Half Moon Bay, California November 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

It's been awhile...


February 22, 2012 -- the last day of swim lessons for this session.  The teacher was able to take all three at the same time since the other teacher was unable to make it today.  E really liked being in the same area as his  older siblings!

 There goes MG:
 MD is already diving for his pool ring so E wants in on the fun too.  His teacher helped him a bit to look in the water at his brother and sister under the water.
 And there they all are together!
February 25, 2012 -- MG had a successful cookie sale this morning with her troop.  All together each girl was able to sell 16 boxes each!
 There were five of them that showed up this blustery morning.  16 boxes each for 2 hours... not bad I say!  :)
February 28,2012 -- E is doing really well with his writing!
 Check out that picture!  He copied that sentence from a book he's learning to read... cute, no?!
February 29, 2012 -- They have been waiting for rain for so long!  It was a great morning.  The walk to school was so much fun!  :)
 These two... well, what can I say?  They are mine!  ;)
 He loves the monkey bars!
 He loves to climb!
 And these three were adorable for the Dr. Seuss birthday celebration!
March 2, 2012 This morning we went on a quick date...  He and I had spent 2 hours at the school workroom.  I was battling it out with the copy machine.  Meanwhile, he was the perfect child! He only asked for a few things.  Other than that, he let me work... so after we finished our work I felt he deserved a treat.  Jamba Juice is one of his favorite places to get a smoothie.  Today, we had Mango-a-go-go.  He likes to try different flavors.  His sister only wants Peach Pleasure.  His older brother takes what he can get... SO it was nice to try something different... just the two of us!  
This is his "brain freeze" look:
 All better now!  :)
 That evening, we dropped off MD at his friend's 7th birthday party.  Braden and MD met in preschool 3 years ago.  They are still friends and I am so happy about that because his mom and I get along just fine.  :)
March 3, 2012 A surprising day for the children... dad was finally able to come along to Happy Hollow Park and Zoo!  He has never been with us... so it was a treat!
 They went on rides:
 And showed dad their favorite places to play:

 Then they dragged dad on the roller coaster:
 And because dad was there... we finally have a picture of me on the roller coaster!
 Dad, you can come along anytime... because today was a great day with you!  :)
March 5, 2012 E drew this adorable picture of my mom... 
 We sent it off with a few words... and a picture of the two of them battling with a light saber, of course! ;)
March 7, 2012 -- MD had his check up with Dr. Kaur, his ophthalmology.  He is doing just fine!  As a matter  of fact, he's doing so well she was surprised!  His vision is 20/20.  So we're doing just fine, thanks to Dr. Sudesh and his amazing surgical hands!
 That very same afternoon, he started Tae Kwon Do!  He LOVES it!!!
March 10, 2012 -- MG attended her first official professional soccer game!  Jenna's mom won tickets and Jenna picked Morgan to invite.
 It was a cold and windy night... hot chocolate was VERY necessary!
 The San Jose Earthquakes won, of course... It was the opening game of the season.  The score? 1 to 0!
March 13, 2012 -- E started mini-basketball class... and although he was nervous to start... He had a great time!
 Look at him dribbling!  :)
 And he scored that basket!  :)
March 15, 2012 -- MD was in the school St. Patrick's Day parade.  He dragged (literally!) his big buddy, Dylan!
 Cute, aren't they?!
 They painted the backs of their shirts any way they pleased...
 His tough guy face!  (yes, be scared... be very, very scared!)
March 16, 2012 -- the children woke up to a house full of mysterious green treats and a treasure hunt!  that sneaky leprechaun sure knows how to get in and get out without making a peep!  These green chocolate chip cookies with Andes thin mints were delicious!
 And the scrambled eggs and green pan cakes the leprechaun left us... yum!
 Thanks for the fun day, Mr. leprechaun!
March 19, 2012 -- These 3 are loving their swim lesson!
 See how happy they are?!
 And they are so good at treading water!  I can barely do this!
March 20,2012 -- Today is the first day of Spring!  So we made a nice floral arrangement for MD's teacher because we just love her to bits!
 Then MG made these lovely rolled paper flowers for her teacher!
 Aren't they so beautiful?!

And now we are caught up... until I fall behind again!

Monday, March 5, 2012

A Mardi Gras Celebration

February 21, 2012 --

This is Ali...  (in the purple helping E) Her daughter, Josie, is in MD's Kindergarten classroom.  She is an amazing mom.  She wanted to celebrate "Fat Tuesday."  Er... what's that?  I did not grow up Catholic so I had no idea what that meant!  Needless to say, Ali spent some time explaining to me... and then I was all for eating the day before having to give up some good food!  ;)

 So we headed to her house and had a celebration with about 25 children -- mostly from the kindergarten class.  But then siblings came too and well, the numbers added up pretty quickly!
 They had a blast making masks, necklaces, jester hats....
 This is Josie, by the way:
 But the highlight of the day... was this!
 decorating bikes, trikes, and scooters...with all kinds of supplies we found in our craft boxes...
Then they  listened to a Mardi Gras story...
 and were very excited to get ready to...
 head out...
 into the street...
 and parade around the neighborhood!!!!
 We were quite a sight!  (With Ali in the lead, of course!)
 And they had a fabulous time!!!!
 Aren't they so cute?!
 Off they went!
 At the end of the day... there were just a few left....
 And they sure knew how to get even dirtier with all that sand!!!
Thanks Ali for a wonderful day -- hooray for Fat Tuesday!  I can't wait for next year's celebration!