Sophie's Birthday and Father's Day

This year, Sophie's birthday and Father's Day happened to be on the same day. I had no choice but to share my day with her. It was actually really sweet that we could celebrate together. Vân picked Monsoon -- a Vietnamese restaurant by Eric Banh -- for the occasion.

The celebration at Monsoon lasted about 30 minutes. Vân and I probably had two bites each before Sophie threw up all over Vân's shirt -- front and back. We used to think this only happened in movies until it happened to us. The strange thing was that we weren't mad or embarrassed at all. We felt bad for Sophie because she was sick with bronchiolitis, so she could hardly keep anything down for the whole week. We cleaned up, tipped the waitress really well, and finished our meal at home.

Before incident

Unfinished radish cakes

After incident - phở at home

Goodie Bags

Sophie turned 3 a few weeks ago. And I was in charge of preparing the goodie bags for her birthday party at school. Sophie and I had a lot of fun picking out the toys and preparing the goodie bags. Unfortunately, Sophie had bronchiolitis, so we had to postpone her party for a week. But I heard from her teachers that everyone had a lot of fun when it finally happened. I think the Trophy cupcakes we bought for the party had something to do with it.

Wind-up toys

Sticky lizards, robots and bugs

Stickers

Goodie bag assembled

Ready to go!

Carkeek Park

Carkeek Park has always been a special place to us. To me, the park is almost magical because it is only 3 miles from where we live, but it can make us feel like we've traveled hundreds of miles outside of the city.

Belly Hanging Out!

Need I say more?

Talus Rocks - Tiger Mountain

We decided to go back to Tiger Mountain for a longer hike since our first trip was somewhat successful. I picked Talus Rocks -- 3 miles, round trip. It was flat, and it had caves and interesting rock fragments. I thought Sophie might enjoy exploring them. Well, I was wrong. Sophie refused to walk, and she cried a lot. It turned out she was sick. She was developing bronchiolitis, as we learned from the doctor a few days later. Here are some "happy" pictures when Sophie was not crying during the hike.

Caterpillar

More caterpillars on the bridge

Talus rocks

And more rocks