The Zhao Family

We love to have our TOTLOT playgroup at our house. It's always so much fun. Thanks everyone for coming. Can't wait to have them over again next month.

Brennan is really good sharing his toys.....except the camera, but he finally shared that also with Yael, proud of you my boy!

For our Family Home Evening tonight, we learned about mothers and the significance of their role in our lives. Teaching Brennan the concept that his mama and baba also have parents was a difficult task so we just concentrated on us. For a surprise FHE, while Abbey was preparing dinner, I took Brennan and Clayton to our room and practice singing mama a song. We practiced about 25 minutes. Brennan was somewhat cooperative while Clayton just layed there and giggled. The outcome was quite impressive from Brennan and Clayton.


This is us recording mama while we were singing to her. As you can tell mama was very surprised and happy to hear us sing with that huge smile on her face that she did not tried covering her ears and kept wiping her tears..hehe


Then mama turned the camera around and recorded us singing to her again because the song was so beautiful and we were vey handsome. Hehehe.

This is a fairly old video, one month old, of Clayton just learning to crawl. He does this funny butt scoot synchronizing with his elbows. It's kind of neat. Just don't worry about the fall, it was all choreographed and no one got hurt.

Brennan is dancing to the tv show, American Idol while Da's mom is laughing like a hyena (apologies offered). He is actually pretty good at dancing we are surprised.

As anticipated I would get a complaint that we haven't updated our blog. So here is an attempt of recent activities that would bring some delight.




Brennan and Emilee are helping each other blow bubbles. They purposely turned their backs to the camera man to hide their secret to blowing incredible bubbles. Either that or they have started to learn to keep secrets to each other already.



Brennen seemed to be tired of it and move on with other things. He looked such a pimp and so sure of himself.



But what you know, the bigger kids stole the bikes and ran away with it. Seems like the big kids are enjoying their moment of happiness until the little ones are done blowing bubbles, they will call the cops on their pda gps-enabled phones to track every movement of their stolen bikes with LoJack.



Abbey thinks she came out to be the winner. But little did you know that soon afterwards the bike was take away from her. Hm, and everyone thinks that Da needs to grow up, this is evidence that Abbey still has the kid in her too.

Whose great idea was to bring their kids to work day was brilliant or something to the extent of their wife/mother needing a break from the kids and forcing the husband to take the kid(s) away from her. Since this is my first time doing this, this past Thursday I figured I can bring Brennan to work too and of course Abbey couldn't agree one bit more. So I took him to work and showed my son off to my co-workers. They were delighted and had a great time playing with him. However later did I come to realized that Bring your Kids to work day means take your kids; not your toddlers to work. The HR informed me that the kids have to between the ages of 8 and 14 - a big OOoops. Oh well, regarless we had a wonderful time at work. Abbey came around lunch time to pick Brennan up and I can resume my normal work.










As you can see my office, Brennan seemed to really fit into the mold of a business working person even down to the pose, clothes, and of course his snacks.

I figured since I haven't posted anything here for awhile, I might as well as put some recent pictures taken. I'll leave comments here and there...and everywhere.







Not only can Brennan blink, Clayton's got the groove too.



*thinking to myself* All I need to do is smile and look cute and I got grandma on my side.

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As the boys get older, dinner time is getting more and more fun. Especially when Brennan and Clayton eat at the same time.



What? What are you looking at?



Yes I am talking to you! Can't a baby get some private time for food?



I am serious.



Mama, I am talking to you too.




I am even using sign language to give me more food.



Yes mama, this means you, give me more food. Now.



Finally, some decent nutrition for my tiny body.



Now you can play with me and I will laugh with you.



See, I am laughing with the Gerber baby on the box.



Those babies crack me up.



I even laugh like them, except I am much much more handsome.

Finally get a good take of them actually playing and not fighting...