The Zhao Family

See, our house is so cold that even Brennan cozies up with the blanket to watch tv, and see he's fixated-again.


Of course, my son's a pimp! One here, one there. Ensuring that non of the ladies crawl away, he grabs them both!


Ha! we are so poor and ghetto we gave Brennan a fly swatter and instead of swatting things, he amazingly took it and strung it like a violin. I have no idea where he learned it from but he apparently is enjoying it. Maybe we don't need to get him a real violin after all.

Not sure what his hands were doing, but he seems content in the saucer.


Love the bib.


Apparently his back's strong enough to be doing this for many weeks now...it hurts me to see him do it knowing that I am no longer that flexible.


He looks pretty sharp

what gift is better than a home-made card from the grandson!! So Abbey got a valentines card kit for Brennan to make cards for the Grannies......


Since Abbey signed both Brennan and Clayton's name on the card, she made sure Clayton participated in the making process. Clayton's finger prints are all over the cards =)


TADA!!!!!!!!!! all ready to send! I am sure the grannie will be thrilled when they receive the cards in the mail!

Even when Brennan helps out mama cut more flowers, he still gives her the flowers and wanting a fat kiss. The flowers turned out really nice. Job well done Brennan.

For FHE tonight, Brennan and Da decided to make flowers for mama. It took the efforts of both boys to be able to make it successful. Da cuts the pieces of flower leaves while Brennan spreads the glue for it to stick onto the straw. Then of course, Brennan gives it to mama and gets a fat kiss. What a Valentine sweetheart!

The first comments that Abbey made about the picture is: "Da, that picture of the boy has really big lips just like you..hahaha". Oh well, I am glad Brennan likes the pictures to learn how to pray and not judge people's physical characteristics, but rather the intent of the picture.

We were invited to Liz's house to play in Rockville. Mama is so proud that she actually drove there with no problem.

Once Brennan learned how to fly a plane, he started throwing at mom. He just barely missed her.


But of course, mom don't take that, she shot it right back at him.


Then it's dad turn, right into the camera! Good thing its the camera and not Da's eye, otherwise his eye will be smaller than it already is.


And interestingly enough, he learned to fly the plane with his left hand all by himself.

What a piece of paper can do with a 2.5 year old son: have an hour of fun. For our FHE games, Da folded an airplane and it only took Brennan 10 seconds to learn how to hold it and off he went!

Rarely do we see too many pictures of Clayton in his buff, so here are the public pictures of him flexing his muscles. Oh btw, if you or your daughter is thinking of dating this handsome fellow, you must take a number and wait in line. So far he's booked until 2023 August. Hahaha

Hot pot gatherings, ahh its almost non-Hong Kongness if you don't have at least one hot pot gathering once a year. The weird thing is that hot pot does not really taste good if there aren't alot of people around. So, the larger the crowd, the tastier the food ;)
(One hint: when having hot pot with many people use a really good portable stove)

Clayton always had a hard time sleeping no matter what we try to do to make him sleep more. I guess after many months of trying and trying, he still moves around his crib to find the most comfortable position for good Zzzs. Well, this was one interesting position he did all by himself, covering his eyes with the bed skirt so he can sleep well. And yes, we keep an out to make sure he has enough air to breathe.