Carissa Daily Life

First Airplane Trip

2012-04-19T12:58:00.000-07:00

Wow it's been a long time since I updated Carissa's blog..

Carissa just survived from 16 hrs airline trip. We're in Korea right now for a 1 night transit and will take off again at 3pm (korean time) another 7 hrs flight to Indonesia.

We stayed at Joni's house the day before and went to the aiport at 7am.. good thing we got there early because I found out that Orbitz didn't notify us when Korean Airline changed the flight schedule 2 months ago. The flight that we were supposed to take from Korea-Jakarta supposed to leave by 5:45pm (we landed 4:25pm) but they changed it to 3:45pm!! ughhh so I called orbitz right away.. and they put me to the next flight to Jakarta which is the next day.

Korean Airlines is AWESOME, I called their customer service, she booked us a hotel right away and make sure our luggages will go straight to Indonesia, so I don't have to get out from the airport take the luggage out and checked them back in!!! and when we landed in Korea they gave our boarding pas right away...

This is why I feel like International Airline has MUCH better customer service than US airlines!! they're just simply rude compare to the Asian Airline. (not to forgot prettier flight attendance :D)

Anyway, now we're wide awake at 4am!!! I'm going to try to go back to sleep... at least lay flat for the next 5 hrs :D

Carissa did awesome on the plane... she ate good.. sleep good.. pretty self entertained the whole time :) I didn't get much sleep but at least she did :)

my crazy kids

2011-09-23T14:26:00.000-07:00

Carissa First Day of School

2011-09-07T09:03:00.000-07:00

Wow... it's been 3 months!! since I updated this blog!! SHAME ON ME!!

I have no idea who still reading this blog anyway.. :D

So today was Carissa first day back to school, she's so excited! she dressed herself up and get herself ready in the morning :)

Here are some pictures from today :)

Almost 4 yrs old

2011-06-30T19:28:00.000-07:00

Carissa is going to be 4 this coming Monday (july 4), I can't believe how quickly she has grown (mentally and physically). I am so proud of her, she's a really good girl. Despite the drama & stubborness, she's a really good and smart girl. She loves her little sister, and she is an awesome big sister.

When I'm working and Caelyn wants my attention, she actually get Cae and try to entertain or distract her from bothering me. Tonight after bath, she actually get herself out of the tub, drained the tub.. put her pajamas on.. brushed her teeth and comb her hair like big girls do. Made me a lil teary seeing her so mature for her own age.

I <3 her so much..

Carissa Updates

2011-06-23T19:09:00.000-07:00

My baby girl will be 4 soon!! I can't believe it. She's getting big so fast.. I'm sorry.. I've been busy with my new hobby/business.. yes another business hahahaha Anyway feel free to check it out..

Carissa is .. carissa.. she's such a smart little girl who's curious want to know EVERYthing.. and she's so emotional. She could be happy for 5 minutes and suddenly cry the next minute..

Anyway I will post more pictures here.. :D

Spelling with Carissa

2011-06-21T21:26:00.000-07:00

Hula Hoop

2011-05-31T10:39:00.001-07:00

Practicing Cartwheel

2011-05-31T10:39:00.000-07:00

End of the year show 2011

2011-05-26T10:54:00.000-07:00

Carissa First Gymnastic Spring Show

2011-05-22T20:20:00.000-07:00

Carissa First Dance Recital

2011-05-18T16:24:00.000-07:00

Carissa Reads (3 yrs 9 months)

2011-04-25T19:13:00.000-07:00

No Pull Ups whatsovere

2011-04-25T10:22:00.001-07:00

YES!! we've been done with Pull Ups at night for over a week now!!! good job Carissa!!!!!

Birthday Party at School

2011-04-07T16:26:00.000-07:00

Since Carissa's birthday is in July, the preschool allow her to have an early birthday party so she can celebrate it with her school friends. So we decided to get it done and over with, today 4/7/2011 (which is April 7 if you read it with american calendar format, BUT it's fourth of July if you read it dd/mm/yyyy format) :D what a coinsindence!!
I made some chocolate chips cookies for the treat at her school, and made some Rice Crispies Treats with m&ms for the take home treats.
She was so excited when I actually came and stay in her classroom till snack time is over. She keep on telling everyone that today is her birthday party :) and she brought her mommy and her little sister to school today. I wish I could stay the entire day and watch her, but my little crabby pants already ready for her morning nap. So we had to go home.
Happy early birthday my big girl.. mommy loves you :D

Carissa Gymnastics 3 years 8 months

2011-03-16T18:27:00.000-07:00

Tutu Bag

2011-03-16T18:19:00.000-07:00

My friend inspired me to make this cute tutu bag, she's a sewing pro and she actually got some ordered from her client to make this tutu bag (different version/style) but when I googled for the tutorial, I found this cute bag that looks like a ballet leotard. So I tried to come up with my own pattern.

I remember I have this silky pink material from my friend's neighbor, so I decided to make one for Carissa since she loves her dance class so bad. Plus next semester she can actually go to ballet/tap dance class so she needs a bag to carry both her ballet & tap shoes :).

LOVE the result. I might make this again for Carissa's birthday party favor :).

Self Taught Step Dancing

2011-03-05T19:39:00.000-08:00

Carissa can't wait till she takes tap class.. so she decided to self taught herself by watching Step Dance for toddlers DVD that we borrowed from the library.

Dance Class

2011-03-05T19:37:00.002-08:00

Valentine's Day 2011

2011-03-05T19:37:00.001-08:00

Carissa practice gymnastic

2011-03-05T19:37:00.000-08:00

Carissa's Handwritting

2011-02-24T20:36:00.000-08:00

Carissa's been in preschool since September 2010, when she started preschool, she hardly can write nor interested in writting or drawing. Now, 5 months later, she can actually write her own name even though some letters are still backwards but I'm still proud of my girl. :) I Love her 'R' :D

She will go to 3x a week next semester, and I will still try to enroll her in gymnastics, dance and swimming for sure. She LOVES to swim everyday she asks me whether tonight she has a swimming class or not. How cute.

First Swimming Class

2011-02-14T20:11:00.000-08:00

Look at me mommy!! :)

Learning how to blow bubble in the water

She's unsure about this one (floating)

Now she's sure :D

I have no idea what have I thinking not putting Carissa in one sport that I love the most... swimming. When I was little swimming is the only sport that I'm allowed and good at. So I finally enrolled Carissa in a swimming lesson from the city park & rec program.

It's twice a week and only for a month per session. She seems like it a lot, she followed the teacher instruction really well and not scared at all.

So Proud of my baby girl :)

Happy Chinese New Year

2011-02-06T17:06:00.000-08:00

The girls (including me) wore red on Thursday since it's Chinese New Year day. We didn't do anything much. Carissa had school in the morning and that's pretty much it. She told me that she learned about Chinese New Year at her school too that day. She had so much fun, she told me 2 of her friends also wearing chinese new year dress too and they had sticky rice cake too for snack.

Love the diversity in this small town.

Anyway after thursday both kids are sick :( I blog about their sickness in Cae's blog.

Make Up with Carissa

2011-01-24T16:52:00.000-08:00

Trust me I didn't tell her to do this video. I was eating lunch, she was done with lunch, so I let her play the computer. Suddenly she made this video, I just thought it's cute video and I edit it.

Cooking with Icha - Episode 2

2011-01-22T08:48:00.001-08:00