Congrats, Xiao-Jiu!

We made a quick trip down to cheer on Xiao-Jiu on his big day: graduation from the University of Texas at Austin!

I wonder if I can go on stage with Xiao-Jiu when he crosses ... and whether he'll care when I drop hotdog in his hair.

Excited to see Po-Po in Austin, too

Hook 'em, Horns!

So proud of my uncle

Afterwards we celebrated at a yummy Maggiano's dinner and the ever-present ice cream cake before settling down at our hotel.

Dinner was THAT good

Congrats again!

Just like the princess couch at home!

The next day we made a quick trip to see cousin James and his family, enough to eat some yummy food and fit in our "couch" pictures with the Pee sons.

The first-born Pees

It gets exponentially harder the more kids there are

It was slightly bittersweet as it was exactly the same day/time that Da-Jiu was also graduating from med school at Wash U, but Gong-Gong was there to support him in person while we were happy for him in spirit.

Check out the Austin-weekend pics (yes, it had its own album).

 

Mother's Day at The Fields

To celebrate Mother's Day, Mommy couldn't think of anything better than spending time with her family in the great outdoors. We decided to have a picnic at The Fields with our good friends the Davises. We ate, climbed, played in the water, made sand angels, and had a wonderful time.

Happy Mother's Day!

Rocking the hats with my BFF

Trying to stand still for a picture

Swinging

I'm a perfect (snow) angel

And, of course, we took lots of pictures. Hey, it was Mother's Day, and "Mother Knows Best", right? Check out the whole Mother's Day album now!

 

Artist Unleashed

Dressing up, being creative, and using my imagination are some of my favorite things. Luckily Mommy likes to capture it all on film. :)

Indian and top hat. Oo, la, la.

Egyptian Indian princess

Circus trainer

Slightly windy out here

Ready to create in our painting shirts

We are ar-teeeeests!

Hayden and I pretty in pink at our dance picture day

Ready for my closeup!

My alien friend

Check out lots more pics in our April album!

Easter - Glen Rose, TX

For Easter this year, Daddy took us on a trip to Glen Rose, TX. It was a wonderful weekend full of fun, family, and festivities! We're going to shoot for less words and more pictures, and then you can check out our Glen Rose photo album to see even more!

When we got to Glen Rose, we went directly to Fossil Rim Wildlife Park. Seeing the animals was super fun, and I loved sitting in the front seat and helping Daddy drive the best.

Let's drive!

Headed into the wild

C'mon, giraffe! Over here!

He's heeeee-ere

At the hotel, we got settled into our room and then checked out the awesome property. We went directly on to a hayride where Daddy showed us the art of chewing grass. The rest of the first day was spent at the fun Kids Korral where we got to play while Mommy and Daddy had datenight at the restaurant.

The next day was a busy one checking out the property more and then visiting Dinosaur World before swim time. That night was the Kids Korral again.

Post-breakfast ring toss

First horseback ride

Noooooo!

Aaaaah!

Not...sure...how...I...feel...about...thiiiiis...

Sunday morning was Easter, and we were apparently visited by the Easter Bunny overnight because there were baskets full of treats waiting for us in the morning. We put the baskets to good use at the Easter egg hunts put on by the resort, but I was scared of the Easter Bunny until I realized "I can see his neck, Mommy!".

Is it Christmas again?

One for me ...

Weird, why does he have a neck?

Now THIS bunny I can handle

He's so cute!

After a super yummy brunch, we were back in Dallas, but not until we decided to make Rough Creek an annual Pee family tradition! Check out more pics from our wonderful weekend away!

Tangled Princess Party

Mommy and I thought it would be fun to have some of my girlfriends from school over for a Princess Party after "Tangled" came out on video. Daddy and I got ready by baking cookies together to decorate, and I made sure I got in my princess finest.

Making cookies with Daddy

Ready to par-tay!

My friends and I decorated our cookies, played outside, ate some dinner, and made some more noise before settling down to watch the movie.

My cookie

Eats

Bouncing in the balls (and off the walls)

Movie time!

Cuddling in our Tangled blankets

Since then, I have watched Tangled maybe 30 times? I've watched it in Spanish, with closed captioning, and with the decriptive commentary for the visually impaired. What an awesome movie!