Thanksgiving, just the 5 of us

Simple Thanksgiving dinner - just the 5 of us.   Low key but very special.  

Mom's 24 hour brine ingredients for a juicy turkey. 

Rosey apple tart to end our turkey meal.  

Football date - our Thanksgiving tradition is to play football with all the cousins, aunties/uncles to work up an appetite.  Gotta continue the tradition, just the 2 of us this year.  

Taco Bell date, a rare treat 

Monthly "visit" to our hair stylist.  She has 4 monthly clients (including Teddy) and Mari once in blue moon.    

Saturday morning "cartoon" - Mandalorian.  Teddy doesn't think it's very interesting.  

Thinking about Auntie Tracy in Singapore while we use her holiday hot chocolate mugs 

For part of Mom's FFF, we had a scavenger hut - find something around the house that sparks joy for you?  Tyler: Teddy,  Mom: new "swiss cheese" plant, Ethan: Star Wars Lego, Mari: green "blankie" (had since birth), Mark: kidless getaways memories ;)    We hunt for many other items and learned some new things about each other. 

Another competitive game of Ticket to Ride ... congrats Ethan on the win!  Always a couple steps ahead of all of us.  

Macaroon Chef - working all by myself.  Macroons approved by Dad and brothers.  As with most desserts, too sweet for mom.  

Wang Thanksgiving / Logan's 9th Bday celebration

Happy 8th Birthday Hailey!!  

 

A rare sighting of mom running (she loves to walk but not run).  She joined our PE class a couple weeks ago and runs a mile every other day with us.  Her mile time is slowing getting better. 

Weekend date to get  our favorite boba drink ... Boba Guys macha strawberry.  

Winter SIP fun

After lunch picnic fun. 

Nice and cozy in my bed with Chewy watching over me.  

Long awaited Star Wars Lego creation.  

Making spam musubi for my Friendsgiving dinner. 

Weekly tutoring session my big bro. 

Virtual Nutcracker filming day. 

Housewarming dinner with Uncle Russ in his new SF home after setting up his WiFi. 

Part 2 of Auntie Tracy's Biden win celebration ... McD for our 2nd dinner!    

Mom got new plants for her bathroom where she discovered has good lighting.  

Cute and yummy porcupine and bunny buns.

Weekly dim sum brunch we all look forward to. 

Giant slime bubble. 

Mom's noodle soup this week - beef pho ... comfort food for all this chilly weather. 

 

Movie showtime

Dad invited our family to a private social distance viewing of the movie Tenet.  Quite nice to have whole theater to ourselves.  

So great to see some of our family.  Mom and Mari enjoyed a relaxing morning at home. 

Spent Veteran's Day off at SF Zoo with my buddies. 

PE with mom - 1 mile run. 

A "turkey-filled" playdate.  Teddy loves having his cousins over to play tag every Wed.  

Part of Ethan's FFF - Speed card tournament 

Mom loves trying new dishes - this week she made Vietnamese Bun Boa Hua noodle soup.   Comfort food for her in this cold weather. 

Our weekend tradition - dim sum breakfast ... xio long bao, scallion pancakes and mom's new recipe turnip cake. 

Our first time dehydrating fruits

 After 6 hours in the oven we now have dried permissions and apples

Mother-son video chat 

 

Election 2020

Waiting for election results makes us hungry.  Made breakfast for our 2nd dinner.  

A rare soda sighting in our house ... thanks Auntie Tracy for this (and many other treats) to celebrate our new president / VP. 

My faithful cousins come walk and play with me every Wed. 

My K-9 cousin comes over to sun-bathe for the weekend while his dad vacays in So Cal.  

Dad helping me make spam musubi for my FFF. 

Making shrimp crepe dim sum ... yum! 

We finally get to meet our 8 month old 2nd cousin who was born a few days after SIP in March. 

 

Halloween & Yosemite

Wishing your some "glow" this gloomy Halloween. 

Design your own glow stick costume. 

Mom and Dad left us for a day trip to Yosemite.  Sounds like they had another fun kid-less outing, while we enjoyed our freedom at home.  

They met a new friend. 

Lots of trees ... interesting to them (boring for us). 

Dad vs. Half Dome

We're glad Dad made it home safely. 

Woohoo - parents are not home! 

Siblings monthly "eat out"

 

Pumpkin carving 

Our only trick or treaters this year ... dino, minnie, mickey and unicorn.  

Almond jello soup dessert for our date.