby 1 week before my most favorite holiday, we played it low-key. (But next year it's gonna rock!)

So here are the obligatory Halloween pics!

  Painting pumpkins with the neighbor kids (Elena & Nabil). We used puffy glitter paint, since Mommy didn't feel like breaking out the carving knives this year.

  Our little web-slinger. Since David freaked out so much last year about his costume, I decided to get him some Spider-Man pj's instead (which cost about as much as a costume). David loves to watch the old "Spider-Man" cartoon on YouTube, so when he got to BE Spider-Man, his mind was officially blown.

Vicki & I stayed at home with Abby while Vic took David to Ken & Grace's house for some trick-or-treating. Here's a few pics of the adorable kids. Ah, memories...

Hooray for free candy! (and it's mine, all mine!! bwahahahaha!)

Brotherly Love

 David is totally enamored with his baby sister:

And now come the comparison pictures. See if you can guess which one is David and which one is Abby: