Breakfast with a farm

Recently we have more for breakfast, lunch and dinner because Sonia feeds a whole farm of her plate. They all love milk or "nut' " and behave themselves wonderfully ;-)

Best Tuesday ever

Sonia and I tried hard to get ready for Tuesday because it was Jeremy's birthday. A week before we went shopping to get Jeremy something practical and I tried explaining to Sonia what we were about to do... to my surprise she decided to get something for papa too. She grabbed a small can and said "Papa." It was a can of fancy ginger candy. That is how on Tuesday morning Jeremy got a new pair of jeans and ginger candy this year.

Then I made his day a complete disaster because I kept him super busy. Well, he knew there was going to be a surprise but that was all. He helped with tidying our apartment, ran to the store to get a few things and walked the dog. He was such a good sport ;-)

So around 3:30 pm we with my mom, Sonia and Payton got in the car. We followed Angie to our destination and Jeremy was still making guesses and was generally puzzled. Then he saw an ad and asked if we were going to see Jordan Circus perform at UVU. So he guessed right...

We did. We saw a rare white tiger jump through a ring of fire, cool pink and blue poodles, two amazing elephants doing all sorts of tricks and much more.

On the way home I tried to act as if we are just going home to enjoy a small family dinner. When Jeremy walked down the stairs and saw a huge crowd shouting "Happy Birthday", he said "there are people there." Needless to say he was surprised once again ;-)

Thank you everyone for coming on such a short notice, for braving a huge yellow lab (I didn't realize he would be outside at that time of a day) and for making this Tuesday special to us.

We had some bagels with smoked salmon and blew the candles on already traditional Raspberry torte.

Sonia was a great host. She let everyone play with her toys and Mischa did also very well. He is a real socialite in our family.

Can you hear what I hear? A hotel for Dogs

A day with dogs... this morning Sonia was thrilled to draw with Mischa under the table. Then the whole gang showed up. There are three dogs on these picture: Nash, Mischa and Chewy.

Nash is a two-year-old 100 lb pound lab and Chewy is a three-month-old 3 lb pomshi. The two live upstairs and come to visit and to chase each other around.

Dogs love to play together. First Nash on top.

Then Mischa takes over.

Then they all run around the yard chasing each other. Our little, only four month old Mischa got super tired. After watching the dogs wrestle, Sonia found a new way to wear her crown.

Well, the day was not quite finished yet. We all went to BYU. While I was at my organ class, Jeremy and Sonia were socializing Mischa and training him to walk on the leash. He was a quick learner. People would stop and ask what kind of dog he was. Only one person could identify him. A music professor fell in love with our shar pei ;-) and now wants one for his kids.

Then we headed to PetsMart to get a bone and some shampoo. It is like going to a club... dogs say "Hello" to each other while their owners are shopping around. We met some really cool people and Mischa met some fun furry friends. He had a blast!!

On the way home we all took a nap.

At home Mischa ate some food, drunk a bowl of water and.... can you hear that?

Mischa is actually more loud than.... well, there is no need to compare anyone in our family.

Angie says that Mischa's snoring is an act of justice ;-) Poor Jeremy but it doesn't bother Sonia or me. Angie who is the mom of this house now calls her home a Hotel for the dogs. Who can blame her?

Superbowl party

Jeremy's aunt invited us to a Superbowl party and we loved seeing everyone. It was so good to meet and hold little Anna. And Sonia did knuckles and then gave big hugs to her second cousin Kaylyn (I am so sorry but I don't know if I am spelling it right).Then they had a tea party downstairs.

Sonia also loved playing with Christine. Thank you for having us!

New addition in our life

My early birthday gift to Jeremy ;-)

We woke up one day and felt like it was a right time for us to become a family of four. I would say it was so much easier this time... around.

Please meet Mischa.

He is a very rare color shar pei (fawn on the roots and blue on the ends) of four months and he is a sweetie ;-) We drove almost two hours to pick him up after Sonia went to sleep last Saturday. We got there around 11 pm and... we fell in love with this mount of wrinkes and stoic personallity. We named him Mischa Hanjian. Hanjian means "rare" in Chinese. He was a pick of a litter but they couldn't keep him. He is really good with Sonia but she is still adjusting to him...

Sonia called Mischa "baby" today and tried covering him with her blanket. She was a bit more clingy in nursery but was fine on the way home. A young womens leader shared a crown with us ;-) She is my dearest little one!

Build a Bear shop

We are regulars. We come and play because it is fun!

I know I am a bad mother and let my kid run wild... I guess it is European roots in me.

We get looks sometime but most of the time people just laugh. We have not made a purchase there so far...

Cleanings and runnings around

We love to clean our home. I think Mondays usually work best because I get a clean house for the whole rest of a week. Sonia and I really got into it this week. "Okay mom, let's get right to it!"

There is lots of work...

and play ;-)

We are done!!

We also went to see horses twice. Once with papa and then with mama. Well, we were feeding them and one of the horses kind of bit Sonia's hand. She didn't make too much fuss about it. What a tough little munchkin! She decided to feed another horse right away.

Now we know who bites and will be much more careful next time.

We also are renting a piano and I already have two excellent students. Kenai is five and Paiten is nine and she loves practicing. Sorry I don't have a picture of her yet.

Sonia joins them on every lesson and she can play with all her fingers by now ;-) She is a quick learner.