Birthday and Anniversary

Yesterday was Tulia's 4th birthday and our 6th anniversary. I cannot believe Tulia is already 4! Happy Birthday to my little girl.

We went to church, followed. Y her favorite lunch menu: crab meat sushi and shrimp tempura. Then we went to chuck e cheese. It was a zoo there. She got to unwrap her presents after nap and we went out for dinner to celebrate our anniversary. The kids were really noisy and gay was a bit ticked off because we do not hv any time for ourselves at all! Maybe he is right. We are better off staying home ordering take out than bringing them out expecting them to b quiet. (I am looking forward to having mom back so she can help is babysit and we. An celebrate our 15th dating anniversary in October).

Funny thing Tulia said yesterday was when we left the parking lot gay asked me to watch out of the Porsche that's backing out, not seeming to have seen our car. I said that's an expensive car and then Tulia said it is the GTR-Lo, Gay's favorite car! We laughed our heads off as gay had been talking about it and obviously she had picked it up! Then she started singing "Reflection", Mulan's song in a mix of Mandarin and English. Gay and I were trying to figure out what she was singing as if we were playing the 估歌仔game!

As for Rex, he has been strapped down all weekend. On Saturday we went to Centre island where he was in the car seat almost all afternoon. Yesterday when Tulia was at Chuck e cheese he was also in the car seat as well as during the almost two hour dinner. I suppose sitting makes one sleepy. He almost fell asleep on the booster and when he spotted us watching him, he just smiled through it. So cute! Well, he ate two slices of bread and drank lots of milk during dinner so he slept at the car and continued sleeping even though I changed his diaper and clothes. Must b exhausting for him.

We ended the night with Christine's cupcakes for Tulia and singing her the birthday song. I was asking gay to give me a surprise for our anniversary before the night ended but I was so tired to stay up for it. I went to sleep right after putting Tulia to bed.

I am spending my last three weeks of vacation with TRex almost 24/7. At times it is overwhelming as I kept being pulled in different directions with Rex screaming and Tulia calling "Mommy, Mommy". However, as with Christine who I expected to not want her big sister to pick her up from school etc (which turned out that she never got to the point of not wanting me), I don't know how much longer I am needed so much. So though I wish they quiet down sometimes, I am treasuring every moment of it, knowing they will not 纏住我forever. they grow too fast and I really feel it this year while I am on mat leave, spending so much time with them. I love you Tulia and Rex!