And this one is called "focus"-
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Jonah's Birthday
Jonah turned 4! Since Jonah's birthday fell midweek we celebrated it on the Sunday before- movies, lunch, a hike, and some ice cream. For the big day itself, Jonah spent the day with Ba-chan, followed by dinner, presents, and cupcakes.
Monday, May 13, 2013
Breakfast in bed
For Mother's Day the kids and Erik made me a breakfast of French Toast, berries, and cream and they hand delivered it to me in bed. With the kids helping it made the job take twice as long, but a million times more special. We finished the day off with a Mother's Day dinner with Erik's family.
Toothless
Cairo lost her first tooth a week ago Saturday. She was super excited for the tooth fairy (who brought her $1). Her new tooth is making its way in already and I will be setting up an appointment with the orthodontist soon. For such a small mouth she has big teeth, a loud voice, and is constantly talking :o)
We're Back!
Life has been busy. We are slowly adjusting into our new life up here in Humboldt. Blogging has been the least of my worries over the past year... But I love looking back on my kids growing up, so I am going to try this blog thing out again !
Monday, November 5, 2012
Recitals
The first Sunday of November was a bust day for Cairo. It marked the last weekend of an eight week Musical Theater class she was taking. The class ends each term with a recital where the kids get to show off the number they have been working on. This 1:00 recital was directly followed up by Cairo's 3:00 piano recital.
As you can see from the videos, Cairo was pretty bashful in front of the crowds. The same numbers she confidently danced, sang, and played in front of us for weeks, she stumbled her way through with the larger audience. Don't let that fool you, she LOVES the singing, dancing, and music and practices for us constantly :o) For her first time around, I was pretty impressed that she didn't just stand completely still and just stare at everyone.
As you can see from the videos, Cairo was pretty bashful in front of the crowds. The same numbers she confidently danced, sang, and played in front of us for weeks, she stumbled her way through with the larger audience. Don't let that fool you, she LOVES the singing, dancing, and music and practices for us constantly :o) For her first time around, I was pretty impressed that she didn't just stand completely still and just stare at everyone.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Halloween
This year for Halloween Cairo was Mrs. Claus... who later became Princess Claus after running into the real Santa Claus while trick-or-treating on the plaza. He said she was a little young for him and was probably really Princess Claus. Getting to see Santa on Halloween was one of the highlights of the day for Cairo. She talked about him in the days to follow.
Jonah wanted to be a dinosaur. There was a lack of costumes and I waited a little too long to actually get one. So, I bought a pattern for a dinosaur cape off Etsy and Jill helped me turn some fabric into a cape. I wish I actually knew how to sew. There are so many neat things I could make! However, not only am I missing the skill, I am missing the patience, the focus, a sewing machine, and the follow-through required to make it work. Jonah was very happy with his cape. If you asked him what he was for Halloween he would tell you he was a SUPER DIN-E-SAUR!
Halloween fell mid-week. Cairo's class put on a great Halloween party and she got to parade her costume around for the whole school in the gym. After school festivities included trick-or-treating on the plaza, dinner with the whole family at Nick and Kyoko's, and trick-or-treaing in Nick and Kyoko's neighborhood. Despite the rain earlier in the day, it was a perfect evening for trick-or-treating. In the days to follow Erik and I had a great time eating the kids candy. They almost immediately forgot about it. Yay for me and my sweet tooth! :o)
This house was a lot of fun to go to. It happens to be Cairo and Jonah's new doctor's house.
Jonah wanted to be a dinosaur. There was a lack of costumes and I waited a little too long to actually get one. So, I bought a pattern for a dinosaur cape off Etsy and Jill helped me turn some fabric into a cape. I wish I actually knew how to sew. There are so many neat things I could make! However, not only am I missing the skill, I am missing the patience, the focus, a sewing machine, and the follow-through required to make it work. Jonah was very happy with his cape. If you asked him what he was for Halloween he would tell you he was a SUPER DIN-E-SAUR!
Halloween fell mid-week. Cairo's class put on a great Halloween party and she got to parade her costume around for the whole school in the gym. After school festivities included trick-or-treating on the plaza, dinner with the whole family at Nick and Kyoko's, and trick-or-treaing in Nick and Kyoko's neighborhood. Despite the rain earlier in the day, it was a perfect evening for trick-or-treating. In the days to follow Erik and I had a great time eating the kids candy. They almost immediately forgot about it. Yay for me and my sweet tooth! :o)
This house was a lot of fun to go to. It happens to be Cairo and Jonah's new doctor's house.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Rhyme Time
Cairo's first homework assignment was to come up with ten sets of words that rhyme and come up with some way to present those words to the class. She decided that she was going to draw pictures of each of the words and put them onto a poster. For extra writing practice, I had her write the words, too.
Cairo spent a long time drawing her pictures. We talked a lot about details and we walked around and looked for inspiration. She drew the picture in pencil. I outlined her pencil with a black pen, and, then, she colored it in. Here are the pictures before we glued them onto the poster board.
Cairo spent a long time drawing her pictures. We talked a lot about details and we walked around and looked for inspiration. She drew the picture in pencil. I outlined her pencil with a black pen, and, then, she colored it in. Here are the pictures before we glued them onto the poster board.
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