Thailand 2012

I finally finished the photo book for our trip to Thailand. Approximately, 1,500 pictures have been compiled into 60 pages.

Thailand 2012

Click on the link above to see the album.

Kung Fu Panda 2

Tonight, for Family Night, Reese picked Kung Fu Panda 2 to watch.  We all enjoyed the movie, but Reese was also the one to get the most upset over the movie.  She would not tell us why, but I suspect that she did not like the part of the movie where Po realizes what happened to him was that his mother left him in the radish crate.  I think that she think that it might happen to her and does not like the thought of being without her mom.  I reassured her that we would never do that to her.  She says it was because of some comment that her brother said about the gorilla in the movie.

Nicknames

One of the other bloggers posted something about wanting her children to be called by their given names, not shortened versions or nicknames, which got me to thinking about my children's names and nicknames.

When Riley was born, my brother in law asked me what we were going to call him since RyRy was already taken.  I looked at him funny and said Riley.  What was the purpose in shortening his name?  As he grew older, some nicknames came naturally.  I called him BoBo because of the way his legs were bowed and he use to make his mouth look like a bow.  His dad liked Bubs better and we go back and forth between the two.  He is also called Ri especially by his YaiYai.  He is also sometimes RP1, and his sister is RP2.  We also lovingly call him Dork of York.

Reese has always had lots of nicknames.  She has been Sis Wis, Sister of Twister, Moo Shu Pork, etc.  The ones that have stuck are Sis, Sister, Moo Moo, for her love of chocolate milk, and Reesie Cup.  Her brother calls her Reesie, and she calls herself Reesie.  I tend not to call her Reesie because the dog next door is named Reesie.

Culture Project Part 4

What holidays does your family celebrate?  List some of them.  Do you incorporate any traditions from other cultures as part of your celebrations?

The holidays we celebrate are Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, and birthdays.  We have regular American food with some Filipino food for every holiday.  On birthdays we eat noodles for long life.

In the Name of the Culture Project

Pancit and Egg Rolls

Traditional American Thanksgiving

Sumon


I don't normally take pictures of the food buffet, but this year I did in case we needed the pictures for the culture project.  One of the questions addresses holidays we celebrate and how they are the same or different than the way holidays are traditionally celebrated.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

We usually have family night every two weeks or so.  Most of the time we rent an in Demand movie from our cable company.  Today was a rainy day, and since Riley could not go out and shoot his bow, and both kids were very good when we went shopping for Daddy's clothes and shoes, we had afternoon movie time.

Riley has asked for all of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies for Christmas.  I am not sure how I feel about him owning all of them.  The one we just saw was a bit disturbing to me.  The mermaids were evil and scary which is different from the mermaid's portrayal in The Little Mermaid which is also made by Disney.  It was scary and violent to me, and I do realize that the one we just saw has a PG-13 rating.  I know that I am placing my likes and dislikes on you, but part of me feels that it is okay to see once or twice, but I do not want them played continuously like they would be if we owned them.

We'll wait and see what Santa brings...

Halloween

With the two of you as children I really like Halloween.  You both get so excited and love to dress up and go and get candy.  For the second year Riley has gone trick or treating with neighborhood friends (Avi & Aki).  This is the first year that Reese walked around the big block in our neighborhood and then asked for the wagon.  Once in the wagon Reese just wanted to keep going. Reese also wanted PaPa and YaiYai to come and share in her trick or treating by walking around with her.

When going up to houses Reese was too shy to say trick or treat or make conversation about her costume with people, but she would always thank them for her candy.  When she was allowed to pick out her own candy, she would pick two pieces!

Riley walked around with Reese and I for awhile and at the houses that she did not go up to, he was a good big brother and brought back two pieces of candy, one for him and one for Reese.

Daddy got the boring job again this year and had to stay at home and give out candy.

They both ended up with lots of candy for the year!

The night before Halloween Mommy and Daddy carved pumpkins for you both.  Mommy carved Anakin Skywalker for Riley, and Daddy carved a monster for Reese.  Reese helped by separating the seeds from the pulp so that we could bake the pumpkin seeds.  Once Daddy was done carving, Reese added the Buzz Lightyear parts.



Starting Over

In honor of NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) and reading 52 Things Kids Need from a Mom by Angela Thomas I have decided to start this new blog for the both of you.  Originally, when I started blogging, I had a blog for each of you, My Vehicle Boy and Sissee Bee but I have found that I have not been able to keep up to date on either of them and some of the things that I would write on one, I would also write on the other.

So, the 24th thing in 52 Things Kids Need from a Mom is "To Keep a Family Blog".  I am going to do my best to record our history together as well as tell you about your past.  You will not have ancestor records from the census like some of your friends may have because your past in the United States is only about 40+ years old.  I have started a family tree and am trying to gather as many names and relations as I can.