Category Archives: Alo

Sunday morning with Alo

Yesterday we gave Robb a little help watching Alo & moving some stuff to storage. Alo’s getting bolder with his walking, taking more steps every time we see him.

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We have so much fun with him. He’s curious and into everything. I’m pretty sure he said “airplane” 2x yesterday. It really sounded like “airp…” but he was looking and pointing at an airplane flying over at the time. Pretty smart.

He’s working on shoveling food into his mouth (with a little help).
http://youtu.be/mFHT7BPuO78

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Galleria de Grandchildren

Above, Alo playing in the fountain at Waterfront Park downtown.

Every Thursday, Maya comes over to do Pappa’s laundry.
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When she’s done with that and cleaning the kitchen, she picks up dog poop and washes the cars …

Here’s Maya feeding Alo (& then herself!) a small piece of her peppermint patty at Nati’s yesterday.

http://youtu.be/1I5U1ljwxBo

And here’s a giggly Sparty.

http://youtu.be/MeESnA84wh0

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Boy in pink & other stuff

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This morning, Maya and Pappa time (& Annie, too).

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So cute … This morning Pappa was sitting on the stairs. Maya slid her finger down his knee surgery scar and said “boo boo.” Then she leaned over and kissed it.

Nati’s @ 11:30??

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Catching up

Alo’s walking now, at least when he wants to. He’s still got that separation anxiety with something to hold onto. Robb & Akuch sent me the photo above when I was in Lake Arrowhead.

Bruce took Maya to the beach Thursday and sent me these photos.

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I got home mid-afternoon Friday, just in time to play a little and rock Alo to sleep (a very easy task). When he woke up, we spent some quality time out on the grass and took some selfies.

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He wasn’t too crazy about wearing that hat, but he looks so darn cute in it!

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Yesterday afternoon Bruce and I spent about 4 hours cleaning the basement. I went through most of the non-paperwork/non-photos boxes from Billi’s house. It feels so good to be done with that portion of the boxes, and to have obtained back a big chunk of spare space.

This morning Robb sent me this photo of Alo at the park in his new little sandals.

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Lots of pictures today to make up for no grandkid photos all week. Now I need some of Sparty …

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Impromptu babysitting

Ron and Jen dropped the little ones off last night so they could go out on a date.

Sparty arrived fed and happy.

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… while Maya didn’t waste any time getting the lego wagon out.

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… and the funky hat and Jelly Bellies …

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I really like that Maya lets me take pictures of her now … now that she realizes the pictures are FUN to look at!! Notice the dogs want to know and be in the middle of everything she’s up to.

I saved this YouTube video for last. Sparty is well entertained in his bouncy seat.
http://youtu.be/sRBRyKJEduE
Those are some chunky legs!!

I’ll be heading to Lake Arrowhead this afternoon for a yoga philosophy and asana (poses) retreat, returning Friday afternoon.

Note to Robb & Akuch: Pappa will be on hand for watching Alo Friday in my absence. There’s no show at the Pt. Loma Library this week, so check with Pappa for a Nati’s rendezvous on Thursday.

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Another Friday with Alo

First on the agenda… a nap. The nap normally occurs after I wear him out, but it looks like maybe Akuch wore him out before I could get my hands on him.

Then some selfies at the park.

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And before Robb got here to pick him up he had a little time in the yard.

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Words well spoken:

Hi (with a hand wave) – which he’ll say readily when he first shows up

Thank you – which he says whenever he is given something, and when he gives you something

Whassat?? – whenever he hears something or whenever he feels like it

Boo – when playing peek-a-boo, a game he’ll instigate on his own

Bye (with a hand wave) – when he’s leaving, or when someone else leaves, including Mommy & Daddy, without crying 🙂

Oh, & he will (attempt to) sing along to the “Hello to you” song.

Today, another BIG Saturday morning class at the house – 8 students!

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Puppet Show

Alo and Maya had a great time at the puppet show yesterday. It was the last event of the summer for the Pt. Loma Library. Maya and Alo also enjoyed each other!

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This lady did a fantastic job of keeping her show moving, synchronized to sometimes foot-stomping, hand clapping music with a flying pig, a horse trotting, a muscleman doing aerobics, a trapeze artist, and more. I sat on the floor with the kids to get a better view.

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All the kids there were pretty good, sitting still and watching the 30-minute show. At one time, the music got hoppin’ and Maya got to dancing!

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It was great fun for all of us.

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Here’s Alo’s little buddy, Jerardo, and mom, Akuch and Alo’s friends from the park. It was nice they were also able to enjoy the fun.

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This afternoon – Alo and Amma Time! A guaranteed good time.

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Maya and the trampoline

I took the day off yesterday to get our tax stuff together. It pretty much takes an entire day (UGH!). But luckily for me, Maya had gymnastics and I had the opportunity to go watch, and actually followed her around keeping her corralled to the task at hand, whatever that was at the time.

There were probably 10 kids, all about Maya’s age. During the hour, there were many fun things to do, like …

– hang on the bars, pulling up to look over, bringing the feet up to touch the bar, and learning how to drop onto the floor from the bar safely,

– jump up on big plastic-wrapped cushions and do backward sumersaults over them,

– do handstands (feet to wall), and

– JUMP on the trampoline. This clearly was Maya’s favorite. Here she is jumping with her teacher.

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Of course, I took a video I uploaded to YouTube.
http://youtu.be/_jLqWAMrK-g

Then, when it was all over all the kids lined up to get a tattoo and sticker (Maya still has her sticker on this morning).

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