Resourceful!
Mina is working through one of those “hidden picture” books. On one page, she was meant to find a turtle but just couldn’t. So she drew her own and found…
Category: Mina age 5
A Visit to the Zoo
I keep forgetting that I can request zoo, aquarium, and other passes through work. It’s such a nice benefit for Yen and the kids. But I remembered a few weeks…
Hand Stand
Mina is incredibly goal driven. She decides she wants to be able to do something, and then she endlessly works on it until she masters it. Sometimes to the point…
June 17 to July 1, 2021
Who’s happy it’s summer? Linus! We finally found the courage to take an entire week off and disappear! This time it was the White Mountains in New Hampshire. We tried…
Selfies
To pass the time while waiting at a restaurant, Yen and Mina practiced some expressions.
April to June in a Flash
Here’s another one-second look at each of our days in the last few months.
Eyebrows
Mina has been practicing her eyebrow raise. We’re calling her The Pebble behind her back.
Summer Sillies
It’s hot! It’s incredibly hot. But we’re getting by. Linus has new shoes, and he’s very happy. He’s wearing them to his summer circuit design class. Yesterday he made a…
April, May, and June 2021
Another big post to make up for not posting random little photos the last few months. With things slowly getting back to normal (at least around here), maybe we’ll be…
A Day at the Esplanade
Way back in April, Yen took the kids to the Esplanade during a school break. I’m sad that I missed such a beautiful day. I think the kids started to…
License to Drive
Watch out on the road, everyone!
Family Run
The parents’ organization for Bedford schools usually holds a run in the spring to raise money. Last year it was cancelled outright, but this year they decided to make it…
Burpee Tutorial
Mina is always enthusiastic for exercise, but Linus often plays trains while we all work out. So I was very excited a few days ago when he asked her to…
Allergy Season
Linus and Mina are really struggling through allergy season. Linus got no sleep two nights ago, and last night was Mina’s turn. I’m not sure why she thought this would…
Linus <3 hubcaps
Linus began collecting hubcaps about a month ago. He asks us daily to go on a hubcap hunt with him – which means driving around looking for abandoned hubcaps. What…