Above – After the performance, Maya with her medal and flowers.
Waiting for group photos which takes quite a long time getting all these gymnasts ready.
Unfortunately, Sony restrictions on posting videos without permission prevented me from uploading this video with background music. With the help of GarageBand I removed the audio. It’s still pretty darn cute. Here she is, our little gymnast:
https://youtu.be/dN-yi7pEnsA
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Above & below – More birthday for Alo?
Robb sent these photos of adventures last weekend – a belated birthday train ride to Sacramento and train museum. 
A hike through purisima redwoods.
There’s nothing better than bugs … Banana slugs!
Here are a few interesting tidbits I found about the banana slug:
Pony rides!!
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Above – Go ahead and help yourself.
Below – Alo’s completed school project. I’m guessing it has something to do with his favorite things.
Yesterday marked our first “all-dayer” with Sparty. We collected the curly headed critter at 8am.
We got home and made the transition to Willy Nelson.
The braids were a cute idea while his hair was wet but as soon as it dried even the braids curled up. I guess you can’t trick a braid …
He passed out in the car on the way home from gymnastics but not before insisting we take turns singing lullabies. I couldn’t figure out how it was going to work, getting him to fall asleep to his own lullaby, but finally after taking the long route home I won the battle and his heavy eyelids closed for good. Here he is out for the count after I carried him from the car to the sofa bed upstairs.
After waking up and switching to the man bun. These are Maya’s sunglasses (she was at jiu jitsu).
I took more videos of both of them at gymnastics I’ll upload to YouTube and post sometime.
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Above – Bruce Ron Maya Sparty Me & KJ (a friend of mine since jr high school) just in time for the sunset. KJ’s staying with us (from NZ) until next Sunday.
Sparty sporting Maya’s goggles.
Cuddles after swimming.
Sunset.
“Daddy, let me fix your hat.”
And now, only in OB … Where else can you see girls in their pjs eating ice cream on the main strip?
And this. Oh my …
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Above – Happy birthday pancakes.
Birthday fun at Bart.
More birthday celebration at school. Do the festivities ever end?
A little action of both Sparty & Maya at gymnastics last week, including a “first” for Maya!
There’s never a dull moment!
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Above – everyone loves a present!
Below – Alo with the book we sent him for his birthday, Return. It looks magical.
Brothers… Alo and Kando with Burt & Ernie.
Kando & Alo on an outing in the Indian-wear I bought them in India last year. 
Special message to Alo – Happy birthday Alo. 3 years old! Amma and Pappa love you and hope you have a super duper day!
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Above – Alo after his first day of school. This is one tired looking kid!
Below – a couple weeks ago (yes, I’ve been remiss …) just outside gymnastics. Where there’s a tractor or other fun “toy” there’s always someone willing to play! What made this so funny was the gardeners were right there working and I said “C’mon, let’s climb on the cart!” The kids crawled up on the cart and the gardeners acted like we weren’t even there. This guy got up and walked past us and never even looked. 
Just cruisin’ in my matching red leotard …
Crazy boy …
What happened to our warm weather? I’ve been freezing here. Somebody turn on the heat!
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Above – One happy boy!
Below, lunch and backpack ready to go…
Name tag on and ready to get to work …
First project …
We Skyped with Robb, Akuch and kids last night. Alo was pretty excited about starting school the next day. Here he is reading us a book with Mommy and Kando watching on …
Here are Kando & Alo in action …
Never a dull moment!
I finished another book yesterday I highly recommend: Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman. This book takes place in the English town of Borg, a small town hit by poverty with misfits, underprivileged kids and one quirky woman who winds up there to start a new life. Britt-Marie caught my heart and kept me rooting for her till the end. This book was written by the same author who wrote A Man Named Ove which I read a few months ago – another great read!
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Above – Jamie & kids, Chantz, Brianna & Michelle
Robb & boys with Mt. Diablo and full moon in background.
Kaiden & Gemma, Jamie’s grandson & pup.
Alo, Ernie and Akuch and ice cream!
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Above – Mates
Two weeks ago we were fortunate to have been invited (by the kids) to go for an evening ride on the Bahia Bell. Well, as it turns out, there are two paddle boats that are used alternately for short tours from the Bahia Resort to the Catamaran Hotel. The night we took our 90 minute cruise the William D. Evans was the boat on duty.
There are 4 staircases on the boat, one at each corner. I spent much of the first 60 minutes of the 90 minute trip following Maya and Sparty up one side, down the other and chris-crossing back and forth on the three tiered boat.
On the middle deck there’s a beautiful stained glass ceiling.
There was a beautiful sunset.
At the end, this little one was very tired …
But we all survived, and for the most part had a great time.
I finished a good book I highly recommend – The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton. This mystery takes the reader from 2005, to the early 1900’s, to 1975 throughout the book. I’m usually pretty good at guessing what happens but this one kept me guessing until the end.
Sorry, busy days keeping me from blogging but I’m back!
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