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Tate's official Kindergarten photo
Wednesday, 11 November 2009 6:51 P GMT-08
It's not his most natural smile, but I love the photo nonetheless! My favorite thing is how it shows his missing tooth. Of course two weeks after this photo was taken, he lost *another* tooth (right next to the first one). At th
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Little Matryoshka
Sunday, 8 November 2009 7:56 P GMT-08
You know how some kids have a lovey? Or a blankie? Well Felicity has her "sherts," which consist of five of my old shirts in various colors. She carries them around with her everywhere, cannot leave the house without at le
Halloween '09 Recap
Monday, 2 November 2009 9:55 P GMT-08
Halloween was a little different this year, a little more subdued and relaxed, but I think I like it that way! The biggest change this year was the fact that neither of the kids had a big Halloween parade or Songfest to participate in --
Houston, we lost a tooth!
Wednesday, 9 September 2009 10:06 P GMT-08
And it happened on 09/09/09!The tooth had been loose for about 10 days. When he first told me it was loose, I immediately assumed he had hit his face somewhere. But no, this was a naturally-occurring loose tooth! I thought age 5 was
International Street Fair
Monday, 7 September 2009 6:09 A GMT-08
Hands down, the best part about the International Street Fair in Orange is....The aebleskiver on Denmark Street! (Like pancake balls with jelly and powdered sugar)(And hearing the accents of the Danes serving them up ain't so bad, either!)A
back in the dark ages when we were still writing love letters...
Friday, 21 August 2009 1:32 P GMT-08
During my efforts to declutter, I found a letter I sent to "Corporal Jeremy Rytky" in the year 2000. The stamp is for 33 CENTS! This should be a Smithsonian artifact!
Picnic at the park.
Tuesday, 18 August 2009 2:22 P GMT-08
Today was the first day in a long time that we haven't had anything scheduled to do. Between baseball, soccer, summer school, and swimming lessons -- where did my "lazy summer" go?!?So today was wonderful -- carefree and stress-fr
Goodbye preschool...Hello world...
Thursday, 6 August 2009 6:46 A GMT-08
Today was Tate's last day of summer school and last day EVER of preschool! I can hardly believe it, the time flew by so fast.So I managed to hold it together until I pulled into the parking lot this morning to drop him off. And then I
Pickin' strawberries
Wednesday, 1 April 2009 12:38 P GMT-08
Yesterday we headed out to Tanaka Farms in Irvine to take their annual Strawberry Tour and let the kids pick their own strawberries. It was a blast, for both the kids and the adults! Here are a few pics: First they take you for a b
Pumpkin Patch Pics
Monday, 24 November 2008 10:16 P GMT-08
Time for another photo blog....apologies to those of you with dial-up.In October we went to Tanaka Farms , which is an actual working farm right in the heart of Orange County. Their pumpkin picking tours are always super popular and we went wit
school photos and artwork
Wednesday, 19 November 2008 12:43 A GMT-08
Here is this year's official school photo of my teenager...er, I mean Tate: WHEN DID THIS BOY GROW UP??? I'm torn between feeling thrilled with such a nice photograph, yet depressed because he is growing up too fast!When I picked him up
a rare moment of sharing and cooperation
Saturday, 8 November 2008 10:11 P GMT-08
Halloween Recap '08
Friday, 7 November 2008 9:07 P GMT-08
I know what you are thinking. Didn't she already do a Halloween recap? The answer is no -- that was just an obsessively detailed description of the robot costume and preschool songfest. The actual Halloween day and night is a wh
zzzzzzzzzzz
Thursday, 6 November 2008 8:35 P GMT-08
I am so not in the mood to blog tonite. The daylight savings "fall back" time change is kicking my ass, slowly whittling me down into an exhausted little nub of a former self. This is the first night all week that I have stayed
The story behind the robot costume
Sunday, 2 November 2008 5:46 P GMT-08
Back in August I asked Tate what he wanted to be for Halloween. He immediately replied, "A robot!" I waited a week and asked him again. He still wanted to be a robot, so I started looking for costumes online. T
Happy Halloween!
Friday, 31 October 2008 5:59 A GMT-08
Batter up!
Wednesday, 10 September 2008 11:51 A GMT-08
Now that summer is pretty much over, I think it's time I start blogging about some of the activities that kept us busy this summer!
guaranteed to put a smile on your face
Thursday, 29 November 2007 6:34 P GMT-08
We just got Tate's first official school photo:I am DELIGHTED with how they turned out!! I don't know what that photographer did to get him to smile like that! I'm convinced he MUST have used laughing gas or something like tha
Input...
Wednesday, 14 November 2007 12:42 P GMT-08
As you all probably know, Miss Felicity started eating solid foods about a month ago. So I thought I would blog about something I'm pretty jazzed about: I'm making my own baby food. I never did this with Tate, mainly because
"Hand over the sweet potatoes and nobody gets hurt."
Monday, 12 November 2007 12:15 P GMT-08
Our weekend at Legoland
Wednesday, 7 November 2007 9:36 P GMT-08
A couple of weeks before Halloween, we took a trip to Carlsbad and visited Legoland. THIS was an excursion to end all excursions! Who knew Legoland could be so much fun? I was thinking we would go for a couple of hours, see a few Legos,
Official Halloween Recap
Friday, 2 November 2007 3:34 P GMT-08
Okay, I have a lot of Halloween-related recapping to do, including Tate's Halloween Songfest at preschool and our weekend at Legoland's "Brick-or-Treat" extravaganza. But for now, let me recap the actual Halloween night...Ever
Happy Halloween!
Wednesday, 31 October 2007 6:55 A GMT-08
(That's a pumpkin made entirely out of legos, at Legoland, in case you were wondering!)
Felicity's birth story
Monday, 9 April 2007 12:37 P GMT-08
Monday, 9 April 2007, 10:13 p.m.It is a peaceful evening, two days prior to my scheduled c-section date on Wednesday. I have positioned myself lengthwise in our bed to settle in and watch TV before passing out into a
