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But when we got out of our car, the icecream car was driving away. We had to see it leaving disappointedly.
No matter what, we enjoyed playing in the park. Not long later, the icecream car came back. Mom kept her promise-- we got our special treat from the icecream car.

]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry100314-001954 Elsa Grace Tate Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:19:54 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=10&m=03&entry=entry100314-001954 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry100225-163206 My favorite color is red. His is blue. One day, he even wanted a blue hair string for him when he saw I was choosing the red ones.
He difinitely knows that he is a boy and I am a girl. Some time, he just could not make the exact distinguishment. He also likes wearing my dress shoes, not his own. He especially likes wearing my dress shoes backward. It is very funny!]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry100225-163206 Elsa Grace Tate Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:32:06 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=10&m=02&entry=entry100225-163206 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry100214-092004
We did get the red envelope from the Chinese church. Our Doctors also gave us red envelope,too.

]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry100214-092004 Elsa Grace Tate Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:20:04 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=10&m=02&entry=entry100214-092004 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry100130-094612

]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry100130-094612 Elsa Grace Tate Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:46:12 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=10&m=01&entry=entry100130-094612 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry100115-105141 I was very excited for his birthday. I woke up before him. Once I heard he was awake, I went to his bed and sang Happy Birthday to him. He seemed that he didn't care. Mom took us to the Science musum. We played with the other playmates. We had crispy cream for our desert. They seemed all liked it. Afternoon while Didi took nap, Mom and I started making cake for him. This year, I participated more---cracking the egg, open the mix pacakge,pour the oil and water, mix the flour, and grease the pan. I also thought about what kind of shape of the cake we should make and what kind of animal pattern we should design since he liked animals so much. Anyway, finally, we just put some chocolate cookies on the top of the cake. We thought it was a good pattern for a cow.
we went to see a movie called wolves in the Omni Theater. It was fun. Hugh liked it very much.

]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry100115-105141 Elsa Grace Tate Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:51:41 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=10&m=01&entry=entry100115-105141 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry100110-173150 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry100110-173150 Elsa Grace Tate Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:31:50 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=10&m=01&entry=entry100110-173150 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry100105-212336
We planned to drive three days each way, but we made it in two days. It all owned to our excellent behaving in the car. We didn't call Yeye and Nainai when we would arrive. We just showed up at their door at 11:00pm. It was nice to see Yeye opening the door and embraced us into his arms.

While we were there. We went to the Myrtle beach and the zoo in NC. We also drove around the town to see the schools where Dad went. We went to a movie for the New Year. We enjoyed watching movie with family. Then we spent most time at home, eating delicious food, watching TV,playing with Yeye and Nainai. I always asked whether they were dad's toys whenever they brought out toys for us to play. Both Hugh and I played a lot of puzzles.

Certainly, on Christmas Day, we got a lot of gifts,too.

On the way back, we stopped at Atalanta. We went to the Acquriam there. It is nice to see the big whaleshark and the stingray. I even patted one stingray. In Dallas, we had a wonderful Chinese food for dinner. ]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry100105-212336 Elsa Grace Tate Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:23:36 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=10&m=01&entry=entry100105-212336 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091218-014017
Tonight Chinese church has the Christmas program. We sang two songs. This year both Didi and I got on the stage. We performed very well. In fact, Didi did great even though it is his first time and he is the youngest one. It seems that people enjoyed it very much ,too.

Hurray for us!!!

We will go to visit Yeye and Nainai. It will be a long drive. We are expected to behave good. We will try. haha...

As I observed, Dad and Mom did buy us a looot of food, fruits and drinks. Certainly, they also packed a lot of books, DVDs,too.

ok, We wish you'all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year!
]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091218-014017 Elsa Grace Tate Fri, 18 Dec 2009 06:40:17 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=09&m=12&entry=entry091218-014017 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091208-233511 ]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091208-233511 Elsa Grace Tate Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:35:11 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=09&m=12&entry=entry091208-233511 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091208-232054
]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091208-232054 Elsa Grace Tate Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:20:54 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=09&m=12&entry=entry091208-232054 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091115-230234 Mom was encouraged by the lecture and decided to improve the food quality of our family ---to ballance our nutrition with right amount of meet, vegetables,fruit and so on. we will see. Certainly, parents should be a good example.
We did practice our cooking skill on Friday. I enjoyed using the food cutter and the coloring. The food did tast better when you cook yourself. haha..

]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091115-230234 Elsa Grace Tate Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:02:34 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091115-230234 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091102-215635
" You are my Mommy, I love you. Don't sad look at me. I go downstair. I quiet and lay down. You is my Mommy." haha. this is what I wrote to my Mom this afternoon. Ok, let me tell you the whole story. Today she took us to the park. We played there a lot. When it was our naptime, we came back. She just expected us to take a nap as usual. But we were too excited and plus the fall time changed, we just didn't want to sleep. She became very upset. For a while, she tried to leave us alone and she hid herself in her room. So I wrote down this poem on the stairs in my special writing style. Later, I showed my Mom and told her what I wrote. Then she copied down what I read to her. After she read and listened what I wrote, her anger was gone. ]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091102-215635 Elsa Grace Tate Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:56:35 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=09&m=11&entry=entry091102-215635 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091031-223229 We did take the cow train. It was fun. But Didi kept sing the song from the DVD "the wheel on the bus". He also kept doing bumping while we took the ride.
We did go to see the animals, but it was disappointed. There were no cows, which were Didi want to see. In fact, before we went, he also mentioned that he wanted to see crocodile. I think he confuses farm with zoo. haha..
On the way back we took a good nap. This is a good preparation for us to go trick or treating in the mall in the evening. We liked walking around to get candies. Once Didi got some, he just started eating. I wanted to get more. Later I was really tired. I also wanted to stand on the stroller with Did, but unluckily, I dumped my candy box, so all my candies fell on the floor. Immeditately several girls came to pick up the candies. I was really scared that they would take them away. But they didn't. Instead, they kindly put the candies into my box. This really calmed me down a lot. Or all people in the mall would hear my crying.

On the way back home, we got treat from Daddy,too. He took us to the Crispy Cream. So we got a dozen doughnuts plus free samples. haha...

Once we got home, we cut on the light at the front door, showing that we had treat. This year, we did have a lot of kids. I enjoyed giving them the treat. I wanted to be nice to them because we were treated nicely in the mall. But some bigger kids saw me ( a little girl ) who was giving the treat, they would not come and turned around and left. That is pitty.

PS. I really don't like the spooky decoration or the costume. I think my ladybug and Didi's black cat are good enough.



]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091031-223229 Elsa Grace Tate Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:32:29 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091031-223229 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091021-224421
It is so fun to stay in China for the two months, but it is also a too long trip. We had to change so many flights and waited so many hours at the airport. Untill we were walking out the airport of Lubbock did I realize that we were in America. I was very sure that I was on the American Land and I was very excited to see the American Flag and the Texas Flag when we drove home. ]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091021-224421 Elsa Grace Tate Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:44:21 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091021-224421 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091019-225007 Didi made a great improvement for his language. He could see most of words in Chinese and sometimes, he could see a "long" sentence. It is scaring. Certainly, with his language development, we could have better communication with him and he could give more direct and clearer demands,too. haha...]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry091019-225007 Elsa Grace Tate Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:50:07 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=09&m=10&entry=entry091019-225007 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry090713-002053 In fact, I got a surprise celebration at Saturday night. Our neibours, Ma and Pa, and Auntie Gosia and Uncle Kaz gave me (include my family) a big surprise. They came and brought the very nice cake and a lot of gifts, so my parents decided to celebrate just a day ahead of my birthday. Didi had fun,too. He also got something from yeye and nainai.

Today, Mom let me choose the new clothes this morning, later she also took us to Mardel --- a Christian book store. After Hugh's Doctor Appointment, we went to an Ice-cream shop, which is the first time I went to an Ice-cream shop and where today I got a free rainbow icecream. Tonight,we also played in the new pool Dad got for my birthday. It is fun, fun....

]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry090713-002053 Elsa Grace Tate Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:20:53 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=09&m=07&entry=entry090713-002053 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry090628-005138
]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry090628-005138 Elsa Grace Tate Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:51:38 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=09&m=06&entry=entry090628-005138 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry090622-002641
ok, please Wait for the pictures of my art for MOther's Day and Father's Day!!

]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry090622-002641 Elsa Grace Tate Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:26:41 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=09&m=06&entry=entry090622-002641 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry090617-002538 This is the first time that Mom left us behine for so long since we were born and it is the first time for Mom to take planes by herself. Certainly, it is the first time for Dad to take care of us for soooo long,too.
Both of them did good---Mom was not lost and Dad had a wonderful arrangement for our time together. haha..

Friday night, Dad took us to Ma and Pa's house. Saturday,Dad took us to the movie---UP, then to Mcdoudald for lunch. Both of Didi and I behaved very well during the Movie.We also went to the LifeWay bookstore. I had a fun time there,too. Dad helped us to make a tool box. Sunday,We went to Church and stayed there longer than other Sundays. Dad realy enjoyed the sermon. Sunday night, we went to pick up Mom.

For Mom, she was given a first-class seat on the way from Dallas to Washington. Certainly it is comfortable with good food. Saturday, they had a wonderful Bible study and a great hiking with her friends. It is nice to see different sceneries than those in Lubbock. The farm area is much more green than Lubbock. Sunday early morning, she and here friends had a quick and nice tour of Washington DC. ]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry090617-002538 Elsa Grace Tate Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:25:38 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=09&m=06&entry=entry090617-002538 http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry090617-001656 But both of us were really bothered by the show about Pearl Harbor. We didn't like the bombing. In fact, it really scared Didi a lot. He cried and cried. Later, when we asked him how the plane flying, he would answer "bomb, bomb.."
]]> http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/index.php?entry=entry090617-001656 Elsa Grace Tate Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:16:56 GMT http://www.dtate.net/elsa-blog/comments.php?y=09&m=06&entry=entry090617-001656