Above – Alo pilot training.
Sparty & Pappa checking out pictures on Pappa’s phone. 
After changing into gymnastics clothes in the back of the car, Maya wanted to see what her ponytail looked like.
Combining being cute with heading up the stairs.
Sparty practicing for that first job as a dishwasher (& ham).
And look who this is! Blake with her new forever family. Who says three’s a crowd?
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Robb, Akuch & kids at Chinatown last weekend.
Akuch & Kando at Muir Coast.
It looks cold!!
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Above – A Lone osprey waits for some food to swim by at Sunset Cliffs.
Below – Maya helping Pappa work in the entertainment cabinet.
Here Sparty is helping Pappa organize the workbench (or not).
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Above – Poolside
Oh wait … That was just the Thomas family’s Palm Desert trip last weekend…
I thought for a couple days there I may have beaten this sinus problem, but I guess not. Siinus pressure… UGH!!!
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Above – That wild sunflower is THIS big! (on the Narragansett Street side wall)
Below – Pappa and Sparty enjoy a morning last week at the OB Pier.
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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 – I don’t know how they did it, but here’s a Bear & Ziggy selfie.
Below – fun with selfies.
Another Wednesday and looking forward to more time with the Sparts & Maya today. It’s a beautiful day but I hear there’s a threat of rain. Maybe El Nino will hit tonight … ???
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Above – Maya showing off the final product. Valentine’s Day Cookies!!
The process … 
With a little help from Pappa.
And some close supervision from Amma.
Let’s not forget the sprinkles!
This is the color the sprinkles turn when they’re all mixed together.
Beautiful & yummy!
Happy Valentine’s Day everybody, and a special Happy Anniversary to my hubby. 42 years today!
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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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