File Folder Games

Dinosaur--color matching

Bird house--Shapes matching

Ladybug--Alphabet matching

Number matching or memory game

Recently I have been making file folder games for Ian. They are wonderful teaching tools and quiet time tools. It does take a lot of time making them. I thnk Ian is going to like them.

Christmas Trip to Houston

This year, Doug and Susan invited us to go to Houston for Christmas. So we took the offer and drove 7 hours to Houston.

This is our first long-distance trip. And Ian did not like to sit in the car seat for that long. But he was happy to see his cousins, grandpa and grandma.


Unfortunately, Ian got sick the 2nd day wwe got there. And we had rough time sleep at night. We visited Blue Bell Creamery, George Bush Library, China Town. For the best part, I got to visit my friend-Mindy who I haven't seen for 7 years.


It was great to spend time with familes. Thank for Susan and Doug for their hospitality. We had a wonderful time there.

Mindy and her kids

Ian loves his airplane sets

Trucks from Kobe and Coy

Lincoln Logs from Grandpa and Grandma

Ian loves Kobe's guitar

Doesn't he look like a rock star??

The pajama from Aunt Laura

Yay! I love Christmas!

The first time in a long time

Since we got married, this was the 2nd time I've decorated the apartment for Christmas. Because we always spent Christmas somewhere else, I did not do much of the decoration.

This year, I felt I should do something to bring the Christmas Spirit into our home. So I did. I was afraid that Ian is going to tear them all. But actually he did not make much destrcution other than riped some of the light off and changed the ornaments' places.

Ian is very happy with all the christmas light and decoration. He was fascinated when I light up the tree. That's why I got him standing in front of the tree for these pictures.

Because we are going to go to Houston for Christmas, we decided to have a pre-Christmas eve so Ian can open some of his gifts.(We are not bringing everything there.)

The Foggy Biloxi

This is the first time I've experienced the whole foggy day.

Somwtimes it gets foggy near the beach. But it never spread this far to the apartment area. But today........ it was cold and rainy and foggy for the whole day. I'm not used to this weather after living in El Paso for almost 5 years. But this reminds me of home--Taiwan. And I love it. (other than the rain)