Above – Watch out, here he comes!! Kando is STANDING.
Below, Alo helped me make fresh squeezed orange juice. I love it how kids are always so happy to help at this age.
Enjoying the fruits of his labor…
Seeing things through Amma’s specs.
Happy boys!
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Above – Everybody (even Elmo) gets in on the action.
There was so much excitement around “Amma’s Famous Cheesecake” and dinosaur candles we had to light the candles and sing one more time. 
Even Great Grandma sang happy birthday to herself.
Missing in the above photos – Robb, Kando & Pappa.
Kando being Kando.
Early morning bath time with Amma. Little did I know Robb gave him a bath before bed the night before. Oh well, Alo doesn’t seem to mind.
Sunday morning breakfast before the drive home.
Word has it the family will be back for a longer visit in July.
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Above – Kando
Below – Alo preparing to conduct my yoga class last night. He’s not shy one bit.
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Above – A sad Easter Bunny sits all alone. According to Robb “Alo didn’t like him.”
I think this is Alo’s “I don’t like the Easter Bunny” look … 
Kando appears to be enjoying his real food.
Such a happy big boy!
It looks like someone scored this Easter.
We’ll get to see them later this week. I can’t wait!
Hogan came out of hibernation yesterday and Ziggy didn’t quite know what to think of him. Hogan only spent a short time outside his house on his first day, just long enough to get a drink of water then run for cover.
Ziggy may need some supervision for a while …
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Above – Skyping Sunday night. We had a great chat with the WC Family. Everyone was smiles and both Alo and Kando were a joy. They’ll be coming to SD the last week of March, a perfect time for an 88th birthday party!
Below – Alo and Lilli interact. In yoga talk this is called Urdha Prasarita Padottanasana (upward extended feet/legs pose). Notice Ernie. 
At the library.
Not that you need to be told this, but … in the bathroom …
Two pairs in one – I don’t think I shared this one yet. This was the day we brought the little big-headed Ziggy home.
For those of you who didn’t see this on FB, even though there are two dog beds next to each other, Ziggy couldn’t get to the same bed as Bear fast enough to sit quietly and wait for his breakfast. 
When we were Skyping the WCF Sunday, Alo asked “What’s Ziggy doing?” I mention this because he’s never met Ziggy, and has really only seen him during Skypes or on my blog. He’s a pretty smart kid. Akuch told me Alo knows how to log onto the iPad and can get into my blog by himself. Evidently he does this every morning. So here’s a big HELLO to ALO. I love you and tell your baby brother I love him too. While you’re at it, you may as well tell your mom & dad too! I would be in trouble if I didn’t mention Pappa sends his love to all of you too.
What to look forward to? Yesterday afternoon we took Maya and Sparty to the Zoo and had a blast! I have plenty of photos to show for it.
Today I’m off to the real job at the real job site. Hopefully I’ll be out of there by 3pm so I can get home for a good practice before teaching tonight.
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Above – Kando is 7 months old.
Below – Alo and Kando show off their Easter craft projects. 
Below – Selfie with Ziggy the day after his entropion surgery. Entropion is an abnormality of the eyelids in which the eyelid “rolls” inward. This inward rolling often causes the hair on the surface of the eyelid to rub against the cornea (outer part of the eyeball) resulting in pain, corneal ulcers or corneal erosions. He had the surgery before we rescued him, but the right eye was still rubbing so he needed to have it again. We thought the vet would only be doing the right eye, but when we picked him up both eyes had been done again. What you see in this picture is the left eye which has 2 stitches. The right eye has 3 stitches. The surgery is similar to that of a face lift and not as bad as I thought it would be. Ziggy’s taking it like a champ!
Last Wednesday after ‘nastics Maya enjoys a bowl of popcorn she helped make with our new popcorn popper that we bought just for the grandkids. It’s way cool. It’s got a crank you have to turn the entire time the popcorn is cooking (Maya’s job), so there’s a lot of interaction. Next time we’ll get photos during the cooking process. BTW, she ate that whole bowl. Sorry Ron & Jen if she didn’t eat her dinner that night!
We had Maya & Sparty for a few hours yesterday. This is what they had for dinner. They pretty much put away all of it (except the salad, of course). The cheesy garlic bread (left over from lunch at Pizza Nova) was a hit!
Below, bathing in the big bathtub upstairs with the air bubbles on. I don’t know why I didn’t think of this before, but this bathtub is perfect for them.
Me: “Don’t drink the bath water because you never know who pee’d in it.”
Maya: “I did & you do not want to drink my pee. You do NOT.”
This pig flew to the credit union last week full of quarters, dimes and nickels. It was pretty heavy, and I thought maybe there’d be about $200 worth of coins. Well, the credit union didn’t have a coin counting machine so Bruce sat for 3 hours yesterday rolling them (while watching Bat Masterson and/or John Wayne or something of the sort) and got a whopping $113.60 out of it, which included the coins in the plastic cup Bill saved for the kids. We’ll split it up 4 ways and make deposits for the grandkids and start all over again. When pigs fly …
I received word yesterday that my dearest and best friend of 24 years got bad news from recent scans after finding out 2 years ago that he has stage 4 lung cancer. Please hold him in your thoughts and prayers as he continues with more aggressive treatment to get this beast under control.
Never take your loved ones for granted and let them know you love them always. I love you all.
Robb, Akuch & kids at Chinatown last weekend.
Akuch & Kando at Muir Coast.
It looks cold!!
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Above – It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a … tortoise??
Robb sent these photos last week after they took a trip to the Oakland Zoo. Check out who’s in the gondola behind Robb & Alo’s. 
… and Sandra, Lilli and Mike were in the one in front.
Here’s Mike, Alo, Lilli and Sandra.
I love the looks on these faces …
We Skyped with the family Sunday night. Amazingly, Alo at only 2½ was able to rattle off the names of all but 4 US American Presidents! Akuch started working with a deck of cards, each one showing a picture of a US President with his name. She said at the end of the first day, he had already memorized 20 of them!! While Skyping, Robb held up a card with a photo and Alo said the first, middle and last name of all but about 4 of them. How smart is that??
A YouTube interview with Maya yesterday – “Kids Say the Darnedest Things …”
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Above – Kando & Alo picnicking at Heather Farm Park. Doesn’t Kando look like he’s got a mohawk?
Below – A photo Alo took. I don’t know what’s up with the giraffe on top of the giraffe. But if it made sense to Alo, I love it!
Maya and the Sparts. Precious!
Class last Thursday night at my home studio – standing pose week. 
Neck curvature. This is one of the poses in the sequence I was given when I was in Pune 10 weeks post rotator cuff repair surgery. Randy, a friend who stayed with us Sunday and Monday night while he was here for the senior workshop, needed something to help relieve some neck pain he was having so I fixed him up. This is one of my favorite things to do when my neck ails me. It’s really relaxing and it takes all the kinks out.
This afternoon Maya is coming over to make Valentine’s Day cookies. I’m looking forward to flour and sprinkles everywhere!
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Above – Happiness is dressing little brother in sissy’s dress-up clothes and having a photo to use against him the rest of his life!
C’mon already & sit in your car seat! That’s Sparty’s mischievous face.
Bath time at Amma’s & Pappa’s.
Maya scored a new San Diego Gymnastics sweatshirt. It looks like she’ll be able to wear this at least a couple years.
Maya helping Pappa in the electronics cabinet.
A blog wouldn’t be complete without a potty picture (Alo & Lilli). Another photo that may come in handy in the future. 
And looks who’s sitting!! Sweet baby Kando’s growing up.
I’m in a workshop this weekend & it’s been intense. Hopefully I’ll get home today in time for the 2nd half of the Super Bowl & a glass of wine.
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