Friday, December 19, 2008

Jalen Loves Pottery Barn Kids

After a recent trip to the mall, we discovered that Jalen loves the toys at Pottery Barn Kids. He especially likes the kitchen toys and household toys. I think he loves them so much because at home, we don't let him get into the kitchen cabinets. Jalen likes to copy everything we do and it just kills him that he can't copy us while we're cooking. As you can see in this video, he couldn't get enough of all the mini household items.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Jalen Plays in the Snow

We got about a couple of inches of snow on Saturday night. The next day we let Jalen play in the snow for the first time. At first, he didn't know what to do with himself. The snow must have felt so strange to his feet. The weather was still very cold so I tossed some powdery snow in the air and let it fall in his face. That got him really excited and he wanted me to do it again and again. After about 15 minutes we decided to go back inside. Jalen then whined for about 30 minutes wanting to go back out. He couldn't get enough!




Thursday, December 11, 2008

Jalen Meets Santa


Jalen figured out that candy canes are yummy!

Jalen was all smiles after he took pictures with Santa.

Bubbles!

We couldn't get a smile out of Jalen on Santa's lap.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Jalen's Favourite New Word


Jalen hears the word "no" a lot so it's no wonder that he's finally learned how to say it himself. He's not afraid to use it! Here I'm asking Jalen in Shanghainese if he wants to go to sleep. No matter how tired he is, he always says no.