Category Archives: Sparty

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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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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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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Water for a hot day

Ron & Jen took the kids to the beach.
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While Alo played with the hose at Amma & Pappa’s.
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Photo at top – Alo very much interested in watching videos of himself and cousin counterparts on Amma’s iPad.

Stay warm …

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Happy Birthday to Monette!

Alo spent the night last night. The little bugger slept all night & woke up about 7:30, talking, happy and with poop in his diaper. It doesn’t get any better than that!! He had a good breakfast of cream of wheat with a little brown sugar and whole milk, fruit & juice, and now he’s exploring the world of light switches in Pappa’s living room, that is after he explored all the cupboards in the kitchen while we cleaned the kitchen.

Here are some miscellaneous photos of his birthday party.

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How many people does it take to push Sparty?

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All 3 of ’em

Above, a photo Jen sent of the brother & sister hanging out together. Sparty’s hair doesn’t look red this day. In fact, it looks kinda blonde! What will tomorrow bring??? 🙂

Yesterday, Alo & Ernie:
http://youtu.be/rm4k18o16qg

It’s been a busy couple of days, and this is all I have time for today. I’ll do my best to get more birthday party photos up for tomorrow.

It’s going to be HOT today. It’s 8:45am & we already have the air conditioning on at the coast. Students to arrive any minute.

Have a COOL day!

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Milk Beard

We had Maya and Sparty yesterday from 5pm until a little after 11pm. Robb, Akuch and Alo stopped by for about a half hour, just at the right time – Sparty cried almost the entire time they were here, but he still managed a photo with Auntie Akuch …

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There were some “happy times” tho …

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This video’s pretty cute. Maya has learned that it’s fun to have her picture taken …
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Maya was sound asleep in the Pack’n Play when the Sea World fireworks went off and woke her up. From that point on she slept on my lap. This morning Maya Facetime’d me while I was out on my walk & told me how the fireworks scared her.

I woke up this morning absolutely beat (slept in till 7:30!), every bone & muscle in my body aching, every bit of it worth it.

Today – Alo’s birthday party!! I can’t believe he’s a year old already.

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Sparty, green beans & buds

Photo above stolen from Jen’s FB post.

I made these green beans last night using a recipe from Food.com. Not bad …

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And lastly, this orchid is quite happy in the patio. I really enjoy taking a stroll out there & checking out all the new growth, buds & flowers.

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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.

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And here’s a giggly Sparty.

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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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