Wow! The past year and a half went by super fast!

I've been busy with work, college classes, kids, and life in general, so blogging has dropped way down on my list of priorities. I kept meaning to write something, like a "Hi Live Journal, I'm still alive. Remember me?" type of post, but other stuff kept distracting me. Oh well, c'est la vie ( Read more... )

FYI, I tend to go a bit crazy with the camera over the holidays.  There are so many happy, cute moments that I never want to forget.  I find myself taking photos of everything the kids are doing.  By the end of December, I have hundreds of photos!  With that said...

Warning: This journal entry contains 45 of my favorite photos from December, ( Read more... )

Costume Status: 100% Complete

Last Halloween, after watching nearly every episode of Card Captor Sakura with his sister, Ethan wanted to be Syaoran Li.  He especially wanted his costume to go with his sister's costume.

( Reference pictures... )

Costume Status: 100% complete
( Costume Backstory (or Talia and Ethan are introduced to fansubs)... )

Costume Status: 100% complete

I'm a fan of the Naruto manga and anime series.  Anyone who has followed my cosplay or my fanfiction online knows this.  It's not exactly a secret.  The thing is...  People in my Real Life know this, too, including my dentist of all people.  ^_^;
( Read more... )

Highlights from September
( Piano Recital, Baking, Dance Class... )

I can't believe it's summer already!

I also can't believe it's been 6 months since I last posted here.  I have plenty of excuses for why I haven't been on LiveJournal.

The main reason for my absence is that I went back to school and started working part-time.  Now that the children are older and in school for a large part of the day, I wanted to do ( Read more... )

August 2012

( Bay Area Discovery Museum )

My kids love Angry Birds.  If it's related to Angry Birds in some way, they love it.  It was no surprise that they both wanted an Angry Birds themed birthday party.  Up until now, we've always thrown a joint birthday party for them.  Talia's birthday and Ethan's birthday are one month apart - which is close enough for us to pick a date in between ( Read more... )

Happy New Year!

For 2013, I resolve to write more this year.  So... here's the next installment of my kids blog.  ^_^

( June 2012: bicycle accident and mini preschool reunion )