Me throught Vannie's eyes

Yesterday my dear friend Tuyet invited us over for dinner. It was a last minute dinner plan but that’s the way we roll. We’re not much into making an appointment way ahead. If we feel like seeing each other we just call and drop by. So when she invited us yesterday I wanted to bring her something nice. I made some shredded pork and she loved it.

She and her husband Cuong have 2 wonderful daughters, Vannie and Rosa. Now that they see us more often they aren’t so shy anymore. They always like to take me up to their room where they play (either together or by themselves) and goof off. And those girls love to goof off! They are also very much into drawing and all kinds of creative activities. They even like to help cooking!

 

Anyway Vannie and Rosa made me some drawings.

This is how I look like according to Vannie. She’s very talented isn’t she! I think she made me much prettier then I actually am =)

Some more drawings from the girls. I love how kids make things seem so simple.

Tuyet thank you so much for the invite and the food that we got to go! We’ll see each other very soon!

PS: I’ll put the recipe for the chocolate dessert up in a few days!

A smile that lights your day

Ok for now, no more food and cooking. I wouldn’t be a good aunt if I didn’t post about my newborn niece and nephew once a while. Remember we went back to Vietnam to visit my hubby's brother, his wife and their new born twins. They are entering their 5 month . Can't believe we've been back to reality for 2 months now. Our holiday seems like ages ago. 

My hubby's family lives in America and 2 out of 5 siblings are in a different time zone. Nowadays thanks to the internet, cheap long distance phone calls and skype it is very easy to keep in touch.My in-laws are really good in keeping the family updated. You'll have to know that my hubby is an American, married to a Dutchie (me!) and moved to Holland to be with me. His brother is an American, moved to Vietnam to start his own company, met my sister in law, married her and has now two more attachments to Vietnam. 

My brother in law sends us pictures of the kiddies all the time we can see them growing up. And they grow so fast.

Luca is resting now but even with 4 months he was already able to lift his head up and I wouldn't be surprised if he would try to crawl one of these days.

Baby Bella is just chilling out and looking at the mobile we got for them. She looks so focused.

But this is the show stopper! This cutiepie lights up my day. Just looking at her makes the world brighter and sunnier!

Back from a long well deserved holiday

February was a very quiet month due to our (almost 5 weeks) holiday in Asia. I had the intention to work on my blog and I thought I would have time to do so but I was sooo wrong. What was I thinking! With two cute newborn nephew and niece it was almost impossible to think about anything else.

Meet big boy Luca aka Anh Khoa aka AK. He is the “little” brother of the duo. When he was born on the first day of 2011 he was approximately 2,7 kilo. According to the last counting he’s almost double his weight.

This is big sister, pretty miss Bella. She of course was born on the same day and started with around 2,5 kilo. She hasn’t caught up to Luca’s weight yet, but don’t let the petit appearance fool you. She is only 3 cm less tall then Luca. 

Can you tell who’s little feet this is?

I bet it is easier to tell now. This is Luca’s feet. Boys will be boys!

So you see I had two very legitimate reasons for disappearing from my blog for almost a month! I was too busy feeding, cuddling and staring at the two cutest babies I’ve ever seen. Big thanks to new mom Tan and new dad Q for letting this auntie spend maximum quality time with the kiddies!