Minecraft Lego

Noah loves lego sets and right now his new obsession is Minecraft.  For his birthday, Jawsh bought him the Ender Dragon set.  I thought that his birthday party was his present but that is why Noah has two parents... one needs to be there to spoil a bit right?  Noah was super excited and now has his Minecraft lego displayed on his shelf.  Little does he know that Bubbe has something up her sleeve as well.  How will Noah react when he sees what's in store for him???

Gobble gobble

This year we celebrated Thanksgiving at our home.  Just like last year, I followed Barefoot Contessa's menu.  The stuffing, cranberry sauce, green beans and veggies were great but the turkey gave me some trouble this year.  Note to self: next year make sure I brine!  It was a nice time to enjoy our family and to be thankful for one another.  Will we celebrate Thanksgiving at our home again next year???

Happy Born Day Noah

Again, Happy Birthday to the best 8 year old named Noah Min Smith.  He's such a great kid and we love him so much.  You can see by the look on his face that he is going to enjoy his birthday doughnut and milk.  How did time go by so fast???

$avings

The boys opened up savings accounts today at California Credit Union.  They were really excited at first but the wait to  see a representative took over and by the time they opened up their accounts they were less enthused.  But I think they are going to enjoy depositing holiday and birthday money into their accounts... we shall see, right???

Lunch date

It's nice that the kids and I follow the same school schedule because when they are off, so am I. Unfortunately, Jawsh's schedule does not work that way but we always try to make it to Venice to have lunch with Daddy.  We picked up some food and headed out to Daddy's work where we ate near Venice beach.  The kids ate and ran around the structure and Jawsh and I got to hang out mid-day and relax.  It goes by too quickly and before we know it we have to say goodbye... but the boys love it when we have lunch with Daddy.  When will we meet up again???

Min-craft world

Happy Birthday Noah!  Other than the Minecraft world, Noah likes to be in the Min world where there is plenty of running, screaming, and jumping at Halmoni's house.  Here you can see Emma and her cute Pikachu hat, Micah putting his brother in a headlock, Kaitlyn sitting too close to Noah, and Liam actually looking normal and keeping his shirt down.  The kids love to be with one another and we are really blessed that they all get along.  When will we see them again???

8

Happy 8th Birthday to Noah.  We headed to the new Rolling Robots in West LA where Noah had a virtual party with his friends playing Minecraft.  The creative and building aspects of Minecraft allow players to build constructions out of textured cubes in a 3D generated world where they can also explore, gather resources, craft, and combat.  The kids had a great time learning about texture packs and doing different things on the laptops.  Afterwards, we walked across the street and had lunch at Islands.  Noah had a great time.  Can you believe he is already 8????

Camping

I have said this before and I will say it again...  being part of a co-op allows you to develop deep friendships with people who help raise your kids.  We have stayed in touch with a lot of our co-op friends and their kids even though everyone has spread out to different elementary schools throughout LA.  We make an effort to get everyone back together and this time we were at a group site at Leo Carillo Camp Grounds.  It was wonderful meeting up with our old friends, catching up, drinking by the fire, and eating dinner while the kids ran around the mountains wielding foam light sabers and imaginary bow and arrows made from sticks they found on the ground.  It was really a nice time.  When are we going camping again???

Hi Cousin Leo

This weekend our cousins from the Bay came to play in the LA sun.  We had a great dinner at our place last night and today we headed to Beverly Hills to swim with them for a bit.  Here is Leo with his great smile.  When will we see them again???