The Zhao Family

OK. I am officially old. Thin receding hair, blurry vision, slurred speeches, slow reaction, stiff bones, and now Brennan starts Elementary School today. In one sense its a great relief for Abbey in another sense that I am officially a school age parent. In a moment of reflection, there's the nervousness of how well my child will do in school, if he's listening to the teachers, eating right, enjoying it, meet new friends, or if he's overwhelmed. Oh well ,he's a big boy now he'll learn to adapt.

Anyways. Brennan's really excited to go to school. He's used to Pre-K but that's only about a few dozen students compared to several hundred students.


Mom's done all her preparation last night with stuffing his book bag full of class materials and lunch as if he'll be gone for months. That thing must weigh like 20 lbs, man that will stunt his growth.


Here comes the bus.


The bus driver assistant seems like one of those child abductors. But we trust him, right?




You think he miss us? or we miss him more?




Me: father the stalker and made sure he got to school and no place else.




First day at school: Kodak moment: confusing as anything.


Do you see where the lost freshman is?


Great! The safety patrol is already on his case.


Lost student being assisted by faculty to his room.


Settling down and finding his desk.


OK. He's good to go.


Got to go, class starts and teacher is ready to roll!!

The Changs and our family went to see the Orioles play against the LA Angels. It was a good game and one of the few that the Orioles win!! Afterwards, we were treated with a really nice fireworks display.


The boys were excited to get tickets and giving it at the entrance.




I am not going to say what Clayton is doing. You look at the picture closer.

Here's my most reasonable excuse for me loosing hair: for each strand of hair that I loose is about each ounch of weight the kids are gaining. You do the math and the results are shown below.


For Cayleigh keep wanting to eat and chew on everything is not helping me to slow down the amount of hair staying on my head.


Again, not because she's a sloppy eater but just that fact that she just keeps gobbling the food down.








While Brennan plays with Cayleigh, Clayton organizes the cars to get ready to play with Cayleigh.







What about some cool shades for everyone? I think we're ready for the beach again.


It's 8am and they all jumped on the bed and demanded: "Mama take a picture of us!!" so viola!


Cayleigh's just learned to roll over and she's having a lot of fun rolling back and forth! She's growing up just way too fast.


The siblings getting a kick out of entertaining each other.


Abbey's night out, meaning the party's at my house! Maybe she needs to go out more often so we can have more parties? What do you guys think? So now Leave a comment!

It seems like we're just party animals lately. We have all kinds of parties to celebrate and attend. I guess its what keeps our family so festive and fun for the summer around town. And this time was no exception because we celebrated Alexis' Birthday. The Brown's and us were invited to Sandy Point Beach to have BBQ and Hotpot. It was a lot of fun! Everyone enjoyed the whole day there!

For Clayton Three Year Old Birthday Party we've split the celebration into multiple times. First we have a birthday dinner with the family to accommodate families that can't make it to the second party which is at Chuck E. Cheese. Though we should consider a membership there, but everyone had a terrific time and enjoyed the atmosphere. Somewhere in between we were able to go to Rio and ride their Choo Choo train and pedaled on the boats! Thank you everyone for coming out to celebrate with us! It made Clayton's day(s)

I can't believe it but Clayton is turning 3 tomorrow.......it's really like yesterday when we brought him from the hospital.


one day old

Unlike Brennan, Clayton has his own thinking and mindset. He is not easy to persuade and just as stubborn as I am. Sometime I wonder, how can my two boys so different in personality.

one month old

He liked to whine and got so attached to us until he is almost 2. Then he becomes very independent, in a way he knows what he wants and he wants his own way........

six month old



one year old



two year old.

We are going to bowling again with his friends tomorrow. I look forward to spending more time with Clayton when Brennan starts Kindergarten.

I love you Clayton and hope you have a wonderful birthday tomorrow!