We lost our power a couple of days ago. I was at work, but Nik and Grandma Udom picked up the kids from daycare and took them to the library, only to return home and find out that we had no power! They improvised by eating dinner outdoors (fortunately we had already cooked dinner), and flashlights and headlamps for story and bedtime.
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| Nerding it out at the library.. |
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| .. only to find that there's no power at home! |
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| Story time by flashlight |
We ventured out to visit a new playground recently: new and shiny, and designed to be accessible to all children (I guess that's the trend nowadays), the
Rotary PlayGarden has a lot of unique play structures. And but of course, our children gravitated to the sand. :P Eventually, Kai to moved on from the sand and we discovered that he's quite adept at climbing around.
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| "Lounging in the sand pit? Yeah, that's normal." |
After the playground, we had dinner at Sweet Tomatoes. The kids ate wonderfully.. as usual, Sora loved the beans (what a strange taste preference!) and Kai ate the blueberry muffins. Of course, their favorite part was the ice cream dessert.
A couple of days later, Nik and Grandma Udom returned to the Rotary PlayGarden with the kids while I recovered from a night shift. And who should they happen to meet there, but Luna from daycare!
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| More sand |
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| Hi Luna! |
We celebrated Easter by going to church and Nik was on nursery duty. We've been asking Kai to see if he wants to transition over to preschool at church, but I think he enjoys being the "big guy" in the nursery since most of the other toddlers his age have already graduated to preschool. After lunch, we had an impromptu egg hunt at home. The kids had a lot of fun searching for eggs (hidden by the Easter Bunny, of course) and eating the gummies within.
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| Sora doesn't quite understand the Easter egg concept. |
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| "Look at what the Easter Bunny gave me!" |
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| All smiles |
We also celebrated Hak's second birthday. The kids loved the bounce house and ransacking Hak's toy collection. It was really nice to see and catch up with Rob and Sheila, it's so difficult to meet up with the kids nowadays.
Nik and I have been taking the opportunity to hang out on the afternoons when the kids are at daycare and we're both not working. We saw Batman v. Superman, followed by a romantic lunch at In-N-Out (we liked the movie, it really isn't
that bad). We also tried something new and got
Caribbean food in San Jose downtown.
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| Wrong islands, Nik! |
The weather's been strange lately. We had a brief, but heavy downpour one day and yesterday felt like the middle of summer. But with the start of April, I think that El Nino may be behind us.
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| Over 90 degree weather means popsicles! |
Sora has been even more vocal lately. She certainly has many opinions, and vocalizes, gestures and mimes to try to get us to understand what she wants. Remarkably, just recently, she's been letting us know when she's pooped in a diaper, gesturing to her bottom and saying "poo poo." The thought that we might be potty training Sora right after we've potty trained Kai is amazing (Kai still wears diaper when he sleeps), but maybe it's just a girl thing? Sora is also very cute these days and she will pick up a book, hand it to you and then plop down in your lap so you can read it to her.
Going over the the school playground across the street from Kai and Sora's daycare after pickup is an almost daily occurrence. The kids love it and can't seem to get enough of playing with their school friends. Although sometimes, our little nerds opt to go to the library instead. Kai and Sora love their books.
