| | Happy Birthday Little Baby Jesus!
"Where are the holiday party photos?" you may ask? Patience my grasshopper, but family first. Always, family first. This year, Jennifer (sister uno) and James housed 3 generations of our Han family for the holidays. Our exceptional hosts made sure we all ate well and slept well (except for when Zachary hid my earplugs - in his mouth! Waxy!).
This was the first time my Dad met his granddaughter Calie. They bonded - meaning she laughed at all his jokes. Oh wait - she just laughs. All the time. Like ALL the time. Sometimes you can't help but wonder if the child is mocking you. She gives me unhealthy paranoia.
Nonetheless, I love the little thing. I use my Donkey Kong grip and force oodles of kisses upon her. Story of my life.
Wii turn on the wii and wii play Bungee Buddies. Do wii take it too se(wiii)ously?
Zachary practices advanced maths in hopes of becomming a "mathman" when he gets older. Ignore the bruise on his cheek. That only happens when he doesn't show his work.
It's Christmas and our hosts show off their festive tree. Here is the order of height: Jennifer, James, Tree. The tree is the winner. I just want to make that clear. Because announcing such a fact is how we Asians enforce healthy competitive nature. Grow Jennifer Grow!
The best gift is a hug! But really, that's more stocking-stuffer caliber. We'll get to the real gifts shortly.
Sophie gets me a yoga mat carrier. She is tired of my excuse "Ugh - I can't go today because I have nothing to carry my yoga mat in". Note the belly rolls. Looks like the yoga mat carrier came a little too late.
I got Jennifer the famous Japanese Kinoki foot pads. We later go online and find multiple proofs that they are a scam. Beware of them at any white elephant gift exchange Jennifer may attend in the future.
I got Zachary the Guess Who game which has since become one of my favorite games. Well, Guess Who x 2 where we each use deductive reasoning to guess the *2* characters in the opponent's hand. Geekazoid Alert!
Aside from Guess Who, the adults also indulged in other immature activities. Such as competitive games of Connect 4. There is no hesitating when playing with Jennifer as she will smack your hand down, prematurely releasing your token, and ultimately resulting in your miserable loss. Then...wait for it ... evil cackle.
Another childish activity was led by Sophia. She smuggled Zachary's coloring book and filled it with exquisite shading, texture and detail. Certain to give Zachary an inferiority complex (no wonder he prefers analytical activities over creative ones).
Man - Zachary got the BEST toys!
Jennifer got me a manicure kit. "What you like?" I ask my Mom in my best Vietnamese accent.
Aside from numerous amazing Chinese dishes that my Mom cooked (Sophie as well) and the delicious non-Chinese dishes Jennifer cooked, James made us Christmas dinner. Turkey! I know - alot of turkey entries on my blog. Wait for Easter and we may be 3 for 3. Fingers crossed!
The greatest competitors in the search arena set aside their differences for a moment to share a Christmas dinner in peace. Yes, Sophie got Dad a Google shirt and I got James a Yahoo! shirt. Recall the aforementioned competitiveness.
Except this round... Yahoo! wins!! By a baby!!
From all the feasting, we figured we needed to walk off some calories. Bug-eyed glasses never looked so cute.
True to Han blood, balance is not one of Zachary's fortes. However, the only way to learn is to throw someone in a life threatening situation to acquire such skill. And so we did. I can be trusted with your child.
As some of you may have seen from my Facebook profile, one of my favorite hobbies is putting things in containers. I ended the year with a bang by putting this baby in a box. It was wildly successful.
Thanks Jennifer and James for hosting such a great Xmas week!! It was tons of fun! :D
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. Here's to a happy and healthy new year!! Don't drink and drive - Santa's still judging you!! (and I am too).
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