Bubbe's birthday

Happy Birthday to Bubbe!!!  We had a nice dinner at King's Fish House and it's always wonderful to celebrate her birthday!  Wonder what she wished for???

Hotel Transylavnia 2

We were here... at the theaters watching Hotel Transylvania 2 with Micah's friend, E.  E's dad worked the first and second film.  The kids had a great time.  When will see E again???

KCRW Food Pie Contest

Today we split up... Jawsh took Noah to KCRW's Food Pie Contest at UCLA and I took Micah and his friend to a movie.  Jawsh and Noah ended up at a coffee shop and enjoyed the afternoon together.  When will they go on their next Daddy Date???

Happy Birthday Liam!

Liam is now four years old and more loveable than ever.  He is still getting into mischief and he still likes to play rough, but he's the baby of the five grandkids and we love him so much.  I wonder what he wished for???

Happy Birthday again Micah

A birthday celebration is not complete until we celebrate with the Min kids... what did Micah wish for???

Camping at school

Now that I am a teacher at the boys' school, I wasn't sure if I wanted to spend the night at school...  I work there, I volunteer there, I live across the street from there... but Micah really wanted to go and wake up on his birthday in a tent so we did it!  The boys had a great time at the drum circle, playing games, and eating s'mores.  It was a fun time.  Will we do it again next year???

Donating Doggy Goods

This afternoon, Micah  went to the animal shelter to donate over 30 lbs of dog food, toys, shampoo, treats, and bowls.  These were the items that he asked his friends for in lieu of gifts.  It's pretty amazing that Micah is not that into gifts and prefers helping animals...  it's makes us very proud.  When we walked in with all these items, the volunteer walked to the back and brought out a 4 week kitten that she allowed Micah to hold for his good deed.  It was very special indeed.  Afterwords, we walked through the shelter and saw so many dogs looking for homes and Micah said, "at least they will have food and toys to play with" which is true.  Will Micah continue to do this at his next birthday???

Happy Birthday Micah

 Happy 7th Birthday to Micah (9-27-08)!  We celebrated his birthday at Ocean Park Beach with a Pokemon theme.  There were all things Pokemon (his donut and treasure poke balls   The kids had a great time playing near the water but the highlight of the party was the pokeballs that the kids had to find full of Pokemon candy, figurines, and gum.  I can't believe Micah turned 7... where has the time gone???

Pokemon!

We are gearing up for Micah's 7th Pokemon birthday at the beach.  Jawsh spray painted over 40 poke balls that are filled with Japanese candies, Pokemon figurines, and Pokemon gum!  The lengths that we will go through to have a fun party for our son... will the kids appreciate them as much as we do???

Roy Choi

Tonight my girlfriends and I went out to dinner to Sunny Spot, one of many restaurants owned by Roy Choi.  As we sat on the terrace, my friends saw Roy himself walking around and I called him over.  He graciously took a photo with me but my friends refused!  So, I had to throw up a peace sign and a smile with Roy Choi!  This was my second celebrity chef sighting (my first one was Robert Irvine at California Disney).  Who will I meet next???

Happy Birthday Kaitlyn and Emma

Happy Birthday to my nieces who turned 9 and 6.  They had a fun birthday party at a jump warehouse and although we could not stay for the whole party (the boys had a soccer game) we were glad that we were able to come for the time that we did.  I wonder what the girls wished for... and Liam where are your clothes???

Blue Thunder

Noah is also playing AYSO this season.  He is on the team with one of his best friends, Jack.  Noah has a great coach and is making new friends on his team.  Here is a shot of his playing goalie.  Will Noah enjoy his season???

Strike Force!

Micah is playing AYSO in Westchester.  He is back on the same team as many of his Astros buddies.  We feel very fortunate that his teammates live on our street so we can take advantage of carpooling to games and practices. Micah has such good friends and we are lucky that he is making solid friendships.  How will the boys do this season???

Love the walk

I just feel very fortunate that I can now walk to work.  We are saving so much time and gas by walking to school.  This is a photo of the boys walking together hand in hand.  I love this and appreciate the fact that I get to be with my kids everyday.  I am lucky and I know that.  And I will try my best to remember moments like these when all I want to do is pull out my hair!  When will the boys walk to school without me???

The best

Nothing beats my homemade chocolate chip cookies and organic vanilla ice-cream...  wouldn't you agree???

Rainbow Award

Noah received a Rainbow Award the first week of school!  We are very proud of him.  The Rainbow Award says:

This Rainbow Award is Presented to Noah Smith for starting off the year demonstrating hard work and excellence and leading by example.

Noah is working hard to be a great leader (meaning he was in the same cluster last year) in Orange Cluster and we can see that his hard work is paying off.  When the boys receive special recognition, we like to celebrate by taking them out to dinner... I wonder where Noah will choose to eat tonight???

Happy Birthday!!!

Thank you to my partner teacher's mother for this birthday cake...  even though I had to go to work on my birthday I had a fun day.  What will we do this weekend to continue celebrating???

Double Rainbow

My partner teacher, Tina, is really great to work with.  The school is unique because the classrooms are larger, multi-age, and have 48 students!  This has been an adjustment, but I feel very fortunate that my teaching partner is so upbeat, positive, and patient.  As we were getting to know one another over the summer, we discovered that we share the same birthdate as well as the same anniversary date!  So, we celebrated our birthdays with a "double rainbow" theme.  We wore the same "double rainbow" t-shirts, and invited the staff to our classroom during lunch where we treated everyone to Double Doubles from In N Out, Rainbow Sherbet ice cream, and Double Mint gum.  What will be our birthday theme next year???

Spago

Jawsh took me out for my birthday dinner to Spago.  The last time we were at Spago, I was pregnant with Micah so it has been quite awhile.  We had one of the best cocktails in the city here and we would come back just for that!  The meal was great but we walked to Bouchon Bakery across the street for dessert.  Where will Jawsh want to go for his birthday???

Go Noah!

Noah had a great season with his teammates.  I don't know if he'll continue playing next season but he enjoyed his time on the court.  Noah learned a lot and now he can make a layup and dribble with confidence.  We saw a lot of growth this season and I hope that he will want to play again next season.  Will Noah want to sign up???