The Zhao Family

You know we just can't leave one brother working and the other not. While Brennan's preparing to fold clothing for a living and for little sister, Clayton decides to learn to help with other chores as well such as bottle feed his sister, change her clothes, and even show the proper and improper way put her in a stroller. In preparation we have also prepared his photo resume below. These are just the first sets of photos which may not reflect his full potential.



Look at that..he's feeding her and properly hold the head so she doesn't choke.


Viola!! All done.


Next: check her diapers. Now she's all wet, need to change her diapers


Make sure all her clothes are buttoned well.


This is the proper way to put her on the stroller. Make sure she is properly handled and her back is to the stroller.


And we have to make sure her seatbelt is securely in place.

======= The following Clayton will show improper ways to handle a child =======


Example A: It is not a good idea to grab her upside down to put her on the stroller. Though having a balancing act is very critical too.


Example B: Clayton show you the improper way to hold the baby to put her in a stroller. Not a good idea to grab her by the face and shove her into the stroller.



Example C: Another improper method is to grab her by her clothes and then shove her into the stroller.



So anyone want to hire both brothers? By then both of them will be well experienced. If we can get both of our boys full time jobs, Abbey and I can retire early like in 3-5 years!!

Having another child in the family is a great blessing but it also adds extra expenses for the home, especially with our current economic situation. Since mom's too busy taking care of his younger siblings, we are training Brennan to start working ...for a small fee (every little bit helps you know). Because he is young and underage, we only allow him to work for... 12 hrs a day instead of 18 because he needs to sleep and go to school too. We also like to help him avoid paying any taxes so he can't making more than $5,000,000 this year. As you can see we've put up this photo resume and skills on our blog on how he's perfected folding clothes at home or at your retail shop. Most of his funds will go towards helping out the family, some to his college fund, and the rest for petty-cash and toys. Let us know what you think! (Note, please disregard the footings in the background as we do not want that to distract him from obtaining a job)


Grandma made this template for Brennan to practice this learning skills to fold clothes.


He starts by straightening out and spreading the garment


Fold in the sleeves...


Fold one flap which makes the nice crease


Fold other flap and it's almost done!


Viola!! A nicely folded garment. So easy and fast!! In fact we believe he can fold 749 garments a day. Anyone hiring?

Here's a better late than never post. We didn't have a white Christmas but nevertheless it was great to open presents with everyone. The boys had a blast and loved all their presents. Thanks to modern photographic technology, we can actually get their reaction jusssst right when they open their presents.



















So we've got this debate going in our home and disregard what the Internet say about Boxing Day. Can anyone tell us what their understanding of boxing day means? -box up Christmas decorations and put them away, box up gifts for return, unbox/unwrap presents, or other meaning depending on which part of the world you live in? Please do leave your comments.

With the onslaught of Abbey being less and less mobile, the holiday madness, the in-law parents and winter blues....life is: gray and cloudy. Apologies for not keeping the blog updated but Happy New Year to everyone!!! It's a new year with new plans, new kid, and new....who know what will come along this year: life should be surprising and good.

So let's start off with some goodies from last year, errr 2 weeks ago. We had a Lobster feast and making Gingerbread house. It was lots of fun for some while others cried.


Uncle Dave getting prepared to make the icing but won't let Charlotte have some. You see Clayton's got his eyes on something else.


Brennan's favorite part: helping and taste testing.


Poor Charlotte, she felt left out.


"I'm ready to go!! I'll say the prayer quick"



Look who's not happy.


He's got this house cornered.

Ok Ok...Lobster will do.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! (belated)

My son the pimp. He can sing, he can dance, he can sweet talk the ladies...all done at school. proud parent of a well raise child. hehehe









Forced picture with bro.


What you got for me?


Teachers with fake smiles. Brennan's shirt too small, tie shows underneath with belly.


This is the real Brennan. What boy dares to sit on this table.

So I took a day off to take everyone down to DC to see the National Christmas tree how beautiful it is. It was warm considering the winter days. We enjoyed it a lot and the boys loved the trains that run around the tree!





The little towns with different trains just absolutely made the whole experience for the boys to see the National tree a great treat.




Can you see us? If not..click on the photo and zoom in. (Hint: we're the little chinese people in there)


The boys with the grands!! in front of the White House.


I wanted to take a nicer shot so I was walking over the fence to the middle of the street where the cop was and was told go get back. (I guess I made him feel a little uncomfortable-just trying to be friendly)




We continued onto the American History museum where the boys played for bit, then headed to the Visitor's Center. It was really really pretty there. Lots of lights and things to see for the boys. If you have a chance, go and enjoy the lights!!

Sorry for the late post..there's been a lot of adjustments in the house.

We've finally put up our Christmas tree!! We actually did it last week because we wanted to wait until the grandparents come and put up the tree with them.

It's been two whole weeks Abbey's parents have been here and despite all things, they are helping out a lot around the house. They are 'fattening' up Abbey which means that all she does all day is eat and sleep-literally. They are cooking, cleaning, washing, drying and help with everything else that Abbey used to do. It has helped Abbey lot and the baby too, which in turn everyone's in a good mood so far.

(hint:it's a 90 day stay and it isn't Santa!) Leave your remarks

We all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. As usual, we would have the actual Thanksgiving Dinner at Da's parents home. The very next morning we set off to Brooklyn to visit our old friends. What Abbey didn't know was that I managed to get all the friends in Brooklyn to throw a surprise baby shower for Abbey up there. (thank you everyone for making this such a success and all your cute cute girlie clothes) Enjoy the photos.






(ps-on our way home Monday afternoon, Clayton didn't feel well and was throwing all over in the car. Brennan did the same later that night along with Clayton until they've emptied their stomachs. It was a rough night. The next day, the boys seem to be better and were on a soft food diet. They are all better now.)