My parents are back for a long visit from Korea. They left in March but came back after 3 months to help us out with the cooking and kid's rides to/from school! I'm super grateful for their help and we're looking forward to spending this summer with them.

One of my parents' goals is to teach the kids Korean, so they started taking Chloe to their Korean church. I stayed with her in her class last week and I was very impressed with their many exciting activities and programs they had.  At one point all 40 of the kids in her class gave Chloe a hug because she was new. She kept telling us about that when she got home. I think she really enjoyed the special attention. 

It's going to be a fun summer. 🙂

Thank you, Julie for opening up your beautiful home to host a jewelry party.!

If you are interested in hosting a private jewelry party at your home, please email me. I offer great discounts and it's a wonderful chance to preview my new collection and the host gets a $100 credit to shop.

••Small private parties are available for the New York tri-states area only. Out of states parties require 40 or more confirmed guests•• 

Today is an Art festival day with parents at Apple Montessori school.

So I stopped by quickly to see my girl, Chloe to do an art project with her this morning. But as always, she didn't want me to help. 

Treats for the kiddies.

On my way out, I spotted my little guy. A real treat for me!

He was having so much fun, he just smiled at me and went on his way.

Wait a minute… he must've not seen me… Did he see me? Look at him with all these girls!

It was HOT today. 

We were invited to Amy’s surprise party this afternoon. The kids had a blast running around, and doing craft projects.

Here comes the guest of honor. Surprise! or was it…??

Her sweet husband, who planned this beautiful party by himself, also got her the custom-made pendant of her daughter, Naomi.

Here she is.

Me and the girls

Thank you Wei family for inviting us! Looking forward to celebrating more of your 29th birthdays, Amy! Ha ha. 🙂

I took the kids by MYSELF to the Kids Spring Fest event by TimeOut NY while Andrew went to go see his dentist. I was really excited to go to the city since I often complain to Andrew that we don't do the city events anymore. Why live so close to the city if we're not going to take advantage of all the cool stuff that this NYC offers?

About 10 min. later, I changed my mind. It was a challenge keeping Shane entertained while Chloe did her art projects. All he wanted to do was run away from me. 

Chloe was so happy, doing projects, and staying close by me.

Shane had about 3 lollipops waiting for Chloe to finish.

Then he was really running around, sugar high…

There was a live music which kids loved.

kids yoga class

All Chloe wanted was popcorns, cotton candy and ice cream. I couldn't buy any of them because I forgot my wallet in the car along with the stroller when Andrew dropped us off. Besides, all the lines were so long that we couldn't have waited given my squirmy Shane. 

SO, today's big lesson was, I will NOT take the kids outside by myself especially to a crowded New York City park. After a couple of hours, all I wanted to do was get on my big fat SUV and get the heck out of there. I love New Jersey. I love all the private big parks where the kids can run around. I love that we don't have to wait in lines to get on swings. I'm not going to fake anymore. I love the burbs.  

We found this gorgeous park in Harrington Park, NJ. This roundabout reminds me of my childhood.