I am extremely disappointed with the quality of these photos from Bella’s daycare’s Christmas program. Of course, we had to fight the mad rush of Chinese parents to get a seat and we ended up way in the back. I thought, “No problem, my camera has 10X optical zoom.” I can certainly zoom way in, but what’s with the auto focus? Am I missing something here?

Bella is in the second row (in pearls), second from the right, between her friends, Emma and Chandler. She sang a few songs with the large group and then a smaller group - no stagefright this year!

Then she did a little dancing. She’s on the far right.

She seemed to have her own choreography, as her moves didn’t quite coordinate with the other girls. Nice blurry pictures, huh?

Everyone received gifts from their teachers. Here is Bella with her friend, Sophia, who has since moved on to another class. She is 4 years old - and much taller.

Bella loves her teachers: Teacher Ming, her current teacher, on the left, and Teacher Ying, last year’s teacher, on the right.

It was a busy Saturday. That evening we went to Auntie Suzanna and Uncle Rob’s for our annual OHS party. She loved Michelle and Christine. In fact, I think she drove them crazy with too much love! She kept her pearls on.

Here we are again - another year older. It would have been a landmark reunion this year, but the committee flaked. Bella and I are dressed to leave. It must have taken about an hour to get this group photo before we could leave the party.

Auntie Suzanna decorated her house beautifully - lots of Hello Kitty touches, too! Auntie Monica took these in front of the tree on our way out. Bella got stickers from Auntie Lisa.

Olivia Jie Jie is a ballerina and was performing in the Nutcracker. Auntie Lena invited us and Auntie Ginger, who cheered loudly for Olivia’s inspiring performance. We all really enjoyed it! Auntie Lena took lots of pictures, but hasn’t shared them with us yet. Someday, Bella will be a ballerina, too.

Bella tried on my rain boots at Po Po’s house. They are huge on her and go up to her crotch!

I got one new ornament (guess who?) and some blossom lights (hard to see). These are Bella’s Christmas 2008 portraits. Can you believe that she is actually smiling?

Here is the real Little Miss Fidgety that I had to deal with.

Bella loves singing “Happy Birthday,” so she sang it to Jesus on Christmas Day.

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