It's been a month already! Mid April to May has been pretty quiet as we took a break from travels and stayed home. The school year is already close to finishing so there was CA state testing this month. Sora and Kai have also both started doing an after school Spanish class through their elementary school. Mostly we've been just hanging out with friends and trying to enjoy the nicer weather. The pictorial below :)
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Jad will still crawl into our bed when he
has a bad dream. So cute this kid.. |
Our neighbor, Kazu, had his birthday party. Bounce house, nerf guns, running around on the streets.. a good time was had by all!
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| Boys getting ready for street soccer |
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Sora and Paige in the bounce house.. Elysia
ducked out of the way, just in time |
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There was a balloon person and Kai went
overboard, as per his usual MO :) |
Other random moments from home
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Jad in his bear hood/blanket.. He's not as good at
reading as Kai or Sora but to each his own, I suppose |
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I made okonomiyaki one day (from a kit)..
pretty tasty, I'm going to try to get the rice flour seperately |
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| Lots of bikes on the street as the weather warms up |
Lots of spring birthday celebrations too!
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| Sora at her friend's (Celu) birthday at a trampoline place |
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| David's birthday at Dave and Buster's (kids chose :) |
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| Kai's birthday with the old gang.. it was really nice to see all the church kids together |
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| The kids all ate pizza for lunch and then.. |
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| .. we had a massive water balloon and gun fight! |
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The kids had a great time.. Kai here
with his friends Sean and Landon
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| Everyone got very wet.. thank goodness it was almost 90 degs out |
Noble also had their Spring Carnival, something that happens annually near the end of every school year. Amy volunteered and made lots of cotton candy while I watched the kids running around.
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| Amy is a supermom, for sure |
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| Action shot of Kai :) |
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Jad and his friend, Olivia (though he says she's
not his crush anymore, just a friend :) |
Various other good pics..
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| Sora with her besties on a school field trip |
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| Kai and Jad .. not even sure where this is from.. :p |
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Kai had a soccer game in an odd one day rainstorm..
his rec team is doing really well this season! |
That's about it. I'm happy in my new work role which is less stressful and allows me more time at home. Amy is still taking her online lactation consultant class. Initially, she was trying to finish it by the end of May but the volume of work was just too much so she's going to take it a bit slower.
I'll end with a pic of my mom (here with my brother Joe).. It's been about a year since she passed away. My dad is staying busy in Thailand. Just remembering how good she was. Til next time, everyone!
