December was the month of relax and celebration.
I was able to arrange ski trip with Max before it dried up again. Max learned ski pretty quickly, although he whines more than his sister did.
Renee had a piano recital as usual.
At the end of the month, we took a trip to San Diego. This is the day one when we visited the Lego land.
As the kids growing up, they enjoy more the bumpy ride. Lego land presented just enough adventure for them.
This is the best part about Lego land. Renee got to drive a car around the block, twice!
Max just shy of the age and had to stick with the baby ride. He has definitely mastered the skill and can handle the big kids block.
This is the first time we stay at a theme hotel. They loved everything here. I can see why the Lego land hotel charge such a high price.
This is their bedroom with bunker bed. They fought for the upper bed as usual.
We went to Sea World on the second day. Here is the group taking a break after a long walk and ride.
This is another team picture taken at the Safari.
The four kids play well every time they are together.
At the end of the day, we took another group picture outside the Safari.
They fought for a while before deciding the order of ride on this stone lion at the zoo.
We decided to take it easy on this day and walked around at Balboa Park.
On the way back, we stopped at Coronado Beach.
The kids played in the cold water while the sun was setting.
I took this pictures of Renee touching the setting sun. Probably the best I would have for a long time.
Bye bye San Diego! We had a great trip coming down here.
We visited a light show in Sancramento. Renee is pretending to push the tower back.
We stood on the prop for the Great Wall of China.
We also admire the phoenix. Although we all thought it looked more like a peacock.
Wish you live long and prosper!
I cannot wait for Renee to start learning snowboarding. At the same time, I am enjoying her current speed with ski. We can go down the slope almost together now. I pretty much didn't have to wait too often where she is still learning to hold off the break until the very end.
Max was not having much fun this day. He fell a couple of times and started whining.
Renee is getting stronger at climbing. She was able to climb all the way through without any help. I can tell that she is very proud of this achievement.
Max follows Renee around and can climb as high as Renee does.
I took them out for Geocaching. This time we took the hint and discovered the cache together.
After some hesitation, Renee and Max learned to enjoy the thrill of going down a steep slope. They would push the bike up to the top together...
And take turn to ride down!
Max really like this kind of construction and building related toys. I especially like this one because the instruction is simplified, unlike the detailed ones with Lego. This forces Max to look at the picture and try to figure out what the result should be. He is pretty good at it too!
I took Max for a walk one day. He saw this construction that he used to play around with the sister. This time, however, he insisted to stand all the way on the top.
I took Max by himself for another trip. This was as happy as he got that day. When I picked him up, he was not in a good mood. Later that night, he developed a fever. So he probably got a cold while on the slope. I felt bad for a while because during the day I thought he was whining again. He recovered pretty fast from the fever though, though.
