Bug Control

Connor actually has a bug and reptile collection. Here he proudly lines up his collection and displays it all for Ya Ya and Boo Boo.

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Connor Makes Pizza

Connor loves to help Mom and Dad around the house. Whether we're building furniture, moving stuff around the house, vacuuming, making dinner, or in this case pizza, Connor always wants to do his part too.

Making Brownies with Mom

Annie

We went to see Annie at the Kodak Theater. There were mostly little girls at the play and there were times when he become fidgety, but for the most part, he seem to enjoy it.

New Year's Lunch with Great Grandma

After watching the Rose Parade, we had dim sum at some Chinese place in Monterey Park. It was too early to remember.

We had lunch with a couple of Grandma's sisters and Great Grandma made it too.

Connor's First Visit to the Dentist

Connor does pretty well his first time. We scheduled all of our appointments this morning. Ivy had her teeth cleaned first and I was second. Connor watched us before getting his own teeth cleaned.



The only thing he didn't like was the taste of fluoride. The hygenist had to polish his teeth with toothpaste.
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My Hair Floats

Connor wanted me take a picture of his hair in the water so that he could see it float.

Crazy Eyes

I forgot where we got these from. I think they were party favors at someone's birthday. Anyhow, he found them tonight and thought it was the best thing to wear all night and before bed.

Counting Candy

Connor woke up the next day after Halloween and was excited about his candy.

The first thing we did was sort all the stuff we collected at Disneyland. Then he picked 10 pieces and the rest of it went to the Great Pumpkin (aka Daddy and Mommy's office).

Trying on the New Bike Helmet

Heading Back to L.A.

After dim sum, Connor had one last round of hugs and kisses for Po Po, Gong Gong, and Yee Yee Sharon.

Tai Po in San Francisco

Connor was very happy to see Tai Po today. We brought her dan tats (custard cakes) and a moon cake. She gave Connor lots of cookies.

Yee Yee Elisa's Birthday at the Melting Pot

Yee Yee Sharon came down to visit Connor for the weekend. We all celebrated Yee Yee Elisa's birthday at the Melting Pot in Pasadena. The food was good and Connor had a blast with Uncle Scott and wishing Yee Yee a happy birthday, cha cha cha.



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My Backpack

We're on our way to the garage. This is the first and only time he's worn a backpack so far.

Riding The Tricycle

Connor has been trying to ride the tricycle for almost a year now. He started riding the tricycle without any assistance about two weeks before this picture was taken.

Learning to Kick a Football

We usually throw the football around on the field at the Avengers' game, but we were told throwing wasn't allowed anymore.

So, I thought we'd try kicking. It was great. I would hold the ball and he would get a running start to kick the ball. His would run about halfway down the field before turning around to come back and kick the ball.


I so wanted to capture the moment and the kids wanted to hold the ball for Connor. He would kick it over and over and over again...until we were told it was time to go.


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Celebrating Grandpa's Birthday at Morton's

Connor was just as excited as his Bu Bu to open his birthday card for him. He chose the card and it was a NASCAR card of course.

Auntie Sharon Brushes Connor's Teeth

Faces on The Pin Wall

Discovery Science Center

Getting Down to Vanilla Ice

Like his mom, this one loves to dance. With Vanilla Ice playing on the karaoke, Connor shows off his breakdancing skills

Lunch with Grandma and Grandpa

Connor's Football Easter Basket

Every week is like Christmas for this little one. Today he opened his Easter basket from Mom and Dad.

Learning to Write the Letter "A"

He loves to sing his ABC's and now he's beginning to write well.

Auntie Elisa Visits for Easter

Yee Yee Elisa came by today to visit Connor and bring him his Easter basket from her and Uncle Scott. Connor was excited about the eggs, but even more so when he saw the Hot Wheels. see more pics

Watching the Clippers

Na Pu had extra tickets to the Clippers game at the the Staples Center. They were playing Portland.

Connor ate quite a bit. He had a hot dog and lots of cookies. The game was interesting to him until the half. He was a little antsy from all the sugar.

It was a close game I think, but we didn't watch the final minutes because Ivy had to go back to work that night.

The Cookie Monster

Lunch at Carney's

Carney's has always been one of my favorite places to eat. What to order? A chili dog, chili burger, and chili fries with a super large root beer.

The little guy is starting off with his favorite - a regular hot dog and french fries.

Singing in Thai?

The Three Bulls

Finding Beard Papa

One of Connor's favorite treats are the cream puffs from Beard Papa's.


The first time Connor rode the subway, we were on our way to the Beard Papa's at Hollywood and Highland. Since then, whenever the word "train" comes up, he associates it with a trip to Beard Papa's.

Connor and I spent the late morning walking around Hollywood, stopping in at McDonald's and finishing the trip off with not one, but two trips to Beard Papa's.

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While My Guitar Gently Weeps

"I'm a Race Car Driver!"

Connor loves racing cars. It must have started with the old Hot Wheels I gave him to play with. Since then, he can't get enough of anything with four wheels. He watches NASCAR on tv, likes to watch Disney's Cars movie, rides his police car around the house, makes me ride his Lightning McQueen car so he can chase me, begs for a new Hot Wheels everytime we go to the store, and even sleeps with as many cars as he can hold. So, for Halloween, he wanted to be NASCAR's #1 driver, Jeff Gordon.

We went to Disney's California Adventure on Tuesday with Annabelle and Natasha. The Halloween festivities started at 6pm, but we got there after 8pm. Connor usually falls asleep at this time but not tonight. He was so excited and kept thanking us for bringing him to Disneyland.

Once got the trick or treating concept down, he wanted to go around and get as much candy as possible.
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Birthday Wishes from Uncle Scott and Auntie Elisa

Yee Yee Elisa came by today with Uncle Scott to bring Connor his birthday present. He was so excited to find out that it was a police car.



Connor couldn't wait to ride it and even helped Daddy and Uncle Scott put it together.

Visiting Wat Thai for Connor's Birthday

We went to Wat Thai for Connor's birthday today. We got there at 9:30am, which is somewhat early for us, so that we could put food in the monks' bowls as they walked through the temple grounds.

We had to wait a little bit before the monks made it to us. There were lots of people.

There was a line of at least 15 monks. Once they made their way to us, Connor wanted to put every thing he could into their alms bowl.

So what exactly is Connor doing by putting stuff into a bowl? It's a Buddhist tradition and one of the many ways of "merit making". Basically he's doing a good deed by giving food to the monks. It's believed that giving alms and doing good deeds will lead to a better life now and in the next lifetime.



After all the monks walked by, Connor headed up to the temple to have a monk tie a "sai sin", a blessed piece of string, around his wrist. What's the purpose of wearing the string? Nothing really. It's just a blessing received from a respected elder. In most cases, it's blessed and put on by a Buddhist monk.

Some people wear it until it naturally comes apart and falls off believing that a wish you made will come true. It's kind of like blowing out a candle on your birthday.

Yo Ho, Yo Ho - Connor's Pirate Party

Connor turned two today! We celebrated at Uncle Paul's house with a pirate pool party. The little guy loved it.

He didn't have much of a nap before the party, but he still had plenty of energy for swimming and the treasure hunt.

Connor started to slow down by the time he blew out the imaginary candles on his pirate ship cake. He even played a little soccer and had just enough left to open his gifts.

He finally gave out and passed out in the car on the way home. He skipped dinner and didn't wake up until the next morning.

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With All My Might

We sat Natasha in front of Connor and asked him to give Natasha a hug. Here he tries his best to hug her and put her in a sleeper hold at the same time.