Vivi's Big Weekend

This weekend was/is a time of firsts for Vivi. Saturday, she bought contacts that she can leave in her eyes for a month without having to take them out once. This was a concept she did not believe last year and luckily, we stumbled on a Lens Crafters just down the street that carries these contacts. She had worn the daily contacts before but hated putting them in every morning so she stopped altogether. She's been just wearing her glasses when she has to read and being partly blind the rest of the day. It's been even better being with her and her being able to actually see things clearly now.





The even bigger and definitely more exciting first is the new oven. We bought a little oven for the apartment Saturday afternoon. This is the first oven Vivi's ever used and even the first one she's ever seen in a house/apartment. It was about $50 and it's great. We had originally put a smaller one in our cart but we ran into one of my students' parents at Metro and she told us we'd regret not getting the next size up. Well, we took her advice and got one size bigger, best advice in China, so far.





While we were at Metro, we bought cake mix and sugar cookie mix to test out the new oven. Vivi really wants to learn how to bake so this is the introduction course to baking 101. We made the sugar cookies tonight and they came out great. Vivi even went so far as to exclaim, "I love myself!" because she loved her cookies so much. We had some milk delivered to the apartment from a small convenience shop and we offered the deliver girl a cookie. She happily said yes and absolutely loved it. A big smile came over her face and she said, in Chinese, wow, so great! This, of course, just made Vivi even happier.





We also bought a little set with an apron, oven mit, hot plate holder and a towel. Vivi was really excited about this when we bought it and I wouldn't allow her to wear it until she began baking so tonight was the first night she got to wear it. It really was like a kid on the day of Christmas opening her gift and getting a chance to play with it. This was a really fun night and we've been smiling the whole time.

Next up, chicken wings!

You can see more of the pictures from our first night baking in my photo albums.