It is Laurel’s 2nd birthday today! Again, another bittersweet day in a parent’s life. I have so much fun with her and have so much pride in her and am so happy to have a little girl in my life. The kids’ birthdays force me to realize that childhood is just as fast as lightning. [...]
Category Archive for 'laurel'
Summer’s Kick-off
Posted in 100 Things, anna, family, laurel, oscar on May 25th, 2009
Three day weekends are great. Three day weekends that kick-off summer…well those are simply divine. This weekend we took the kids to visit Brian’s Aunt Kim for a morning of horseback riding. Kim rides 3 days a week at this lovely north county farm. Oscar and Laurel were very comfortable on and around the horses. [...]
What Happens When You Leave Laurel Alone Too Long
Posted in laurel on Apr 22nd, 2009
Springtime in SD
Posted in family, laurel, oscar, San Diego on Apr 16th, 2009
Grandma Toki is playing with the kids right now, so I thought I’d steal away to my computer to share some recent photos. We just got back from a nice stroll through the Japanese garden in Balboa Park. It was a first time for each of us to visit the garden and we picked a [...]
Our Kids Are Cute
Posted in laurel, oscar, stuff we like on Mar 23rd, 2009
Clever title, eh? Well, Laurel and Oscar are cute. So there! Oscar’s drawing skills are coming together all of a sudden. He is for the first time thinking about what he wants to create, vs just scribbling. Here’s something he created at school last week. He had his teacher copy down the following description of [...]
My mom asked for some video of Laurel’s new language skills. Grammy always gets what Grammy wants. Am I right, Dad? I am working hard to meet my goal of running a seven minute mile. So far I am running my usual distance with a half-mile at a seven minute mile pace. My plan is [...]
We were setting ‘em up and knocking them down last night during the kids’ first trip to the bowling alley. Oscar had the second highest score with the aid of gutter bumpers. Yeah, he beat me, but I shared my frames with Laurel. For those of you around San Diego, we recommend that you check [...]
Back in 1989 kids used to have to go down to Melones to do stuff like this. Since I’m letting them do it at home, I’m a lenient parent. I bet that all of the Calaveras County n’er-do-wells who used to tear it up now sit in cubes and think of this scene when they [...]
I’ve been saying lots of spontaneous Yes We Can‘s and Barack Obama‘s as the inauguration gets closer. I’ll be watching all the action tomorrow and am very excited…but not as excited as Lydia must be. Check out her new blog from Washington: http://www.threegoodnerves.blogspot.com/ Don’t ask Laurel about Yes We Can, though. She learned how to [...]
Brian and I spent Christmas in Kauai with the kids, Brian’s mom, brother, & Turtle. Our water babies were able to splash and play in the ocean every day of our visit and that is really why people brave the 5 hour flight out there, right? They also chased chickens, built sand castles, ate shave [...]
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