Category Archives: Alo

A day in the life

Yesterday Alo went shopping with Amma & Pappa. Above, he’s playing with a sticker the checkout guy gave him.

While Maya and Sparty contemplate which car they want to buy.

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Bruce & I went to a garden wedding for the son of one of my GNO friends. Nick, the groom, is an avid rock climber and was once on the US Climbing Team traveling the world climbing and competing. Nick’s now-wife, Steph, happens to be one of my yoga students, as Nick’s his mom, Gail. It was a really nice wedding in Gail & John’s yard. Here’s a photo of the trellis as we walked up the driveway.

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This brought back good memories of Robb & Akuch’s wedding.

And here’s a photo of 3 of us GNOers & the groom L-R Kim, Nick Vickie and me.

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Missing from in the GNO group photo is Gail, the mother of the groom.

During the ceremony, butterflies were released, and during dinner we had a visitor.

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Today’s going to be another hot one. Stay cool.

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Maya at Gymnastics Pt 2

Above … Alo and friends.

At gymnastics, Maya enjoys jumping in “the pit.” Here are the last two videos I took Wednesday.

The one below shows her climbing out of the pit so she could do it again.

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Maya at Gymnastics Pt 1

Above, Alo eating a juicy nectarine.

Bruce’s “procedure” went fine. He survived the ordeal and is now back to normal, whatever that is …

I took four videos of Maya at gymnastics yesterday. I’ll share two today and two tomorrow.

Here Maya was picked as the “demonstrator” so the coach could show all the kiddies what they’re supposed to do at this balance beam station.

And here Maya shows off her trampoline skills.

What you don’t see in the video is ME jumping up and down along side her on the floor. Jump Jump Jump …

This morning while Alo was sitting in his high chair, I was standing next to him and he pointed to my stomach and said “belly button.” hahahaha. And when I was walking out the door to take the dogs for a walk, I said “I love you,” and he blew me a kiss.

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Moon

This kid just keeps getting smarter every day. This morning he was playing with his car and I said “wheel.” He looked at me and watched me very closely as I said the word several times. Then he said “wheel” and pointed to the wheel. Then Pappa was watering in the front yard while Alo watched from the window and said “wassat?” I said “water.” I said it a number of times and then he said “wah” that soon turned into “water.” Seriously. It amazes me how he can hear a sound, look and see how the mouth forms and then repeat the word. I’ve never seen anything like it with a little one this young.

Here’s a video of Alo “doin’ his thing” and hanging out with Bear.

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Alo and Akuch are off to meet their friends at the beach, and I’ve taken the morning off to go to gymnastics with Maya. The fun never ends!

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LA Ceremony & what happiness really is …

The picture above is L-R, Ehrman (the Mighty Ruler), Gloria Goldberg (my teacher) and me. As I mentioned a couple days ago, Gloria was awarded the Lighting the Way award for her dedication and service in the field of Iyengar Yoga. I met Ehrman a couple years ago at an Arrowhead retreat. He’s an opera singer (baritone), and he sung the most beautiful song for Gloria and Guruji following her receiving the award.

Happiness is …

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… Alo, under the highchair with his belly button.

… and being IN the highchair with his best friend, Ernie.

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… and HUGS!!

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“AAAAhhhhhh”

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Alo

I took these photos a couple days ago of Alo out on the porch of the patio.IMG_0088.JPG

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Showing off those New teeth 🙂

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The kids… What else?

We went to help Ron with the kids last night because Jen was out of town. Big help I was … Maya wanted chocolate milk, so I fixed it for her. She didn’t want me to use the smaller cup and pointed to a larger one. So I grabbed the bigger cup, mixed the chocolate milk, put the lid on & handed it to her. Next thing you know, Maya’s standing in a puddle of chocolate milk. Evidently there’s a little plastic piece that belongs in the lid that wasn’t there. So it was a hole.

We sat outside for a little while and Maya wore her helmet while she pushed her little pink lawnmower around the yard. Pretty adorable.

Then she decided to take an outdoor shower fully clothed …

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Then I undressed and mummified her.

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Bruce & Sparty …

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This morning, day 5 of a day in the life – Akuch feeding Alo breakfast.

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Robb’s in SF!

Although I haven’t actually talked to Robb since he made it safely to SF Sunday night around 9:30pm, he sent this photo of his view of the Golden Gate Bridge from his new job. I don’t know any details, but thought I’d share this.

Something funny … Sunday afternoon, Bruce was showing Akuch how to use the tv in her room and I was doing something in the kitchen. All at once we heard Alo crying for help. Akuch made it first to the bathroom where Alo had tried to save Ernie from the bathtub (no water was in it) and was teetering on the edge, arms and head inside, feet in the air on the outside. Unhurt and recovered from his misadventure, he moved on with Ernie in his arms, looking for trouble elsewhere…

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A day of grandkids

It started at noon when I went to watch Maya and Sparty for a couple hours. Sparty was awake most of the time and he cried only minimally. He spent a while in his ultra playground. I thought I took a video, but realized later it turned out to be a bad, blurry photo instead.

Maya got a package in the mail from Grandma JoJo – a brown scrubby monkey for the bath and a soft, lightweight Cleveland Browns blanket. Maya loves it!

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We took a couple Sparty selfies …

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Then Alo’s big move-in at our house. While Robb & Akuch organize their belongings, Alo stakes out his territory.

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Robb will be leaving shortly to begin his drive to the Bay Area to start his new job tomorrow.

The view from the kitchen window tells me today is going to be another beautiful sunny day. Flo turns 80, and Janni would be 64.

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YouTube for You

Above – I had a small class this morning (only 3 people), so I was able to turn the class into a mini backbend workshop. Above, Gail & Lara in a chair modified backbend. I love doing this modification because when I come up out of the pose, I feel as though my sternum is going to float away. This pose is really good for people suffering from depression or anxiety, and when taught correctly using the proper actions, it can be beneficial for those with low back issues (another reason I love it!). My classes are growing, and my Saturday class has been much larger – up to 8 students. I like having a lot of students, but I enjoy and appreciate the smaller classes because I can give more one-on-one attention to my students. They like that too.

Here’re a couple YouTube videos of what Alo is up to when he spends time with Amma & Pappa.

This one is short, but I had to record that he finally learned the sign language for “more.” We’ve been working with him on this for two weeks. He’s got it down now.
http://youtu.be/FGOZKeOmmUc

And here, if you have the time, Alo explores his new-found freedom of walking and getting into everything. Hogan doesn’t miss a beat when the gate is open, so while Alo was playing with the gate, Hogan made a run for it.

http://youtu.be/nhRHGbP4ixM

Lastly, a little game of peek-a-boo. Although Alo can say “Peek-a-Boo” he doesn’t say it here. I think he does a fine job of hiding though. You will have to look long and hard to see if you can find him …

http://youtu.be/AswfeuBq9Vo

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