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This journal is about raising identical twins.Forty Eighth month
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Friday, July 6, 2001 (3y+11m)
The twins are forty-seven month old today.Mommy bought two new jigsaw puzzles for the twins. Joanne took the 70-piece Powerpuff girls and Jasmine took the 150-piece Pokemon puzzles. I helped Jasmine to sort the 150-piece puzzle and asked her to put together one Pokemon character at a time. She finished the puzzle all on her own within one hour. The subdivision of the task helped. Nevertheless, that was still a very long attention span for any kid.
Joanne, on the other hand, was impatient with her 70-piece puzzle. Daddy instructed her to sort the pieces by color first. She was able to put together the puzzle all on her own too. When I asked her to do it over again, she wanted daddy to sort the pieces for her. I told her that her puzzle was much easier than Jasmine's. I told Joanne that she could either sort them on her own, or she could put the puzzle back in the box. Unlike the easier puzzles that they repeated over and over again, the twins lost interest of the difficult puzzles after just the first round. They could barely manage the 70-piece puzzle. They could not finish the 150-piece puzzle without help.
We had lunch at an Italian restaurant nearby. We then stopped by the public library for some reading of children books.
Saturday, July 7, 2001 (3y+11m+1d)
We went to the San Francisco Airport to meet mommy's Cousin Rowena. She traveled from Hong Kong to Vancouver and transit at San Francisco. She brought mommy some items from Hong Kong.We heard from the news that the new international terminal at SFO is notorious of its dual exits. The passengers can come out through the front or the back of the terminal. Many passengers fail to find their greeting party if they take a wrong turn. The front exit leads to the arrival hall. The rear exit leads to other gates for connecting flights. Since Rowena needed to see us before going on her connecting flight, we couldn't guess if she would take the front or rear exit. In order to cover both, mommy waited at the rear exit and I took the twins to the arrival hall where most passengers come out. We stayed in contact using the family-frequency two-way radios. Rowena came out through the rear exit after a long wait. If we didn't know about the confusing exits, we would have waited at the wrong end of the terminal. I couldn't imagine how many lost travelers failed to meet their friends at the airport due to this poor design.
Her flight was delayed for over two hours due to a typhoon in Hong Kong. She missed her connecting flight by 15 minutes. Since the next flight was fully booked, she had to take a flight on the next day. We spent over 3 hours at the airport due to the flight delay and rebooking of her next flight. The twins played with each other and behaved very well despite the long wait.
We took Rowena to her Cousin Kevin's house-warming party. Her original tight schedule would not have allowed her to attend the party. The missed flight was not a bad thing for her after all. Since we had already seen Kevin's new house couple months ago, mommy was more interested in meeting his new girlfriend in the party. We were all happy for Kevin. He has a new house and the house will have a new mistress soon.
We stayed at the party until 7pm. We left early so that Rowena could take a rest after the long international flight. The twins fell asleep in the car on our way home. We transferred the twins to their beds. We all went to bed early.
Sunday, July 8, 2001 (3y+11m+2d)
The twins came to our bedroom at 4:30 in the morning. Jasmine complained that she had waited a long time but the sky didn't turn bright. It was understandable that they woke up early; they slept since 7pm last night. We sent them back to their room and asked them to sleep until the morning. They chatted with each other in bed. Mommy had to go to their room to stop them from talking. They got back to sleep after about half an hour.We went out for lunch before taking Rowena to the airport. We then went to the pool in the afternoon. Cousin Natalie, Aunt Tina and Uncle Ivan joined us at the pool.
Monday, July 9, 2001 (3y+11m+3d)
The twins went to school as usual.In the evening, Jasmine requested daddy on the phone to come home early and not to work too late. Joanne reluctantly said a few words to daddy only when mommy insisted her to pick up the phone. After staying with the twins over a 5 day long weekend, the twins (okay, at least Jasmine) missed daddy at home. It might be mommy's idea to call daddy at work, but the twins were articulate enough to make their own requests.
When we sent the twins to bed, we asked them not to chat in bed because they needed to go to school in the morning. The twins said they went to school already today. We had to explain to them that they would go to school four times a week now. They had been attending school only on Tuesday and Thursday until this summer school term. Last week was an incomplete school week due to the orientation session on Monday and the Independence Day holiday on Wednesday. This week was the first time that they attended school day after day.
Tuesday, July 10, 2001 (3y+11m+4d)
The twins went to school as usual.Mommy took the twins to the children hospital for the check-up of Jasmine's eyes. The doctor said Jasmine's eyes were aligned correctly now. However, she uses her left eye more than her right eye. The doctor gave her an eye patch. Jasmine needs to cover her left eye for 2 hours each day in order to force her right eye to become busy again. She complained that she could not see well with an eye covered, but she was willing to put up with an ugly patch.
Wednesday, July 11, 2001 (3y+11m+5d)
The twins went to school as usual.Mommy said the twins were yawning in class. They had big trouble getting up in the morning too. We put them in bed early, but they chat in bed for a long time before falling asleep. Mommy is considering switching to the afternoon class if space is available.
Thursday, July 12, 2001 (3y+11m+6d)
The twins went to school as usual. The twins complained the class was too short. Mommy had arranged with the school to switch the twins to the afternoon class starting next Monday.Mommy took the twins to Sharleen's house in the afternoon. Sharleen was an elementary school teacher before becoming a full-time mom. She is starting a private Mandarin class for her own daughter. Our twins are invited to sit in for free. Mommy got a good laugh when our twins mixed up Mandarin and Cantonese pronunciations.
The twins seem to be confused about what Mandarin is. Mommy didn't explain to them. I told them that daddy and mommy speak Cantonese, their classmate Rachel speaks Mandarin and their teachers speak English. If they learn to speak Mandarin, then Rachel would understand what they say. I hope that would give them some incentive to learn, provided that they wouldn't figure out Rachel would understand English too.
Friday, July 13, 2001 (3y+11m+7d)
It is another Friday the thirteen today. No school for the twins on Friday.Mommy took the twins to Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant. They had another gathering with their ex-classmates again. There are coin-operated games/rides in the restaurant. The twins are most interested in the climb-in structure like those found in most McDonald's PlayPlace. Mommy likes it because the one at Chuck E. Cheese's is much cleaner than the McDonald's. Children cannot leave the restaurant if not accompanied by an adult with a matching hand stamp. It is a much safer place in terms of kidnapping prevention.
During dinner, Joanne told daddy that she was very scared of Chuck E. Cheese today. The twins are still afraid of those "cute" characters in costumes. Apparently the Chuck E. Cheese character approached them today. Since they don't like those characters anyway, I don't mind spoiling their imagination by telling them the truth. I told them that those characters were just persons dressed in costumes. The twins remembered that they dressed themselves as Winnie the Pooh in Halloween. I explained that they just looked like Winnie, but they weren't really Winnie the Pooh. The twins seemed to understand the analogy. But they still said the characters were scary because their heads were too big. I then asked them how they would choose between LEGOLAND and Disneyland. They both said they liked LEGOLAND because there was no scary character. They love the Disney's characters in cartoon and to play with Disney's dolls, they often sleep with Mickey and Minnie in their beds. However, they just cannot accept those lovable characters walking around in costume.
Saturday, July 14, 2001 (3y+11m+8d)
We had a quick lunch and then went to Pow's home. The twins were asleep when we arrived. Pow's boys Leland and Myron were very excited to have visitors. Jasmine woke up shortly after, probably by Myron's noise. Joanne woke up half an hour later.Pow has a very big backyard. He built a big playground structure for his boys. The twins had fun climbing the ladders and going down the slide etc. The thing they enjoyed most was the "sky-trolley" across the backyard. Pow mounted a couple of steel cables connecting two trees over 100 feet apart. A trolley was hung on the cables and shuttled between the two trees. The twins took turns riding the trolley. Mommy and daddy stood at two far ends of the backyard and sent the trolley and the kid to-and-fro. When mommy sat down to chat with the hosts. One of the twins helped daddy to push the trolley. Pow's boys played on their own most of the time. Leland later gave the twins a ride in a wagon towed by his KettKart.
We went out to dinner in the evening. In the restaurant, the kids broke the ice and played together next to our table. From time to time, we had to calm them down before someone complained. Five year old Myron was so excited and involved in playing that he didn't eat much of his dinner.
Mommy forgot something in their house, so we returned to their house after dinner. Myron invited the twins to play in the house. It was almost dark, so the activities remained indoors. Pow's sons proudly showed our twins their computer, their LEGO sets etc. Towards the ends, they were chasing each other around the house with the lights turned off. The kids were screaming in joy. We had to stop them when they started slamming doors. We decided the best way to stop the madness was to leave. As we left, Myron came out to the driveway and asked us if we could return with the twins soon.
In the car, we asked the twins whom they liked most. Both answered Myron. I guessed it was because Myron was much closer to their age. I asked which activity they liked most. They said chasing in the dark. Jasmine added she enjoyed pushing Joanne on the sky-trolley too.
Sunday, July 15, 2001 (3y+11m+9d)
We had lunch with a big group of friends. We filled two tables with Jane, Denis (with Jonathan and Benjamin), Lambert, Sandy, SiuLing, Dick, Cindy K, Cindy L, ChinLi et al. The twins shared their LEGO pieces with Jonathan. We were in the restaurant for over two hours. We decided to end the gathering when Jasmine nagged that she wanted to go home. Jane, Denis and their two boys and SiuLing stopped by our house after lunch. The twins played with Jonathan on the slide. They showed Jonathan their Sesame Street games on their computer. The guests left at around 4:30pm.We had a dinner engagement with CW's family and William & Lillian at 6:15pm. We decided to go to the restaurant early so that the twins could take their afternoon nap on the way. We found a parking space in the shade and let the twins sleep until dinner was ready. The twins didn't have a good appetite after they just woke up. They only ate a little before playing with Deanna and Addison. The restaurant was quite noisy and we decided to continue our conversation at CW's house after dinner. The twins had a great time playing with Addison and Deanna at their home. We left at 10pm. The twins cleaned up and went to bed with no resistance today. We could tell they were exhausted from playing really hard.
Monday, July 16, 2001 (3y+11m+10d)
Daddy had to go to work early to attend an early morning meeting. The twins and mommy slept in because mommy had switched the twins to the afternoon class.The twins went to school in the afternoon. This was the first time they attended the new class in the afternoon. Jasmine cried in the first half of the class. When mommy later asked why she cried, she said she missed mommy. However, Joanne leaked the secret in the evening. She told daddy that Jasmine cried because she did not like the new teachers. I asked Jasmine what aspect of the new teachers she disliked. She refused to answer me. I then asked was it her hair, her eyes, her mouth? When I asked, "was it her nose?" both twins laughed out of control. I don't believe it was the reason but I still couldn't figure out why Jasmine cried.
The twins didn't take their afternoon nap today. We sent them to bed early.
Tuesday, July 17, 2001 (3y+11m+11d)
The twins went to school in the afternoon. Joanne told me Jasmine cried a little as she got off the car. But Jasmine said she didn't cry in class. I asked Jasmine again today if she liked her teachers. She said yes.It was a very chilly day. It was quite abnormal in the summer.
In the evening, the twins fought for some stickers. Mommy took away the stickers as a punishment for their fighting. Jasmine later told Joanne that she could have the stickers if she said "Thank you" first. Jasmine is usually very generous to Joanne. Joanne is usually more selfish.
Wednesday, July 18, 2001 (3y+11m+12d)
Mommy took the twins to visit their Iraqi ex-classmate Sinna. Sinna's father was on business trip and his mother asked other classmates and mothers to gather at their house for fun. One other Malaysian ex-classmate Mira and her mom were there too.When the car passed by Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant, Joanne yelled "Chucky Cheese!" Mommy said she didn't promise them Chuck E. Cheese today. In denial of the rejection, Joanne put up her defense mechanism. She said (in Cantonese of course), "I am just telling Jasmine. I am not talking to you. Drive your car. Don't bother us." Though she spoke in an innocent tone of voice, I think we need to teach the twins better manners and respects in their speech.
Joanne is more cunning than Jasmine. Last time when Joanne begged for a popsicle from me, she asked on behalf of Jasmine instead of putting herself on the line. She said, "�ڪK�����f�f��! �\�̪�n�ħr! (Give little sister a popsicle, she has been a nice girl!)" Then only at the end, she added, "�ڪK�ڲK��! (Give me one too.)" She probably thought that mommy had ordered her around too much everyday. She could put her revenge on daddy.
The twins went to school in the afternoon.
Thursday, July 19, 2001 (3y+11m+13d)
The twins went to school in the afternoon.Mommy picked up daddy after work and we dined out together. We woke up the twins from their afternoon nap when we arrived at the restaurant. They didn't have a good appetite after being wakened up from their sleep. At the end of the dinner, I asked Joanne to have the dessert (some kind of drink made with coconut milk). She refused at first. I almost had to force-feed her. After the first sip, she was hooked. Jasmine asked for more. I said she might have Joanne's because she refused to eat it earlier. Joanne firmly yelled "No!" She added that she didn't know it was so delicious earlier.
Friday, July 20, 2001 (3y+11m+14d)
No school for the twins on Friday.Mommy took the twins to Paramount's Great America at 10am. Melinda and Debbie took their kids there too.
The amusement park was not crowded on a weekday. The twins were crazy about the thrill rides in the KidZville. They screamed and laughed. The twins could repeat as many times as they liked because there were no waiting line at all. They only picked the thrilling ones to repeat several times; but they skipped the boring ones. They liked many other places such as the Nickelodeon Splat City, the Carousel, and some stage shows etc.
On the other hand, Alan and Kendrick refused the rides. Kendrick only took one ride during the three hours stay in the park. Debbie put Kendrick in the stroller and had him faced a wall. He was happy as long as he could avoid the thrill. Melinda and Debbie were turned back by the roller coaster operators because they were not accompanied by their kids. Our twins were more than happy to accompany Melinda and Debbie to the kids' roller coasters when mommy had enough.
The twins complained about being very tired several times, and asked for a nap in their stroller. But as soon as they saw a new ride, they were all excited and got up again. Melinda and Debbie left early at 2pm because their boys were not too involved. The twins and mommy stayed until 3:30pm. Mommy said she and the twins were totally exhausted. Mommy bought the VIP season tickets and planned to take the twins there as often as they want to. They still have over 10 weeks left in the season.
When they got home, they (including mommy) ate a big piece of beefsteak and many fruits before taking their afternoon nap. Mommy said she got sore muscles all over her body. My theory was that she was too tense on the thrill rides, the aching was result from tightening up her muscles subconsciously. The twins didn't complain about aching muscles. I guess kids seldom do due to their high metabolism. I asked them in the evening which ride they liked most. Both said the swings. It was a merry-go-round type of ride where the hanging seats were spun outward by centrifugal force.
Saturday, July 21, 2001 (3y+11m+15d)
We dropped the twins off at Grandma Ling's place. The twins were very excited about visiting grandma before and during the trip. When we said goodbye to them, they were indulged in their corn on the cob and freshly extracted carrot juice. They were so busy with their food that they just waved and briefly responded. Their reaction indicated very clearly that they wouldn't miss us a bit.Daddy and mommy took the BART to San Francisco to meet with Alan L. et al. Their kid Valerie had grown a lot. Though she was 4 months younger than our twins were, she was taller and heavier. Just like our twins, she spoke a lot too. Wendy and Alan were disappointed that we didn't bring the twins along. They thought Valerie would enjoy playing with our twins.
Afterwards, we went on our own way to shop a little in the city. We watched Tomb Raider at the Metreon before returning. The twins were taking their afternoon nap when we got back.
Grandma Ling's was joyous about babysitting the twins. She particularly enjoyed the cute comments made by the twins. Grandma lined up several rounds of snacks, a trip to the park, cartoon on videotape etc. before she asked the twins to take a nap. The twins complained that why there was so little time, why they couldn't do more before the nap. Since time is a very abstract concept, I wondered if they really understood it or they just mimicked what mommy said. Grandma said the twins talked a lot about the trip to Great America yesterday.
Jasmine asked if she could stay "three" with grandma before going home. I later found out she meant three days. I told her that they had to go to school and could not stay with grandma for three days. We returned home after dinner.
I got a feeling that the twins looked taller than before. I measured them and confirmed that they both were 38 and a quarter inch tall. They grew more than an inch than last time I measured them. Their weight hadn't changed for months. They were still at 26 pounds. Mommy wondered if the scale was broken. But the scale showed that I weighed way over 26 pounds, so her theory was disproved.
Sunday, July 22, 2001 (3y+11m+16d)
We all slept in on Sunday. We had lunch with Aunt Tina, Uncle Ivan, Cousin Natalie and Aunt Jun. After lunch, daddy worked overtime at the office; the rest of the party went to the Expo store. Later, they swam at the pool when the water got warmer in the afternoon. They stayed for dinner after the swim.Daddy bought a stackable bookshelf from Costco. I assembled it after dinner. The twins enthusiastically helped me by moving the boards and turning the screws with an Allen wrench. After the assembly, they each helped me carry the shelves upstairs to their room. They also rushed to fetch a cloth to wipe the shelves clean. Mommy gave them a stack of books and they organized them on the shelves. They also promised that they would return the books to the shelves after reading them. I'd wait and see how well they would fill their promises.
Jasmine talked in a little different manner than Joanne. She often expressed her feelings in exaggeration and exclamation. For example, when mommy was cooking dinner, she would say, "�M! Yummy! ��! (Wow! Yummy! Excellent!)" etc. Jasmine spoke less than Joanne did in general, but she expressed herself more precisely. Joanne often spoke in a less structured way and used a lot of fillers such as uh..., mmm... etc., as if she stuttered and didn't complete her thoughts before speaking. Questions in Cantonese would often include "���N (with or without)" to indicate the inquiry nature of the sentence. Joanne liked to say "�N�N (without without)" instead.
Monday, July 23, 2001 (3y+11m+17d)
Joanne came to our bed in the early morning crying. She complained that Jasmine kicked her in her sleep. She didn't stop crying until we let her sleep next to us. We usually don't yield to the kids, but we were half-asleep and couldn't make wise decisions.In the morning, Joanne worked on the Chinese copybook she found on the bookshelf yesterday. She worked diligently on the flower (��) and the wind (��) character despite these Chinese characters consist of eight and nine strokes respectively. Joanne showed her work to Jasmine after she finished the page on the flower character. Jasmine was quite unhappy because Joanne didn't leave any room on the page for her. Joanne said (translated), "You deserve it because you took too long to finish your milk." We thought they were still too young to write Chinese characters because they still could not write the strokes in the correct order and direction.
They went to school in the afternoon.
Tuesday, July 24, 2001 (3y+11m+18d)
Mommy took the twins out of class early to see a movie in the afternoon. It sounds bad to skip class for a movie. But mommy's defense was that the teachers had finished all the teaching for the day. The remaining time was for playground activities and snacks time. Since mommy knows their daily routines in school, daddy couldn't argue with her.They originally planned to see "Cats & Dogs". But their ex-classmate Rachel wanted to see dinosaurs, so they ended up watching "Jurassic Park III" instead despite daddy's objection. The twins were disappointed and asked why the movie wasn't a cartoon. This was actually the third big screen movies in their life after "Pokemon 2000", and "Shrek". The first two were children movies, but this one was rated PG-13 and not really made for children. Jasmine watched the movie while stuffing her face with a bucket of popcorns. Rachel watched the movie with her palms covering her ears. The twins were okay, though they asked impatiently several times when the movie would end.
They didn't take their afternoon nap today. They were sent to bed early.
Wednesday, July 25, 2001 (3y+11m+19d)
The twins went to school as usual. Mommy took them to Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant after school.
Thursday, July 26, 2001 (3y+11m+20d)
The twins went to Mira's birthday party in lieu of going to school. Mommy's excuse this time was that summer school was not too important. There was a clown in the party and he makes balloons for the kids.The twins asked to see dinosaurs. They referred to the Disney's "Dinosaurs" movie. Daddy thought that they were okay with Jurassic Park III, they should be okay for Jurassic Park (the original). I showed them the chapter where the T. Rex attacked the kids in the car and then swallowed the guy on the toilet seat. The twins were scared. So I stopped the movie and replaced it with the Disney version instead.
Mommy explained that the twins were okay with Jurassic Park III because she called and distracted the twins whenever there was a scary scene.
Friday, July 27, 2001 (3y+11m+21d)
No school for the twins on Friday.Joanne told daddy that she cried at night because she had a nightmare of the dinosaurs. Daddy made a bad move to show them the wrong movie last night.
Mommy took the twins and Cousin Natalie to Paramount's Great America. The twins had a great time. Before they left the park, they took the splashy ride and got soaking wet. They loved it and asked for more. After they got home, mommy bathed and fed them. Auntie Tina came to pick up Cousin Natalie. The twins wouldn't let go of their cousin. They demanded to stay overnight with Natalie. Mommy said without them, she could take a nap before going shopping. Joanne said "�A�h��! (Go ahead!)" (How generous of you, Joanne!) Off they went and mommy was freed for the night.
Daddy had a business dinner to attend. Later in the evening, daddy and mommy went to see the movie "AI". We went home after midnight. Without the kids, we could stay out later than usual.
Saturday, July 28, 2001 (3y+11m+22d)
Uncle Ivan's company picnic was held at Paramount's Great America. Mommy and twins got in using their own season passes. Daddy got in using a ticket from Uncle Ivan's company. We didn't take those breathtaking thrill rides for adults. We just followed the twins to take the kiddie rides. At the end of the day, we took the "logger run" and the roaring rapids. Most of us got soaking wet except the twins. Mommy brought the raincoats for the twins so they only wetted their pants (pun). We all went out for dinner after we left the park.
Sunday, July 29, 2001 (3y+11m+23d)
We went to the annual Berkeley Kite Fest at the Berkeley marina. The twins still remembered the festival from last year. This time we brought along two kites. The twins had their first flights of the kites. We originally planned to meet Alan, Wendy and Valerie there. But they came very late near the end of the day so we just waved to them as our cars crossed on the road.
Monday, July 30, 2001 (3y+11m+24d)
The twins went to school as usual.Joanne said she loved Pocahontas' long hair. She regretted that she cut short her own hair some time ago so it was not as pretty as Pocahontas' was. When Joanne cut her own hair, Jasmine followed suit. But since Jasmine was not as concerned about her look as Joanne, she didn't regret her action. Mommy complained about the missing length on the right hand side whenever she braided their hair.
Both twins had runny noses and were tired very easily. We were not sure if they caught a virus from Great America or from the kite festival.
Tuesday, July 31, 2001 (3y+11m+25d)
Mommy took the twins to a dance class. Mommy bought them a pair of pink leotards with tutu as their up-coming birthday gifts. They got to wear them for the class today. However, they have already worn the leotards for the past few nights. Especially Joanne wanted to wear the leotard to dance in front of the mirror every night.They went to school as usual after the dance class.
After school, mommy took the twins to shop for their dancing shoes. Mommy bought them each a pair of tap dancing shoes and ballet shoes.
Wednesday, Aug 1, 2001 (3y+11m+26d)
The twins went to school as usual.They stayed home the rest of the day because the twins still had their runny noses. They looked really tired and went to bed early.
Thursday, Aug 2, 2001 (3y+11m+27d)
The twins went to the dancing class in the morning. After one hour of lesson, the twins complained the class was too short. Mommy said Joanne was very attentive to the teacher. She seemed to like dancing very much. The twins went to school in the afternoon.The twins were mostly recovered from their runny noses. In the evening, the twins watched Pocahontas and Cinderella on video. Two movies in a row were too much. They both were exhausted at bedtime. Jasmine was so tired that she wanted daddy to brush her teeth for her.
Friday, Aug 3, 2001 (3y+11m+28d)
No school for the twins on Friday. Mommy didn't bring the twins to the amusement park this week because she had a doctor appointment for herself.Mommy dropped the twins off at Elizabeth's place when she went to her physical checkup. The twins played with Lori and Harrison and their toys. They stayed for dinner before returning home. Harrison asked if our twins could stay overnight. The twins refused.
Saturday, Aug 4, 2001 (3y+11m+29d)
We went to the Children's Fairyland on Oakland's Lake Merritt. We joined the twins' ex-classmate Rachel and her family there. There were only a few rides in the park but a big crowd of people. The twins kind of enjoyed them despite the long line of kids waiting. We were not too impressed by the trip. It was too far from home. There were too many people. Parking was too scarce and far away. Since the twins had season tickets to Great America, this park was nothing in comparison. However, given that it was the historical park that inspired Walt Disney to build his now world-famous Disney's theme parks, the admission of $6.00 per person would worth every penny.Before we headed home, the twins demanded to see Grandma Ling. They recognized from the scenery on the highway that we were in the neighborhood. We stopped by, but grandma was not home.
We then stopped by Aunt Tina's home for a brief visit. The twins were excited to see Cousin Natalie, but were disappointed when we left early.
Sunday, Aug 5, 2001 (3y+11m+30d)
We had lunch with Hing, Lucy and their son Terence. We had to pick up the twins' birthday cake today because the bakery closes on Monday. We took the cake home and kept it in the fridge before going back to Hing's house in the afternoon. The twins took their nap in the car before they went in the house to play with Terence and his toys.We went out for dinner. Hing and Lucy treated us a very nice dinner in celebration of the twins' birthday tomorrow. They bought them a tiramisu cake for their birthday too.
Hing lent us his digital camera for a few days. Bypassing the film development and time-consuming scanning processing, I was able to upload some new photos to our on-line album on the same day in record time.
Monday, Aug 6, 2001 (4y)
It is the twins fourth birthday today.
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