Piano concert

今天晚上哥哥表演了自己的独奏音乐会。他用了大约三十分钟演奏了六首曲子，全部都背了下来，根本没用歌本，我们真为他感到骄傲。安娜在整个表演过程中都挺安静，表现也是相当不错。演出后，我们一起去吃了哥哥最喜欢的越南面。Tonight, we enjoyed David's solo piano recital at the Green Music's piano studio. He spent almost half an hour playing six beautiful pieces without the music books. We are so proud of him. Anna was sitting on her seat quietly throughout the performance. We went to eat David's favorite Vietnamese noodles after the concert.

More presents

今天我们收到了姑姑给的礼物, 好多东西,每个人都有份, 我们都很开心,尤其是安娜, 她兴冲冲地打开了她的礼物, 然后就开始玩, 玩了好长时间.

Today, the kids received a lot of presents from their aunt. Anna enjoyed opening the presents and palying with the toys.

Gettging ready for the next day

安娜真是有个好姐姐， 每当看到这姐俩在一起那个好啊，就让我感到特别温馨。姐姐经常领着妹妹去睡觉，帮她换衣服，洗漱，讲故事，把第二天的衣服准备好。上边的照片是姐姐头天晚上给准备好的配套衣服。Leah is such a good big sister and she really takes care of Anna. I simple can't say enough how good it feels to see them being together. Leah often brings Anna to sleep, changes her into pajamas, reading her stories， and gets her clothes ready for the next day. The pictures above are the clothes Leah prepared the night before.

An amazing girl!

最近我们一直被安娜的拼图本领所折服。圣诞节时， 我们给她买了几套拼图板，昨天晚上， 她玩儿一个42块的。 所有的小块儿都乱七八糟的放在客厅的地板上，她在书房的桌子上拼， 只见她跑到客厅，从地上随手拿起一个小块儿， 兴冲冲的跑到书房， 一下子就能放对地方，她就这样来来回回地跑， 不一会儿， 就把整个拼图板搭完了， 爸爸说她简直是个天才！
We have been amazed by Anna lately about her ability to solve jig-saw puzzles. We bought her several puzzles as Christmas presents. Last night, she was playing with one which has 42 pieces. All the pieces were mixed up on the living room floor, and she was putting them together on the table in our study room. She just simply looked at the puzzle board, ran to the other room and picked up one piece at a time, and amazingly, she can always bring back the correct piece and put it in the right place without hesitation. It didn't take very long before she finished the puzzle. Daddy said she is a miracle.

Skiing at Mammoth Mountain

我们刚刚从马摩丝山滑雪回来。 第一天爸爸教安娜滑雪， 安娜挺有感觉， 过了不长时间就能穿着滑雪板很自如的行走了，能从小坡上慢慢滑下， 但不会减速。第二天，我们把她送到小孩滑雪学校， 她学会了内八字减速，可是速度稍快时，她还是控制不好， 好在她重心超低， 不怕摔跤， 一旦太快，她为了停下来，马上摔倒。 我们都觉得三岁的她， 能滑到这个程度，那是相当的满意了。We just came back on a ski trip from Mammoth Mountain. Anna was skiing with us the first day and she learned the basics like walking around on her skis without tripping. She could ski down the slope slowly, but didn’t know how to slow down. On the second day we sent her to the toddler's ski school and she sort of learned how to slow down by having "big feet." If she went too fast, she would simply fall onto the slope to stop. We were all very impressed by what she had learned as a 3 year old.