Like Tonight......

a poor Kenaz got raised and rash on his face
Kenaz had a fever 102 F last Friday. Yet he had a good appetite and He was very active. We started given him a Tylenol fever. Saturday was the same thing. On Sunday, his fever went up to 105 F. He was very hot. He looked tired and slept all day. We gave him a sponge bath. Monday he was still warm. Tuesday his fever was gone. I was expected to see some rush because I thought the reason of his fever was “roseola infantum”. Instead, Akiva got sick. He had a clear running nose. He coughed and sneezed. He had very watery eyes which looked like he is having allergy. However all kids in my complex are having the same cold symptoms. Today Kenaz got pink rush on his face and upper body. Now I know he had roseola. Akiva was still the same condition. He had a lot of energy. Yet because of his nose and watery eyes, he looked very tired. I did not allow him to go out all day.
a poor Akiva looks miserable

Our nanny went home at 5. We had an early dinner, leftover from last night (Jesse is out for Shanghai today). Akiva was watching a movie “Cars” (which he has seen gazillion times). He got bored in the middle and started jumped over Kenaz. I warned him three times. He did not stop. Then he stepped on Kenaz and made him very upset. I was really mad at Akiva and put him into his room. However in my mind I was slapping on his face and dragging his legs around in the living room. I cooled down myself and opened the door (Akiva was in his room for 2 minutes. He was crying loud). I told him not to jump over Kenaz again. This time he said he understood.

The rest of night we played a Tomas train set which Grandma Sue gave us. Kenaz did not want to play. He wanted me to hold him and walked around. I know he was tired and sleepy. The rails got separated. I wanted to fix them for Akiva. Kenaz started crying hard. He is always mommy’s boy. Recently it got worse. He has a major separation anxiety. When I am not around, he is OK to be with anyone. When I am around, he wants to occupy me. It is very healthy emotion for his age, yet makes my emotion unhealthy. In my mind, I was shaking up Kenaz and asking him “why?” I was possessed by the British exchange student/nanny.

Rising two kids is never easy. Some day is good day. Some day is harder than other day. Those days go by really quick too. Akiva is going to a kindergarten started this September. Kenaz will be one year old by that time. However, like tonight I really want to have a living nanny to help me to keep my testosterone low (I got a pimple on my cheek). *I don’t need to mention but Jesse is also very sick (as always…)

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Akiva and Kenaz love to play on sand

Akiva 7 months then
Kenaz 8 months now

Whoever missed our food review….

We still like to go find inexpensive good restaurant. We also want to update on our blog about it. However taking two small kids out to eat is already very difficult. Jesse and I talk about taking pictures and writing a food review before food comes to our table. Once food is on the table, it is like a war starts. Akiva wants to eat whatever he sees right front of him. Kenaz is on a stage of want to grab everything from the table. And Jesse and I want to enjoy food. It is a chaos.

We went to three new dim sum restaurants in last two months. We went to check out a nice new restaurant street call “Lee Gong Ti” at the Jin Ji Lake. From out side all restaurants look like old Suzhou style courtyard. It is nice atmosphere. However again having two small kids doesn’t allow us to enjoy atmosphere. We thought it is not for us.

[Jesse] I think it was not for us because the dim sum there was not very good. The LoboGao (fried turnip) cake was a block of fried starch with no flavor. The dim sum were small and not that fresh. This is the type of place that Chinese yuppies, MNCs (Married, No Children) and MBAs (Married, But Available-s) drive to (LiGongTi is sort of in the middle of nowhere on the South part of the lake) for Saturday morning brunch. Really pretty outside. Really upscale-looking. But food was not good [/]

For Jesse’s birthday we went to a Renaissance hotel to eat all you can eat dim sum. They had quite wide selections. Akiva and I loved their mango pudding.
By the way, Akiva always loves wet towel. The hotel restaurant provided us a wet towel to wipe our hands. Akiva was so excited. He put it on his head, put it around his neck, and swung it around in the air with cowboy screaming. He looked ridiculous while we were there.

[Jesse] I like the mango pudding too. Dim sum was pretty good. Maybe not as good as GuTing. But OK. Good place when you are really hungry too. [/]Last Sunday we went to Mei Mei Hong Kong restaurant at Gold-Chicken Lake (JinJiHu) Xin Tian Di. They have dim sum and all kind of Hong Kong style food, a kind of like family restaurant. They have an out door deck with nice lake view. Good thing about them is we don’t need to buy a tea to eat dim sum (dim sum is called as drinking tea).

[Jesse] I new winner! Food was fresh and delicious. They brought out the Chinese broccoli first, so it was easier to get some greens into Akiva. View was good. Feeling was good…not too upscale even though its on the lake. I felt the dim sum had too much pork in it. So I still like Guting’s dim sum better. But this place is closer, nice view, and good food for a little bit cheaper price. And I like how they don’t make you buy over-priced tea. [/]

We found a Korean restaurant which has all you can eat ice cream. They also have a good home made cold noodle. Among Koreans they are popular because of good BBQ. Last time when we were there at Saturday night, we waited for an hour to sit. Then Kenaz got cranky and we just left.

[Jesse] And after we left, Jesse got cranky and didn’t want to eat dinner. But anyway, that Korean restaurant is awesome. LengMian (cold noodles) is great…they make the noodles at the restaurant. The little dishes of different types of kimchi is really good. Supposedly the BBQ meat dishes are really good there too, but we have not been able to try it out yet. Oh…all-you-can-eat icecream too. Also free coffee. This place is too good. BTW, its next to the “Creative Lego Center” on XingHai Rd. [/]