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    Classroom activities

    March 22nd, 2018

    A sophisticated shop keeper sold us on another cat. I passed on the pet eagle though.

    Storm’s class had an event. They’ve been “studying money”, and each kid had been assigned a job as the final for this project. They had to make the “goods” they were going to sell, and then each class represent their store. There was a cashier too. The store with the most cash at the end of the night “won”. Sadly, it wasn’t the pet store, but hey — he tried 🙂
    And no, we didn’t buy the eagle!


    Family Pics

    March 11th, 2018

    I told myself that THIS time I wouldn’t forget to post our family photos. I usually hold out to send out holiday cards, but that time of year is wrap-up of photo-season crazy, followed up by holiday prep-crazy, so … I’ve been forgetting. But since I’m sitting here catching up (and recognizing that our family photo is 3 years old) I realized I didn’t do it. Again. :-/

    So here goes. Photos by Renee Marie Photography, who has been awesome enough to put up with our insanity for years 🙂 We did this session at one of my favorite places out here — the Redwood Preserve in Los Altos.

    Please note — family photos mark the one of handful times time of year I force our sons to dress up…. in jeans.

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    San Simeon

    March 11th, 2018

    Ski week just happened, and we took a short trip for a few days. We visited Hearst Castle, the Lighthouse and some tide pools on the shore right outside of our hotel. It was lovely…. and frigid for a February.

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    To see more photos of the castle and lighthouse scenery, check out the Flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/avalikelava/sets/72157694354741675

     


    Tea Time w/ Grammie

    March 11th, 2018

    Grammie visited with us for a few weeks at the start of the year. It was great! One of our week-ends we took her to Tea Time.

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    Built-in friend

    March 11th, 2018

    Storm has come up with a very interesting innovation for himself. It’s driven by the motivating factor of coziness. Storm is all about his cozy robe, cozy pants and fluffy friends. So… his robe is now a leash for a “friend”, so that a friend is always accessible.

    Observe…

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    Fashionistas they are not

    March 8th, 2018

    I’m by no means a fashion expert, but it’s clear I have failed my children with any sort of fashion sense.
    At least his mama didn’t dress him funny. On the bonus side, today his socks match.