Above – Alo “Just say no…”
Below – dinner at Rancho’s last Wednesday evening.
Pappas & Galoshes. No, that’s not the name of a Baja Cocina …
Below – Joanne & me, aka “Gamma Gamma.” This is what Sparty called us.
Selfies aren’t just for grandkids!
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Above – Sparty & Alo playing with an assortment of cars, trucks and other vehicles.
Below – Kando moving around.
Below – Maya decided to get herself a drink of water. She didn’t know I was watching.
Wednesday at music, the kids sit on a blanket for story time. This was at the beginning when everyone was sitting quietly.
Here’s what happens next …
Below – drumming …
Robb and family are leaving this morning after breakfast. It’s been a fun week and good to see all of them. I’m especially grateful the cousins were able to get together for some good fun and bonding.
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Above – Brothers.
And below, Kando on his 11th month of life birthday. This little guy gets all over the place.
He’s not only cute, but smart too, and a really good baby.
Grand finale off the OB Pier view from our upper deck. It’s always nice to not have to drive anywhere to enjoy the show.
On July 5th Ron brought the kids over for a pizza get together and cousins playtime. We were able to get everyone to sit still briefly for some family photos. I took a lot of pictures, but had to sift through them to find the best ones where almost everyone was looking at the camera. 
The more kids in the photo, the more difficult it is to get what I would consider the perfect shot.
The kids had a blast. I have more photos to share in the coming days.
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Above – but first, Kando at food time. Something funny, last night Maya called Kando “Avocado.” So ever since I’ve been calling him AvoKando.
A couple days ago Alo and I took a walk up the street to pay a visit to the tractors & have some photos to show for it.
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Above – Robb, Alo, Kando & Akuch on the ferry to Coronado (yesterday).
Below – Brothers at the Embarcadero water park. What a great place for kids to play.
Here’s a little gem that’ll put a smile on your face.
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Maya turned 4 yesterday!
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Above – There’s never a shortage.
I haven’t shared many selfies lately, so I went through my recent photos and pulled these up. The first one with Maya was taken on Father’s Day on the Seal boat while on land.
I took this one last weekend at the OB Street Fair. Don’t mind the owie on Sparty’s bottom lip. It was a minor incident that occurred while he was on a fun outing with Rachel (nanny). It healed up nicely.
I took this little gem Wednesday in the parking lot before music class. Even my silly singing and looking for big trucks, tractor trailers, motorcycles and the like couldn’t keep him awake in the car. I was even reaching into the back seat, tugging on his legs and feet and he still wouldn’t budge. 
Robb and Akuch arrived late last night. I head them sneak in but I haven’t seen them yet. I’m off to an early start this morning to a cat scan appointment with Mom so it may not be until later this morning or afternoon before I get to see them.
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Photos from Robb & Akuch taken earlier this week at the San Francisco Zoo. Word has it they’re driving down today and will arrive later this evening.
And Sparty … Amma succeeds in wearing him out again. He was totally passed out when we pulled up to the house at 2pm after gymnastics and he slept until 5! I put him on the bed and took his shoes off, he opened his eyes briefly to take a look at his surroundings and then out he went, gymnastics sticker on his foot and all.
Here’s Ron hard at work …
Looks like a tough dress code.
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After the Street Fair Saturday we paid a visit to the tractors parked in front of our house. There are still tractors, tractor parts, piles of dirt and gravel, pipes and other miscellaneous items and equipment lining our street.
And a video with Ron and the kids of some tractor silliness. As you can see, we’re all making the very best of this situation!
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Above – The walk home wasn’t a “walk” for these two tired kids. Ron got his workout for the day.
I ran into my good friend and student, Maribeth, with her OBYoga water bottle.
And we saw Kiss (cover band).
But most importantly the kids rode the ZipLine. They’re fearless. Sparty amazed me that at 2 years old he climbed right up that ladder and allowed somebody he didn’t know to strap him in, and down he went. Twice. I didn’t see any other kids anywhere near his age doing this. In fact, Maya was probably the next youngest.
They loved it!
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