Busy busy shopping day

We went to stores the whole day. Nadia got ready, chatted with neighbors before left and she waved bye bye saying: "Bye bye, Nadia go shopping". We came back, put Nadia to nap, then at night, we went to the mall, Nadia got a chance finally playing in the playground and merry go round choo choo train. Daddy got great pants and ties, Nadia got pretty summer outfits.

Lunch with Terri and June

We decided last minute to have surprise lunch together after Daddy and Terri finished playing tennis. Too bad the Matthews couldn't play tennis so only Terri and his wife, June, our neighbor joined us for lunch. Nadia didn't eat too much of her food, but she swapped most of the fruit we served. She really got excited, reading books and play crawling under the legs of June and Terri as tunnel.... She went to nap really late (3 pm).. She is not waking up yet when mom posted this photos.

First picture taken with the new camera

Mom got her little new camera. It replaced mom's old little Canon Elph and it seems to work so good, almost the same quality as Mommy's big camera.
Here is Nadia getting ready to see her old friend, Akotaro, she was making a big wet mess from her drink to her pretty outfit!!!

Nice dinner invitation

Nadia went to swim class with a little japanese boy, Akotaro last summer, and his mom called home asking us to come for barbeque at her house. It was really a nice surprise since we have not seen each other since last fall. It turned out to be a wonderful gathering, we also celebrate one of the mother whose birthday is on Thursday. It was a surprise, too.. and most of the parents are dentists who do research at U of M. Happy birthday Carolina, and thank you for the invitation, Ayako.

Allmendinger Park, playdate with the Matthews, we call it, arborplay group

  

Bella pushed Nadia

  

Now it's Nadia's turn pushing Bella

  

Don't cry, Bella

 
Bella, take this flower. Feel better ? 

Pretty cherry blossom

 
On the way back to the car, we had fun with the Matthews at Allmendinger park!!! 

Daffodil flowers

  

At Kidsland Montessori

 
Nadia's friend, Juliana and Josef. Nadia also enjoyed filling up the gas for her car. 

I love you, Miss Mehar

  

Great imagination

 
Dad came back from work, she ran to see him at the garage and said :"Hi daddy!!" then ran back inside and screamed :"Daddy, look, Nadia is on the top of castle!!" 

Play date at Fantasy Forest

 
Playdate with Zoe and Noah (but Noah is nowhere to find.. haha..he doesn't play with girls... )
We are a bit worry about Nadia that wherever she goes, she likes to play with grown up man (in this case is father of any children), so when Sara (Zoe's mom) took picture, she sat next to this man and looking at the camera. 

Here, get some cheetos, Zoe

 
Nadia has no problem sharing food to anyone.. 

I can control this choo choo train. Yay!!

 
Everytime she turns it off or makes it run, the choo choo train makes noises, like a real loco sound. She loves it!! 

Car lover

 
Watch out for this girl. She can put the key in the ignition, then turn it on, of course, she got fascinated by the wiper controller. 

Finally, Toys R Us

 
Finally we made it to go to Toys R Us for the birthday invitation from Nadia's birthday almost 2 months ago. We returned some of the toys Nadia didn't really care for and exchanged them with toys have been 'hand-picked' by Nadia. She loves choo choo train, so we got her the choo choo train set with the tracks, some Dora toys, and of course, Dora DVD.. Of course Mom ended up paying more.. but Nadia was so happy. When we got home, uncle Bill was the one who got obsessed putting the tracks together.. ha ha ha 

Mommy, the train is moving!!!!

 
Thanks uncle Bill, for setting this up for me. 

Bubur Ayam (chicken porridge)

 
Mom's craving for this traditional Indonesian dishes, when uncle Bill came over, she made this and it turned out to be great!! It's also uncle Bill's favourite Indonesian dishes. 

I brush and floss myself

  
While watching TV

Present from Shea

 
We got home from the Zoo, there was really nice surprise from Shea, Nadia's friend in MA, it was a belated birthday present. After Nadia woke up from very late nap (she slept from 5.30-8pm) she opened them up. She loves the present. Thank you Shea, Rochelle, Harry, & Harrison