5 Years of Donovan!

The Birthday Boy!!!!!

We took this photo before Donovan's birthday party.


Out for a hike on his 4th birthday. Mommy loved that brown fleece jacket of his.


This is also Donovan at age 4 - his preschool photo.


Donovan at age 3 with pumpkins Daddy painted for Halloween.


Our Christmas card photo when Donovan was 2.


Chinese New Year when Donovan was 1.


Photo of Newborn Donovan - He was one week old.

U.S. Citizenship Finally!

After 11 years of living in the United States, FINALLY, Rupert is a U.S. Citizen!
(And officially changed his name to include Rupert, which has been a nickname since he entered primary school in Hong Kong, but never a legal name).

There were 28 people gaining U.S. Citizenship, from 18 different countries. It was quite something!

It was a complicated process, which seemed endless at times, especially when desperately trying to get his permanent resident/green card, in order to file our adoption paperwork with Homeland Security back in 2008. 3 years after that, (March 2011) he applied for Citizenship, and finally received his interview this fall, and passed the test.
He's the last in our family to gain Citizenship, since Aaron gained it when our plane touched down at JFK.
Congratulations Rupert, we are so proud of you!

Fun at Preschool

Here are some photos of Donovan and Aaron on the zipline, slackline, and climbing trees. They love their preschool and so do we!

Halloween

Aaron & Donovan as Chip & Dale

This has been in the making since our final day in Disneyworld when Donovan saw a "Dale hat," and we purchased it. He told us if he was able to get it, he would be Dale for Halloween, and Aaron could be Chip. Finding the costumes was not easy...(they ended up coming from Disney Paris via Ebay!). The boys LOVE their costumes and have tried them on many times. Thank goodness Halloween is NOW, because in another month, there is no doubt that Aaron's would be too small for him - it's quite snug now as it is!
Last weekend one of our local malls and pedestrian streets had trick-or-treating for the kids. The boys had so much fun (and got so much candy!). There were SO MANY COMMENTS about the "adorable chipmunks."
Here are a few photos.
We are looking forward to trick-or-treating Monday evening in Grandma's neighborhood as we did last year(about 30 houses, just the right size for our boys!).

Aaron the Artist!

Aaron won a local Halloween coloring contest for his age group (ages 3-6). He won a g$5 gift card to the local drugstore that was holding the contest. Aaron was SO THRILLED, as is evident in the photo!

Donovan's Chinese/Lunar Birthday