We celebrated Kai's 10th birthday at Moonlight beach with our family and friends. Kai has 2 other close friends who turn 10 - Violet on the April 2nd and Robbie on April 1st. Well, we all decided it would be cool to celebrate together at the beach. And celebrate we did! We invited our families, a very small bunch of mutual friends and their family members and enjoyed the company. Jeff ended up being pounced upon by the lot of kids, they played in the sand, they played at the playground, they sang the birthday song and blew out some candles. We are definitely blessed. Here is a slideshow made from the pictures friends took (thanks!). The slideshow has music, so pause the music on the side bar and enjoy.
Celebration of #10 from Beachbum on Vimeo.
As an aside, there was another group at the park right next to us that had a few teens playing guitars and singing. Great sounds and fun to hear. Goes well with the music! And, it's just a tidbit I don't want to forget.
You can visit Mandy's blog to see her version of this special day for Violet...here. She talks about stuff I didn't mention.
We celebrated our family gift time on Saturday night. Auntie Mary was here, too, and that made it extra special. He got everything on his wish list and a few things that surprised him. He had asked for a game cube and 3 games and two sets of Grandparents made that happen. With his gift card he just ordered 2 more and a book. Kade gave him a set of board games, which Kai thought was cool. Annie got him a skate board with lessons. Jeff and I gave him a Japanese style bowl/cup/dipping sauce set (that Pete hand made). The bowls have notches for the chop sticks and the set is beautiful. Baba and Grandpa Jon also got him a zafu and now he has a great Japanese themed set.
Pretty much, he's a very contented boy. I'd include more pictures, but he chooses not to have them taken often. They'd show him with a contented smile.
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Monday, March 30, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Things I missed
OK, so I forgot these few things!
As I was falling asleep later last week, Kade leans over and says sorrowfully, "Oh, man! I forgot to give Daddy his kazoo lessons. That's the second day in a row."
The next day, though, he did remember. They practiced for quite some time!
I also forgot to mention a few thing about our beach day. Kai was really, really excited about finding those rocks. The one in his right hand is shaped like a human heart and has a reddish hue. The other has great striations and feels 'perfect' in his hand. The last picture in the slideshow is of the baby gulls down by the water. The boys enjoyed watching them. Also, the mound of sand is on the beach right now. I'm assuming it's from the sand displaced by positioning the huge pipe they are using to help dredge the lagoon in preparation for the new desalination plant they are building. The mound of sand was totally fun to play on.
Jeff, Annie and I were talking tonight. In our playful banter we came up with this word : pre-wifery. In the context it was said it was meant more as : before being odoriferous. Then we decided it sounded better in the context : being before wife. Whatcha think?
As I was falling asleep later last week, Kade leans over and says sorrowfully, "Oh, man! I forgot to give Daddy his kazoo lessons. That's the second day in a row."
The next day, though, he did remember. They practiced for quite some time!
I also forgot to mention a few thing about our beach day. Kai was really, really excited about finding those rocks. The one in his right hand is shaped like a human heart and has a reddish hue. The other has great striations and feels 'perfect' in his hand. The last picture in the slideshow is of the baby gulls down by the water. The boys enjoyed watching them. Also, the mound of sand is on the beach right now. I'm assuming it's from the sand displaced by positioning the huge pipe they are using to help dredge the lagoon in preparation for the new desalination plant they are building. The mound of sand was totally fun to play on.
Jeff, Annie and I were talking tonight. In our playful banter we came up with this word : pre-wifery. In the context it was said it was meant more as : before being odoriferous. Then we decided it sounded better in the context : being before wife. Whatcha think?
Sunday, January 25, 2009
We've been doing things...honestly!
I don't remember exactly when this was taken, but it hasn't been too long. It is well worth posting. Kai wanted me to take a video of this move from his favorite game : Dragon Ball Z. The camera isn't great at taking video when it is bright, so it is hard to see. Still, I thought it worth posting here...he is pretty cool.
Kai showing a move from Dragon Ball Z from Beachbum on Vimeo.
Mainly, though, we have been getting well. After Annie moved in, Kade got sick. It was that nasty head cold that had been going around. A few days later, Kai started showing symptoms. Now, I don't like it when the kids are sick. However, it is nice to be home for a solid 2 weeks and not go very far. It's amazing all the things you can do in that time!
I was able to get to this huge pile of mending/sewing that had been 'hiding' in plain sight behind the computer. Now it is done, folded, pictured and put away.
It was nice to get this baby out and take it for a spin. I do hope to someday get a *real* sewing machine. Right now I am only able to do straight stitch - and can think a lot about changing the tension, but can't touch the knobs or the machine freaks out. Still, this crazy machine did a great job of putting all these things together and we are wearing them I type. Kai now has pants for the first time this winter...as they were all too long to fit. So cool and he is happy with them!
Needless to say, I did get this cold, too, so the time at home was pretty much my down time too. Annie was the only person who managed to stay healthy through our last few weeks. Yeah!
Annie has been making friends, so has been away for part of the weekends. We haven't been sitting home and moping, though. (Sorry, girl!) So, last weekend we hit the beach. Here's the fun:
Beach day 18Jan09 part one from Beachbum on Vimeo.
Beach day 18Jan09 part two from Beachbum on Vimeo.
Beach day 18Jan09 part 3 from Beachbum on Vimeo.
This past week still found me out of commish, so the boys went stir crazy till Annie or Jeff came home. Jeff took them out a few times, they went swimming once and Annie definitely connected with them.
This weekend Kade got this:
The boys took their bikes out for a spin. Kade came back in after a bit, but Kai and Jeff rode all the way to downtown Carlsbad on the path and loved it. Now, the kids and I are hangin' at home. Annie and Kai are playing battleship. Kade is bouncing from watching 6Teen on demand and going in to check on their progress. Jeff is working and missing us. This evening looks like we will get to snuggle and be a family together. Life is definitely awesome.
As Kade has been known to say quite often : "I LOVE MY LIFE !!!!!!!!!"
OOOOOOOooooooo and now that the world isn't spinning anymore for me...I can get back to knitting! Yes!
Kai showing a move from Dragon Ball Z from Beachbum on Vimeo.
Mainly, though, we have been getting well. After Annie moved in, Kade got sick. It was that nasty head cold that had been going around. A few days later, Kai started showing symptoms. Now, I don't like it when the kids are sick. However, it is nice to be home for a solid 2 weeks and not go very far. It's amazing all the things you can do in that time!
I was able to get to this huge pile of mending/sewing that had been 'hiding' in plain sight behind the computer. Now it is done, folded, pictured and put away.
It was nice to get this baby out and take it for a spin. I do hope to someday get a *real* sewing machine. Right now I am only able to do straight stitch - and can think a lot about changing the tension, but can't touch the knobs or the machine freaks out. Still, this crazy machine did a great job of putting all these things together and we are wearing them I type. Kai now has pants for the first time this winter...as they were all too long to fit. So cool and he is happy with them!
Needless to say, I did get this cold, too, so the time at home was pretty much my down time too. Annie was the only person who managed to stay healthy through our last few weeks. Yeah!
Annie has been making friends, so has been away for part of the weekends. We haven't been sitting home and moping, though. (Sorry, girl!) So, last weekend we hit the beach. Here's the fun:
Beach day 18Jan09 part one from Beachbum on Vimeo.
Beach day 18Jan09 part two from Beachbum on Vimeo.
Beach day 18Jan09 part 3 from Beachbum on Vimeo.
This past week still found me out of commish, so the boys went stir crazy till Annie or Jeff came home. Jeff took them out a few times, they went swimming once and Annie definitely connected with them.
This weekend Kade got this:
The boys took their bikes out for a spin. Kade came back in after a bit, but Kai and Jeff rode all the way to downtown Carlsbad on the path and loved it. Now, the kids and I are hangin' at home. Annie and Kai are playing battleship. Kade is bouncing from watching 6Teen on demand and going in to check on their progress. Jeff is working and missing us. This evening looks like we will get to snuggle and be a family together. Life is definitely awesome.
As Kade has been known to say quite often : "I LOVE MY LIFE !!!!!!!!!"
OOOOOOOooooooo and now that the world isn't spinning anymore for me...I can get back to knitting! Yes!
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Lazy afternoon
Here is a taste of what a miserable life we lead here! This sunset was incredible. It was neat to finish off our weekend with this special time together.
Other things that filled our weekend : library to get books on the human body and books to read for fun, sentence creating (see the previous post), Mancala tournaments, the game of Life, Guitar Hero playing on the wii, lego building, Kai won his new Pokemon Ranger game (the one he picked up on Tuesday), and I knitted my little heart out. There were other things too, but I have forgotten them.
Sunday beach time 16Nov08 from Beachbum on Vimeo.
Other things that filled our weekend : library to get books on the human body and books to read for fun, sentence creating (see the previous post), Mancala tournaments, the game of Life, Guitar Hero playing on the wii, lego building, Kai won his new Pokemon Ranger game (the one he picked up on Tuesday), and I knitted my little heart out. There were other things too, but I have forgotten them.
Sunday beach time 16Nov08 from Beachbum on Vimeo.
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