My Dearest Husband,

Happy Anniversary! Seven years has gone by in a blink of an eye. I love you more and more each day. Abigail and I miss you a lot and can not wait to see you in one month.

Abby tried on a new shirt today with these cute lacy sleeves and we complimented on how pretty she looked. Abby must have felt her outfit lacked some accessories because she went straight to the living room after she got dressed and pulled out these Mardi Gras beads my parents kept for her to play with and started draping them around her neck.

We went out of the house with her wearing 5 necklaces. In the car, she grabbed my Chapstick and moved it all around her mouth, trying to mimic me putting it on.

I never thought my daughter would be a girl-y girl!!

Tonight, I took my brother to see a Vaudevillian melodrama. I didn't really know what to expect and had to google Vaudeville shows.

I learned of the show through my manager, who happens to be the father to the founders of the company, Handsome Little Devils Productions, and creators of the show. One of his kids continues to be a starring character.

What my google searches taught me was to expect some sort of variety show - music, dancing, comedy, drama, circus acts, perhaps animal acts, etc. I was looking forward to it and expecting it to be decent entertainment.

What we ended up seeing surpassed all expectations. The show was fantastically creative, funny, entertaining, visually stimulating, and often breathtaking. Amazing juggling, dancing, acrobatics, hilarious comedy, with original slapstick, all weaved together with light love story punctuated by the malicious plots of The Baron Vegan Von Hamburger to destroy everyone.

The characters connected well with the audience and the show was overall well orchestrated. I haven't seen a show with this much originality in awhile and it certainly was a different kind of entertainment which I wonder why we don't see much of anymore.

Last night and tonight were the World Premier shows of the Squirm Burpee Circus theater act and they will be taking it around the world. If you should get the opportunity to see this show, I would highly recommend it!

Below are a couple of links worth checking out:
Squirm Burpee YouTube Teaser
The Handsome Little Devils' Website

Cuties are great! These little golf-ball sized clementine oranges are always super juicy and sweet, easy to peel, and seedless. Last Sunday, Abby saw a display of them at the grocery store and got very, very excited. So much so that we got a box for her.

It was addiction at first bite. We could not keep up with how fast she was shoving them in her mouth. Thank goodness they're easy to peel.

That first night, she consumed 7 oranges. We restricted her to 2, but fit after fit and endless crying made us cave one orange at a time until she was finally satisfied at 7. Seven!! We thought we would end up with tummy issues that night, but we lucked out.

Her first verb-noun combination of Chinese was heard that night, too. A very distinct "Buo Ji!" as she points towards the kitchen. An attempt to say, "buo ju" which means "peel orange!"

My parents got Abby this little, red, polka-dotted rocking chair. We had to take off the rockers because she was still too small to get into the chair easily and we didn't want to risk her getting hurt if rocking too hard.

It is the perfect size for her and she really enjoys sitting in it, watching Taiwan news about former president Chen Shui-Bian's arrest.

Welcome to Abby's Daycare from Cecilia Newell on Vimeo.

I just experienced the world's quickest hair cut! I walked into the salon at 1:55PM. My coat was taken, a robe put on, my hair washed (twice) with a scalp massage, my hair was cut and styled, and the cut was paid for and stylist tipped...all within 15 minutes. As I put on my coat to leave, I was not surprised to see the clock barely hitting 2:10.

The stylist was amazingly fast. I never saw her comb, shears, or her hands very clearly - It was all a blur.

I went to a Korean hair stylist next to the HMart in Aurora. It was called Leekaja Hair Bis. I get mistaken for Korean so often that I figured it might not be bad to try a Korean hair stylist. Perhaps they will know better what would suit me.

No one there spoke much English, but they know what they're doing and I felt comfortable right away and was willing to trust them. My hair stylist came up to me and said, "Style?" gesturing chin-length short cut. I said, "Yeah." "Bob," she said. I said, "Yeah." Half way through the hair cut, she pulled my hair to one side to indicate a part direction and asked, "This?" I said, "Yeah." Her hands barely touched my hair how quickly she moved to style it and at the end, she asked, "Ok?" To which I replied, "Yeah!"

I was totally happy with the cut.