Above – but first, Kando at food time. Something funny, last night Maya called Kando “Avocado.” So ever since I’ve been calling him AvoKando.
A couple days ago Alo and I took a walk up the street to pay a visit to the tractors & have some photos to show for it.
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Above – Robb, Alo, Kando & Akuch on the ferry to Coronado (yesterday).
Below – Brothers at the Embarcadero water park. What a great place for kids to play.
Here’s a little gem that’ll put a smile on your face.
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Maya turned 4 yesterday!
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Above – There’s never a shortage.
I haven’t shared many selfies lately, so I went through my recent photos and pulled these up. The first one with Maya was taken on Father’s Day on the Seal boat while on land.
I took this one last weekend at the OB Street Fair. Don’t mind the owie on Sparty’s bottom lip. It was a minor incident that occurred while he was on a fun outing with Rachel (nanny). It healed up nicely.
I took this little gem Wednesday in the parking lot before music class. Even my silly singing and looking for big trucks, tractor trailers, motorcycles and the like couldn’t keep him awake in the car. I was even reaching into the back seat, tugging on his legs and feet and he still wouldn’t budge. 
Robb and Akuch arrived late last night. I head them sneak in but I haven’t seen them yet. I’m off to an early start this morning to a cat scan appointment with Mom so it may not be until later this morning or afternoon before I get to see them.
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Photos from Robb & Akuch taken earlier this week at the San Francisco Zoo. Word has it they’re driving down today and will arrive later this evening.
And Sparty … Amma succeeds in wearing him out again. He was totally passed out when we pulled up to the house at 2pm after gymnastics and he slept until 5! I put him on the bed and took his shoes off, he opened his eyes briefly to take a look at his surroundings and then out he went, gymnastics sticker on his foot and all.
Here’s Ron hard at work …
Looks like a tough dress code.
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After the Street Fair Saturday we paid a visit to the tractors parked in front of our house. There are still tractors, tractor parts, piles of dirt and gravel, pipes and other miscellaneous items and equipment lining our street.
And a video with Ron and the kids of some tractor silliness. As you can see, we’re all making the very best of this situation!
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Above – The walk home wasn’t a “walk” for these two tired kids. Ron got his workout for the day.
I ran into my good friend and student, Maribeth, with her OBYoga water bottle.
And we saw Kiss (cover band).
But most importantly the kids rode the ZipLine. They’re fearless. Sparty amazed me that at 2 years old he climbed right up that ladder and allowed somebody he didn’t know to strap him in, and down he went. Twice. I didn’t see any other kids anywhere near his age doing this. In fact, Maya was probably the next youngest.
They loved it!
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Above – Monster Truck
Below – Can you guess where Alo and Kando are?
The future’s so bright…
This long video (over 8 minutes) gives an insight on what goes on during gymnastics class – bars, trampoline, free time, races & bubbles …
It makes me tired too …
Today – OB Street Fair!
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Above – Skyping last night with Robb, Akuch, Alo & Kando. Everyone seemed happy and it was nice to hear Akuch’s giggling.
Alo is showing off the dinosaur he painted blue and purple.
In this video, Kando waves, says Pappa (maybe), Alo becomes bashful and hides behind the couch but then finally sings happy birthday to Pappa.
Ernie had to take a bath and was drying, which explains why he’s not in the photos or video. Evidently Robb left the body oil on Alo’s dresser and while no one was looking, Alo lotioned up all his stuffed animals and other critters (I’ve been in his room and there are a lot of them!). I suppose that called for Robb having to “Clean up, clean up, everybody everywhere.” This reminds me of the time I went to Janni’s house to either visit or babysit and little John, probably the same age as Alo is now at the time, had dumped an entire jar of baby powder all over his bedroom. It was a mess!
Robb was telling us about the cover they got for the wagon so he sent some photos to show how cool it is. He said it was 95 there yesterday, so having that shade must be really nice for the kids.
Sweetness …
If you’re counting down with me, they’ll be in San Diego in less than two weeks. I can’t wait to see them again.
Hornet’s Nest Update
The good news is the hornet’s nests were cleared out yesterday. Two of them, at least. The bad news is I was told there’s still one up there but it’s not interfering with the installation. After the man in the white overalls and scary head covering left, the guys saw more hornets flying into what appeared to be another nest, not too close to where they’re working so they didn’t have to stop again.
Look … there are still a couple live ones. And look at all the eggs.
The solar guys were able to get back on the roof and get moving on the solar panel installation.
The above photo was taken mid-day yesterday, and the below photo was taken mid-day today. The panels are going up. They should be done tomorrow.
Today the solar guys were here (some working inside and some working outside), Maria was here cleaning, we had the grandkids, and the alley is being torn up and all the tractors and tractor parts, piles of dirt and big concrete sewer parts are taking up all the parking places on our street. It was kind of a busy day. Luckily for me, Sparty passed out in the car on the way home from gymnastics and didn’t wake up when I took him out of the car and put him in bed leaving me to practice with Maya watching a movie (among other things) in the yoga studio with me. As you can see from the photo below, however, my practice didn’t go along without some obstacles … [In Gomukhasana with Ziggy making himself at home on my lap.]
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Above – Baker Electric workers began working on the new solar equipment at our house yesterday. The roof workers didn’t stay long after they discovered two hornet nests. Yikes! Now we’re waiting on pest control.
More Father’s Day fun.
Dancing to live music at Liberty Station.
The music was worthy of a clap!
In jail.
You’d think it was Kid’s Day.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAPPA – 63 today!
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