Saturday, September 24, 2011

HKG207: Simple Saturday

today started off nice and slow...we got to skype with a friend we haven't talked to in a while, and then we got out to run a couple errands, play, and get some lunch. the kids had a great time at the shake-shake bridge playground before we headed into sheung wan to find a burger joint josh has on his list of places to try. unfortunately, it was closed, so instead we headed to a small italian cafe that livie and i have been to before. after a delicious lunch that included the best tira misu i have ever had, we headed over to gateway to get some much-needed american food staples. that was fun, as always.

while we were out, we stopped at a video store to look for new thomas movies and to find a movie for livie. we found a thomas movie, but it is unwatchable. it is in english with cantonese dubbed over the top of the english...i don't know how anyone could enjoy that whether they spoke only one of the languages or both. livie picked aristocats, which was a nice movie that had lots of language options and the soundtrack was in only one language at a time :-)

this evening was just low-key time at home. a friend from the playground sent up some clothes that her little boy has outgrown, and q had a field day dressing himself. i know i am not supposed to compare the kids, but i kinda can't help it. livie was self sufficient at dressing herself shortly after her second birthday, and was insistent about picking out her own outfits by that time as well. q is just now showing an interest in picking out his clothes and has just in the last couple weeks begun to try to put on his own clothes and shoes. he will be three in about six weeks.

q assembled this outfit. notice that both legs are in one leg of his shorts...it looks like he's wearing a skirt. note, also, that his shoes are on the wrong feet...he did a great job of persevering here, though...he had a tough time getting his shoes on, but he didn't give up until they were on.

bug's been missing out on lots of picture opportunities since she's in school much of the day, so when she saw me taking pictures of q in his outfit, she asked me to take a picture of her, too. of course, she is as beautiful as always!

2 comments:

  1. Quinn has grown a foot since y'all moved! Dang!

    Aiden and James were the same as far as being self-sufficient. Aiden always wanted to do it himself. I never really even had to wipe his bottom once he was potty trained. He was always interested in dressing himself. James? We still help him most of the time. I know he can do it on his own. I think part of why we help him is that we know he would just run around naked all day if it was up to him, and we've got places to go!

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  2. HAHAHA...yes, he has grown a lot in the last seven months, and so has livie. just looking back at pics from our first few weeks, i can see soooo many changes in both of them.

    i can say the same for your boys, too...aiden has really sprouted, and i know james has, too, since he is still close to aiden's height.

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