.I am giving you allergy.

.I am giving you allergy.

19 July 2010

Yesterday was a fun day. It started with house cleaning (yep, isn't fun when your house is clean?) then family lunch. I promised Miss Jo to take her to Claire's (4.5 and already loving accecories?) so that's where we headed after lunch. She picked a pair of cute little dragon fly stud earring and it was on sale for $1. Hmm.. good eye and good style, girl! :) After that we headed to Barnes and Nobles for book readings. I also promised her that I would buy her silly bands and she kept reminding me about that during our bus ride. She picked fruit silly bands and I was ready to cancel the grocerry shopping plan as I was afraid she would be too tired. But she said, "It's OK mama, I have strong legs!" LOL... So off we went to buy some fruits and vegetables.

On our way home she suddenly said, "I feel so sorry for you, mama," I asked her why and she mentioned that I had to carry those heavy bags by myself. She then touched my arms and said, "I am giving you allergy mama so your hands are strong," I cracked up so loud when I realized that she meant "energy" instead of "allergy".

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.Blog Make Over.

.Blog Make Over.

My Internet journey took me to beautiful blogs that I adore and envy. The cute scrapbooking like template and buttons, as well as fonts and headers. Since I just started blogging few months back, I don't feel like investing my money into paid resources. Of course when I am ready to launch my photography business, this will be seriously taken into consideration. However, at this stage I am looking for free resources to get the feel and to see what I could come up with.

Turn out, there are plenty of free resources to create a pretty cute blog and I am planning to share those here. Keep reading! :)

I am a big fan of FONTS! So it comes naturally when I wanted to use cute fonts on my blog. I found several online tutorial but nothing beats a tutorial posted on Amanda and Kevin blog. She also generously shared cute fonts. Check out the tutorial HERE and download cute fonts HERE.

I picked the cute background template from Aqua Poppy Design.  There are also different bloggers who generously offer cute free background templates such as Smitten Blog Design, Shabby Blogs, or Simply Fabulous Design.

Five easy steps to upload larger pictures to blogger can be found HERE.

The next task would be to customize my header. I found My Blog Makeover and immediately liked one of the headers she offered. She also included a tutorial on how to do it. I also grabbed one of her post dividers while I was there. :)

I still have a lot to do with my blog. Among other things is to figure out how to add post under each PAGE, how to change the header font, how to create drop down menu under each PAGE, and tons of other stuff. I'll be sure to share them if I learn new tricks on how to customize your blog. Or if you happen to know one, I'd love to hear it.

That's all for now. :)

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.A Day at A Farm.

.A Day at A Farm.

16 July 2010

We went to Terhune farm on June 27 after spending two days at Sesame Place. I was so excited about this trip because I know I could score at least few cute pics. Yeah, I am selfish. We went there for blueberry picking and we had so much fun. We picked 5.5 lbs in total at 3.00 pm under a blaring sun. Jo had been a very good helper and we picked more blueberry than E. *lol*

It was so hot that her cheeks turned red. Don't you love it when you see a red-cheeked little boys or girls, and of course especially baby. At one point she said, "I am so tired I can not pick blueberry anymore," and just flopped herself on the ground. But then she picked up the pace again when she saw me and E still picking blueberries.

E found a left over corn and used it to feed a goat and a sheep. Otherwise we had to buy the corn for 10 cent per bag. Wow, commercial farm this is! :) We also bought an apple pie and of course I was the one who ate up all the crust and left the apple behind.

Put your 10 cent here, please


Texture by Paint the Moon






What color is my tongue now?


Can I enjoy my Popsicle without you taking pics all the time, mom?


Just ignore the sign on the wagon, please.


“There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colors are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.”
~ Elizabeth Lawrence ~


She pretended that she painted Abby's wings

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.Oh, I'll be back.

.Oh, I'll be back.

We (well, I to be precise) decided to have a mini vacation before the summer school break started. Miss Jo had been saying repeatedly how she would love to go to Sesame Place. "I don't want to go to Disney. I just want to go to Sesame Place." Oh sweet child o' mine, how I totally agree with you because of course it would save me hundreds of dollars. *lol*

So E and I planned this trip secretly. We wanted to give her a surprise because she has been a total sweetheart all this time. Turned out she is too smart. She could sense that I was googling searching hotels when she saw Sesame Place word on the computer. Sigh...

On the day of the trip, we only told her that we were going to stay in a nice hotel for couple of days. But she immediately knew that we were going to Sesame Place as soon as she saw all the logo and pictures of Sesame characters in the parking lot. So it was not a huge surprise anymore :( but she did have a wonderful time, I believe. She hugged me and said, "Thank you, mama for the best surprise ever." Of course, E prepped her. *lol*

I am still working on editing pics from this trip but here's some...

Nuf said, Mr. Big Bird


Not too much, Zoe


Got to take a pic with Zoe


Can't you tell that she's having a good time?


Water Fun






It was so hot on the first day of our visit to Sesame. I immediately got a migraine. So not fun! We decided to come back to our hotel earlier at 6.00 pm and hit the pool. I noticed this beautiful sun flare while we were swimming and of course had to run to our room to grab the camera. :) What can I say I love sunset more than sunrise.

Sun flare love






Her expression cracks me up!

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.Father's Day Fun.

.Father's Day Fun.

I took this pic one day before Father's day. Miss Jo totally refused wearing E's long sleeves shirt, complaining that she was not a boy! *lol* She put on her long face, hid under the table and completely avoided me. I begged and said that it would made papa happy because we were doing a surprise pic for him. She finally allowed me to take some of her pics and even giggled when I pretended I couldn't find her burried hands under E's shirt. Total fun!

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