Last Shoot of 2010

Chloe had one other shoot this holiday break. She really enjoyed this one because they had her wear lots of "princess dresses" and the background was made up of fresh flowers. Definitely a little girl's dream! This was a smaller company so there were only one other girl there for part of the time Chloe was modeling. She loved being the center of attention, especially when they brought out the leaf blower again!

Sorry the pictures are saved as .gifs, blogger would not let me rotate the pictures . . . weird.

A New Household Cleaning Tool?

Does everyone remember Penny aka Penelope Elope Lowman? We are very grateful that Penny has a wonderful home in North Carolina. We just hope that she is doing a good job mopping the floors . . .

Christmas Holiday

Christmas morning was a blast at the Lowman house in Taipei this year. King and Chloe were ready to go at 6:30. If King and Chloe are ready for something, then there is no chance that anyone is going to be able to sleep another wink anywhere in the house.

Siena even dressed up for the occasion, and tried valiantly to keep her morning snooze going.

Chloe and her Uncle Ben before she opened the awesome Magna-formers he bought for her. She loved everything she received, but has spent most of her time playing with her new twin dolls courtesy of Gigi and their bunk beds courtesy of Mom and Dad.

King also had a fun Christmas morning. Here is wearing the fireman's outfit while playing the trumpet, both gifts from Santa. That silly fellow Santa brought Kingston three different musical instruments. Obviously Santa does no have to live with the kids after he gives them presents. It is a LITTLE noisy in the playroom these days.

 And here are the sisters just hanging out. Best friends already. Chloe is learning quickly how to be a good helper with her baby sister. She loves to hold her and soothe her. Sisi loves it too.

Christmas Photos!!!

With the Deans visiting us for the Christmas holiday we took the opportunity to have family photos taken. Kingston was coming down with the flu and Siena was fussy . . . other than that it was a piece of cake!

Unfortunately Dad's enthusiasm did not rub off on King.



The Little Lowman Trio!

Chloe and Chloe

Last month Chloe's Gigi ran into a life-size picture of Chloe at Takashimaya Department Store. It has taken us weeks to get over and take this picture but we finally have it. Thanks to Chloe's G-Dad for remembering to bring the camera to snap a picture of Chloe with Chloe.

Almost as cool is that you can see her on their website also. http://www.kinlochanderson.com.tw/collection.php?page=20

Yay Chloe!

As Promised Grandma Jan

Some of you may have seen Kristen post these on facebook, but we know Grandma Jan would like to take a look. Chloe continues to love her modeling experiences. On Monday Chloe had another shoot for Kinloch Andersen. When we arrived they immediately whisked Chloe away to get her ready for this dress. They then spent 15 minutes rearranging the entire studio. Chloe loved this "princess dress" and that there was a guy pointing a leaf blower at her to make her hair move.

The rest of the outfits were more typical Taiwan modeling style. But what Chloe really enjoyed was that she had two friends there this time.

Vacation Mode Kingston

One of the hardest things about vacations is what happens to our daily schedules. Chloe misses the activity and focus of school. Siena misses her peace and quiet. And Kingston loves every second of the extra people around. He parties so hard that he will not go down for a nap . . . unless the sleep monster takes him out when he is not looking:

 That happened at 3:30 in the afternoon. No amount of poking, prodding, tickling, or sitting up would wake him up . . . until 6:30. Here he is at 6:30 finally starting to stir:

So what is a dad supposed to do when faced with the prospect of a well-rested two year old at 6:30 in the evening? Take to the bottle of course! A diet coke bottle that is. Unfortunately I still fell asleep before him, waking up only after he started poking and prodding me because the TV had gone into 'sleep' mode. Perhaps it was not my greatest parenting moment of all-time, but it is vacation, right?