Gingerbread House

We made a gingerbread house a couple of weeks ago when my family was in town. It was alot of fun, however it did not turn out as the picture on the box. I don't know why, when I bought it from Michaels', I had this idea in my head, that it would be so easy to do. Well, note to self for next year, making a gingerbread house is not that easy, especially if you don't follow the directions (which we did not), for example, like waiting 30 minutes for the walls and icing to dry, before putting on the roof...anyhow, payton had fun decorating. Notice the furrowed eyebrows, as he concentrates on putting the candy in the perfect place...


translation of what Payton is saying in the video below... "yellow"... "another one" :)

Choo Choo Trains

Payton is absolutely in love with trains. Especially Thomas the Train. He calls them "choo choos".

I remember before having Payton, I would hear toddlers talking to their moms, and the mothers all seemingly understood every word they were saying, even though it sounded like gibberish to me. Well, I am now one of those moms. Payton can say a ton of words, but many may not be understandable to most people... :) my favorite word that he "says" currently is "ALLIGATOR". (if I was more computer savvy i would have edited this video shorter...so, you can always stop it after he says "alligator".... :) ) And, if you watch the whole video, i wonder, can you understand all the words he is saying?

Let it Snow

The snow stuck for the first time, recently. So far, we've really enjoyed it. Mike was the first one out building a snowman on our street...


our street


Daddy helping Payton get on all his gear to go outside.

Payton's first experience with snow. He started to like it after a little while.

A week later, our snowman is still the only one on our street. I think only us native texans were excited about the snow... :)

Thanksgiving

We have much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. We are especially thankful to Auntie Harriet, Uncle Chuck, Harmoni, Gong Gong, and Po Po for coming to our place and taking care of Payton (and us) over the past month, when we were in the hospital and during Roberta's recovery. Payton already misses all of you. Thanks so much for all your sacrifices and for taking care of us!

Laughing

payton was shy at first, but then really warmed up to the Yu's, who visited us recently. it was great seeing you all, thanks for everything!

Picky Eater

Can you guess Payton's favorite food?








Two of his favorites has to be...pickles and olives. Yeah, strange. In fact, we use his weakness for them to our advantage. He generally dislikes meat, which his superpower sense allows him to detect despite Roberta's best attempt to disguise and bury it in a spoonful of food. Yet, we can coax him to eat the occasional cheeseburger or chicken strips by bribing him with pickles.

One more pickle anecdote...It is likely that Payton discovered his affinity for pickles and olives from sharing our Subway sandwiches. Now, anytime Payton smells a Subway store (there is one in a Walmart that we frequent), something triggers in his big head and he immediately begins his repeated demands for...pickles.

Trick or Treat

Payton's first trick or treating experience. He was Eeyore. Note the chocolate stains around his mouth. We had to bribe him with M&M's to get him to wear his costume.



the back of the costume.With "mickey mouse"


favorite part of the evening, looking at a dog.


It was unseasonably warm, poor payton was sooo hot in his costume...
Running home, because he really didn't get the idea of trick or treating and was even a little scared of taking candy from our neighbors... oh well, maybe he will have more fun next year?