Life of The Cupcakes

Life of the Cupcakes II

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This blog is full. We continue at Life of the Cupcakes II.

Tomatoes!

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Can you tell that we are super excited about our one tomato plant?

The boys and Cups

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Now Mama can appreciate Auntie Jo's success rate for capturing a good picture of all the boys, ha. (And Uncle James is not even in the picture, haha.)

Thank you, Auntie Jo, Uncle James and the boys, for your gracious and generous hospitality. Thank you so much for the super yummy food. Mama still so appreciate the amount of work and heart that Auntie Jo put into the preparation of having us over — especially when she is carrying a little one on top of caring for the three boys.

We had such a great time!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Puppy

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Seven!

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Excuse the nose rubbing. Cups still loves to sing!

Auntie Martha

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Auntie Martha brought chocolate cupcakes and chocolate peanut butter cupcakes for dessert. Cups requested sparkles on all of them.

They were super yummy. Thank you, Auntie Martha!

Auntie Martha is cute! Uncle Eric?! Not as much.

They had tea with Cups. Thank you for another fun evening, Uncle Eric and Auntie Martha!

Scrapbooking Expo

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Gae and I went to the Scrapbooking Expo in Puyallup. We had a great time and found some fun stuff. Cups was a happy receiver of sparkly glue, puppy stamps and a bone stamp.

Drumming

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Cups had a private music lesson by default with the Xavier on vacation. Jay Jay wrote out the music in numbers. Cups had to figure out which drum was which number while playing, and Jay also wanted her to rotate between the two hands. Jay provided a lot of guidance, and her brain got a workout.

Hair day

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We stopped by the park on the way to Jay Jay's. Cups says that the reason that she still wants to go in the baby swings from time to time because she doesn't need to pump in them - smart. She's almost too big to fit in them. Cups had a ponytail, and she also put Puppy's ears in ponytail holders - silly!

Skinny moon

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Hanging outside after dinner

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Daddy took these pictures of Cups while waiting for everyone else to finish dinner.

Cups and Daddy played jumping this whole time.

We had another fun Saturday evening with Auntie Boo and Uncle Brady!

The West Seattle Fair in the pm

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Later in the evening we took Auntie Boo and Uncle Brady to the fair for an elephant ear.

We bumped into Duncan!

Cups' got the open mouth posture for pictures with food down. Good job.

Cups and Auntie Boo ran back to the car.

West Seattle Fair

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We took an ice cream break at QFC and had some Ben & Jerry's. Auntie Karen took this picture of Cups and her.

Mama wiped the ice cream mustache off Cups.

Cups' private lesson

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With Xavier on vacation Cups ended up being the only student in the class for the day.

Jay had the piano seat all set up for little ones.

Cups playing the harp with it on her shoulder?! No, Jay held it up for her.

Jay trying to get the concept of lifting (preferably curved) fingers separately to Cups. . .

Goofy ones - pics Jessica took

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Just in - pics Jessica took

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Cups after a somersault. . .

Mama likes this one.

Jessica is booking sessions if you are interested!

Picking raspberries at Don & Gae's

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And Cups thought to bring one back for Mama. Thank you, Cups! Thank you, Gae and Don, for sharing your raspberries!!

I want to go flying

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How Cups is spoiled. . .

A day spent downtown

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On the way downtown Cups one of our remaining pieces of evidence of our trip to NYC on the bus.

Seaweed. . .Mama asked Cups whether she would learn to swim to harvest some seaweed for Mama to eat. She said no. We saw this one our walk with Auntie Evelyne. She got Cups an ice cream treat. Thank you, auntie!!

After visiting with Auntie Boo we stopped by for an egg tart. Uhh. . .this was lunch for Cups.

We stopped by work to say hi to everyone before we came home to see How to Train Your Dragon. Cups thought the movie was too scary. She hung in there because Mama wanted to see it! She enjoyed the ending.

Let's go home for a nap now.

Dressed for a hot day

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Cups behind her activity table. . . This is the family room (aka Cups' play area).

A long visit for ahgong and ahma

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Ahgong and ahma took us to the new Japanese restaurant. Cups really enjoyed the egg sushi roll and ate five pieces!!

Cups remembered to ask for a pair of goggles when we were at the mall. She tried putting her face in the tub when we got home. She didn't know to hold her breath and breathed in some water. Good try, Cups!

Then we ended the day at the emergency room. The family waited for close to three hours before Mama asked them to go home. The doctor happened to have dropped by during those short three minutes and did not come back for another forty-five minutes. A CT scan and six hours of waiting later we learned that the episode took place before we got to the ER. Without going into the details, all is well. Mama was not even in pain the whole time at the ER.

Ahgong came back an hour and half later to bring Mama dinner that she could not eat. Ahma was home trying to tuck Cups in. Ahma termed their interaction as chicken and duck chatting. Cups didn't understand Chinese fully. When ahma tried to talk to her in English, she didn't seem to understand everything either. Thank you very much, ahgong and ahma.

Ahgong and Mama left quickly as soon as we were released at midnight. The ER was still fully packed.

Strawberries!

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On the way to visit with ahgong and ahma Cups asked for a break from the drive. The happened to be a strawberry stand. Cups got shy and tried to give back the $3 Mama gave her for strawberries.

Miss Cups and her pint of strawberries. . .

Kids at the beach

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After pizza at the beach

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O was called to explore this piece of wood.

Oli doesn't like walking in sand.

Uncle James and Daddy hanging out. . .

At the beach with the boys

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While waiting for the mamas to get pizza. . .

Pawlish

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Gae put some Pawlish (nail polish for animals) on Cups. Cups returned the favor afterward.

Cups' first fireworks show

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Cups took a very late nap, and we woke her up around 9:30 to take her to see the fireworks as she's requested. She is finally old enough to make sense of fireworks.

The Elliot Bay fireworks show was canceled due to the weaker economy. After the initial blasts, the smoke clouds of the fireworks show at Lake Union blocked our view from West Seattle.

On the way to the car

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Fourth of July celebration

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We hung out at Uncle Jason's before we went to the BBQ at Uncle Jeff's.

Auntie Amy and Uncle Sean (on the couch) informed us of the little one that will be joining their family! Many congratulations!!

Cups and Auntie Rebecca were on a Yahtzee team.

An hour after we left Uncle Jason sent this picture of the Molly Moon ice cream truck coming through the neighborhood. Mama would have died to have been able to get ice cream from the Molly Moon truck — a new service.

Fourth of July Kids' parade

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Where are we going? It was pretty cool, so we dressed warm.

Mama likes this parade vehicle a lot.

These kids did a good job dressing up.

This was the crowd that arrived before us. Daddy was going to go with us, but he wasn't ready when it came time. Mama wasn't sure that we were going to go. Daddy helped Mama get Cups ready, and we showered and got out of the door in 10 minutes.

Cups waiting to start. . .

Still waiting. . .

We patiently waited for about half an hour — so much for getting there on time.

The crowd that arrived after us. . .

Cups was off.

We'll dress up Cups' vehicle a little next year.

We bumped into Adam. As much as Cups tells Mama that she tickles and plays with Adam all the time, she was silent when they were side by side. Adam talked to Cups and told her that he was going on the ferry. Cups repeated the rest of the day.

This was our destination. Mama had a "good" time pushing Cups up the hill home. Mama had to hurry even more when Cups felt the need to use the bathroom about three blocks from home. It was a good thing to have had cool weather after all.

Baby egg

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Gae came over to take Cups to harvest this baby egg from the hens' nest.

It was mostly egg white with a small ribbon of yolk. Thank you, Gae and Don!

Cups would eat anything with her "orange sauce" — Heinz Cocktail Sauce from the Netherlands. Thank you very much, Uncle Mike and Auntie Cecilia!!!

Don & Gae's chickens

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We bring veggie and fruit scraps for the chickens. Mama's coworkers send food home with Mama for them, too!

Jessica, the photographer

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Cups' 22-year-old teacher, Jessica, has been practicing taking pictures around the school yard. As a results the parents benefit. In addition to getting a peek at how they play, we also get pictures! After receiving some good and fun pictures of Cups around school like this one, we asked Jessica to take some of Cups.

Jessica came by the Saturday before daycare was closed for a week.

Cups' favorite swing at the park. . .

Let's go home for some family photos. We'll be sure to post some of Jessica's pictures once we get them.

Lesson on string instruments

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Jay takes apart the bow from time to time to review the parts. Cups remembered the screw, stick and hair but forgot about the frog. This is definitely learning from exposure and repetition.

Cups played a cello with a chopstick. Jay said it was most important that it worked.

Xavier playing the dragon. . .

A string instrument that Jay made. . .

Cups got mail

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Cups got a cute and funny thank you card from Winter for the books and dress Cups put in the mail. Cups gets more mail than anyone else in the family. :) We look forward to seeing you again, Winter, Uncle Mark and Auntie Brooke!

Uncle Brady and Auntie Boo ran a half marathon!

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We stopped by to visit with Uncle Brady and Auntie Boo. We got to admire their medals from the Rock 'N' Roll Seattle half marathon. Congratulations on achieving your goal!!

Cups beaded with Auntie Boo while everyone else watched America's Got Talent.

Cups held onto the necklace while Auntie got ready to wrap up the project.

Beading is very rewarding. Cups' got a new necklace. Thank you, Auntie Boo!!

Going home on the ferry

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Taking the ferry home. . .

Someone offered to take a picture of the family. . .

One last picture with Bear

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Susie just celebrated her weekend a few days before our visit. Cups kept hugging this bear during our visit. Daddy took a picture of her with the bear right before we left.

Wrapping up our visit

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The tide started coming back in.

Hiking

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Our visit was not over. After lunch Mike and Susie took us for a hike behind the house.

The trail was beautiful, and the air was smelled great.

Hot tubbing

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And Susie cooks so well, too. This truly is a paradise. Thank you very much for sharing your favorite place on earth with us. :)

Boo from the neighborhood stretched out on the deck for some sun.

Our harvest

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Mike was kind to have changed the water for the clam several times before we left. Thank you, Mike!

Cups having fun with water

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Cups had fun playing on her own.

We had fun!

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We had a great time on the beach. Thank you, Susie and Mike!

Mama holding up the starfish that Susie found. . .

The starfish was still holding onto some pebbles.

In the water and on the beach

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Low tide

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Susie picked a low tide weekend to have us over so that we can enjoy more of the beach.

Fertile oyster bed. . .

Susie found a crab. . .

Susie and Mama clammed with bare hands. The clams were everywhere under the rocks.

The view to the right. . .

The view to the left. . .

Mike trying out his new oyster opener. . .

Still clamming. . .

For lunch we enjoyed clams that Mike harvested from the day before.

Moon rise

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We sat by the beach and enjoyed the company, view and fire.

Cups tried a roasted marshmallow.

S'Mores

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After dinner Susie prepared the ingredients for s'mores — fun!!

Mike roasted the first marshmallows for us.

Cups' reaction to her first s'more. . .

She gave it a try.

She liked it well enough. She had a marshmallow refill for this one later. She didn't finish her s'more and opted for just fresh-out-of-the-bag marshmallows.

Mike & Susie's place

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Mike and Susie live on the beach.

Cups got her feet wet soon after we got there.

Blowing on pipes

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Cups did a good job.

Different woodwind instruments

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The pile on Cups' right side is for instruments that she doesn't like. Xavier has liked everything.

Drumming Three Little Fishes

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Cups has been taking music lessons from Jay-Jay (Jay) since the beginning of February, shortly after she turned three. This music exposure class is for three and four year olds. She has been exposed to rhythm, counting, string instruments, percussion instruments, woodwind instruments and singing. Each week, the kids are assigned a song that they learn from listening — to develop their listening and memorization.

Uncle Chris' treat to Bakery Nouveau

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Cups and Mama were pleasantly surprised to find Uncle Chris visiting when we got home. Uncle had dinner with us and treated us to dessert.

Cups took this picture.

And this marks the day that Daddy gave Uncle Chris his Mazda.

Pita pockets

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Cups at Lowe's

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On the way home

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On the way home Cups rolled up the receipt to use as an amplifier.

Sweetheart. . .

Endolyne Joe's

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Rolls. . .

Cheese stuffed pepper with plantain. . .

Turkey sandwich. . .

This was the way we celebrated Father's Day.

Mama & Cups on zip line swing

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Daddy & Cups on zip line swing

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Sweetness

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Cups feeding the chickens

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Pics Uncle Chris took

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Pics Cups took

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Puppy having Frappuccino. . .

Daddy's owl face. . .

At Starbucks

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Uncle and niece smelling coffee. . .

Dinner at Yummy Bites on the Ave

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Hanging out while waiting for the short ribs to be ready. . .

Due to Cups' cute looks we get free fries every time.

Daddy showed Cups how to hold chopsticks.

We located Zoye

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We were reunited with Zoye after two and half years. She is our favorite hygienist. After she left we never felt love from the new ones. When we talked to Uncle Michael, he even used the same phrase, "Mine hates me." We all laughed.

Roller skating

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Out of the blue Cups asked to go roller skating. Daddy got her ready.

What happened?

Tiny ice creams

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Cups and Mama picked up these tiny ice creams for dessert.

We were excited when we found out that there were small spoons inside the lids. Cups liked the raspberry sorbet the best of the three choices.

Cups painted her toe nails

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Cups was suspiciously quiet the whole time Mama emailed. When Mama finally asked her what she was up to, she had painted her toe nails. She pointed out that she had taken caution to do it over a piece of paper as to not make a mess on the floor. Mama is surprised how much Cups listens from time to time.

Cups' second dental exam

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Say ah.

Cups got strawberry flavor this time.

Close your mouth.

Cups had her first X-rays. She told Daddy how Mama and the lady left the room and she bit down on the cookie.

Dr. Thomas did a check up. Cups did not have a second cavity, and he left the choice of whether to fill the front cavity to Mama and Daddy. He suggested that Cups stop using binkies, and Cups stopped that day. (Mama rounded up five binkies around the house.) Big girl!!

Cups wanted to leave the house earlier than Mama had planned. We got in an hour before our appointment time and left at our appointment time. Mama got to work at a reasonable time after dropping Cups off at daycare.

Post graduation breakfast

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Uncle Chris and Uncle Andrew. . .

Uncle Eric and Uncle Thomas. . .

The gang in front of Circa. . .

Cups took Grandma on the bus

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On the way to the Farmers' Market in the Junction. . .

Celebration of Uncle Chris' graduation

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Grandma, Uncle Chris, Uncle Thomas (cousin from Louisville), Daddy, Cups, and Uncle Andrew (from Spokane) all came to eat dinner at Hankang Korean Restaurant.

After Cups and Mama napped, we met up with everyone else that attended Uncle Chris' graduation. Grandma came, too!

Our neighbors, Don & Gae

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When we got home from the birthday party, we found a surprise package in the mail. It was addressed to Cups without a returning address. The clue we had was that the address included USA in it.

It was a Charlie and Lola's magazine — certainly not available in the US. There was no note in the package. Our second piece of clue was that the price was in pounds. The gift had come from Mama's cousin, Uncle Mike, in the Netherlands! Uncle Mike travels to England for business and thought about Cups. Mama loves how Charlie teaches Lola new things about living in this world as her older brother. Thank you very much, Uncle Mike!

Cups had nail polish in her party favor bag. Don, one of our favorite neighbors, painted Cups' nails while Mama channeled Reiki for Gae's new knee.

After Cups thanked Don, she said, "I wished my toenails were painted, too." Gae asked Don to paint them as well, and Don put Cups on the table. Thank you, Don!!! (Don and Gae are super good with kids. Cups loves to visit them.)

After cups picked a raspberry, she didn't want to eat it. Here Gae posed with the raspberrry.

Girls. . .

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The girls had a great time rolling on the picnic cloth.

Cake time!

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The girls thought it was so funny that Georgia licked frosting off Barbie's feet.

Cups offered to share her cake with Mama. She likes the frosting, so she ate the frosting first. She made sure to save some of the frosting to share with Mama.

Princess dress up

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Due to the attention that the birthday girl's dress brought, Georgia's mom brought out Georgia's dress up wardrobe.

Cups wanted Mama to help her get her dress off, but Georgia offered to help. Watching the video afterwards, Mama was surprised with how much activity there was as Georgia tried to help Cups with the dress. Eva came by to show them her dress. Georgia's older brother came to put the birthday crown on her. Mama loved Georgia's reaction. There was much attention to Georgia's work. Thank you for helping Cups, Georgia!

Georgia's pink birthday party

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To kick off the party Georgia's mom had a couple games for the kids. For the first game the kids walked little eggs on spoons from one end of the yard to the other end.

Then the kids tried to put the crown on the princess blind folded. (As I blog, Cups points out to me that Georgia has earrings. The little one is quite observant.)

Cups put on her pretty gown for the pink picnic. For her fourth birthday party Georgia had four guests: Casey, Remey, Eva and Cups.

After the picnic the kids played with bubbles.

Celebrating

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Uncle Chris is going to walk in his graduation ceremony for his master's in technical writing from UW. He asked Mama for candy leis.

While Mama worked on them, Cups asked for one. She eats a lot of junk food, but she is not allowed to eat candy. She says, "I can't eat candy because I have a cavity." Mama's been extra diligent about flossing Cups almost every night. In that sense her cavity turned out to be a blessing. Mama wasn't sure about Cups' wearing a candy lei, but she wore it for two whole days without asking whether she could eat the candy.

While Mama was busy, she got Cups involved with getting a birthday present ready for Georgia. We stamped the letters for Georgia randomly on the packaging, and Cups put chunky glitter on all the Gs. She did really well working on her own and spotting all the Gs. (Cups likes to wear her ballerina slippers in the house. Thank you, Auntie Angela!)

More birthday celebration

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Elizabeth was not trying to turn away from the camera. She was just playing, and Cups took this picture. We had dinner at Uncle Kai and Auntie Tonya's, and Uncle Kai got a cake to celebrate Mama's birthday. Mama appreciates any prolonged celebration (and mainly any excuse to have cake), haha! Thank you, Uncle Kai and Auntie Tonya!

Mama's birthday

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Daddy embarked on a card project on Mama's birthday. We had ambitions. After hanging out with Gae and having dinner, we wanted to make a card, go to the park and then bring shaved ice to Auntie Boo's house. We made a card and walked to the store for soap, ha.

Cups, the Sparkle Expert, applied sparkle on leaves.

Mama helped some.

Something happened right before this picture was taken, so. . . no smile from Cups.

Birthday surprises

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When we pulled in the garage after visiting with Auntie Elizabeth, we found a red envelope on Daddy's car windshield from the Shum Family! Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Uncle Kai and Auntie Tonya!

When Mama started getting dinner ready, she found a cake in the fridge! Uncle Michael and Auntie Penny had come by early to spend some extra time with Cups, but we weren't home!

Thank you for coming, everyone!

Cups wanted it to be her birthday. . .

She gave up pouting and helped Mama blow out the candle.

Cups brought her birthday crown as her recognition of Mama's birthday. Thank you, sweetheart. Everyone LOVED the cake. Thank you so much for the cake, Auntie Penny. Everyone at Mama's work enjoyed it as well the next day!

Pics Cups took at dessert

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Cups has been enjoying the camera that grandma gave her for Christmas. However, Mama has not been very good about downloading those pictures on the computer.

Dilettante Café

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We went to the Dilettante Café on Capitol Hill to celebrate Auntie Elizabeth's belated birthday. As busy as she is, chocolate and dessert in emails get her attention. We always appreciate her carving time out to spend with us.

Cups and Daddy's hot chocolate. . .

After checking out the display case, Cups picked the chocolate mousse.

You don't need to tell her to dig in.

Sunset on the deck

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Hankang

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Uncle Michael and Auntie Penny treated us out for Daddy's belated birthday. This was our third plate of bean sprouts. As soon as it came, Cups pulled it to her and dug in. Mama just cracked up.

Cups ate a lot and was in a very happy mood.

Thank you, Uncle Michel and Auntie Penny!

Cups is ready.

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On the way out Cups announced that she had everything she needed: two puppies, a purse and her head band — so silly!

Molly Moon with Uncle Jason

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We met up with Uncle Jason on a sunny Memorial Day and walked to Molly Moon from his place.

Thank you for a wonderful afternoon together, Uncle Jason!

Visiting with ahgong and ahma

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And Cups had her Mr. Potato Head earrings on, haha!

From the pictures, does it seem like we caught up with everyone soon after we got home from the trip?

We missed you, Auntie Boo!

2010-05-29T21:48:00.000-07:00

We didn't have dinner with Auntie Boo, but we had bubble tea together. Even though we were just gone for a week, it felt like we were out of our social routine for a while, ha!

Kaya in Shoreline

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Cups being silly. . .

Everything looks so yummy.

We had to try this highly-recommended Korean restaurant.

Jiejie and Meimei

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Elizabeth is growing right along with Cups. Mama loves pictures of the two of them together. (It's a blessing to be able to catch up with friends so soon after we got home from the trip.)

Cafe across the street

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We had pizzas and dessert at the café across the street. Everything was very yummy!

Daddy on the zipline swing

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Even Daddy couldn't resist going on the swing a few times. Everyone enjoyed a great evening.

More of the park

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Mama doesn't enjoy parks that much, but she likes this one. It's cute, and Cups can play on her own since the toys are more her size. That's important to Mama, ummm.

Zipline swing at Mt. Baker Park

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The weather was so nice our first night home that Daddy wanted to go to the park. Cups and Mama took him to Mt. Baker Park, which is on the way to Cups' music class.

Bling bling from Auntie Arlene

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Thank you, Auntie Arlene, for the bajillion carat. Cups was so tempted. She really wanted to eat the candy. Luckily out of sight, out of mind still works with her. Mama put it away.

A mouse on the plane!

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Cups enjoyed one of the last mice from NYC.

Bye-bye, Boston!

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Cups before take-off

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Cups enjoying the coloring kit from Uncle Stan and Auntie Court. . .