We took Anna for another stroll today . . .
. . . then headed to my parents' home to hang with the fam and some visiting aunties.
We even got in some Facetime with Uncle Andrew on Heather's iPad.
We assured Anna that Aunt Lisa is friendly and does not bite, but she remained unconvinced.
. . . so we took her for a little stroll this afternoon . . .
. . . to Menchie's (of course). Daniel was duly impressed that Joy had put gobs of sprinkles on her four flavors of yogurt, but I think he was even happier to finally get his own bowl (complete with sour gummi worms).
Joy really enjoys pushing the stroller along. She likes to help out, and she loves her baby sister.
Dinner included pork fried rice, red smoothies, and an even number of mandarins. Oh yeah, and scrambled eggs for Daniel, who has not yet discovered that fried rice is awesome.
Joy and I also made some festive decorations, because red brings good luck and cutting paper is fun.
Now you know.
"Thanks, Mom. That's much better."
Joy has been having fun wearing her birthday dress-ups lately.
She's also taken it upon herself to train her sister in the art of stylish flubdubbery.
Even Anna's swing got a little makeover. Rather chic, no?
It was a fine idea, but her brother kept giving away the pony's hiding spots . . .
. . . so the pony decided to chill on the blanket with Anna . . .
. . . while Brother and Big Sister ran up and down the block. Good times.
. . . so we paid a long-overdue visit to the park.
Daniel spent most of the outing meditating in the sandbox.
Joy wanted to climb the big tree, and I told her that she was welcome to do that if she could climb it on her own. This is as high up as she got.
She had much better luck with the jungle gym.
