Dada made a small campfire in the bottom part of his smoker this evening and we made s’mores for dessert! Who needs to go camping when you can do THIS?!
Yummy!!
Clean Tank
Dada cleaned the fish tank and then went to Petco to buy some tetras. It’s nice to see a clean tank with life again.
Cherry Picking
It’s been 2 months of Shelter-in-Place and the kids hadn’t left Alameda this entire time. We went on a special outing to Brentwood for some cherry picking. The farm we went to took appointments and when we arrived, it was nice and empty. We had rows and rows to ourselves and SO MANY CHERRIES to pick!
The kids had a great time and they were excited to bring home all the cherries for snacking.
This guy couldn’t wait and had his fair share of samples while were were picking.
We brought home 9 pounds of cherries and we were done by 9:30 when it started to rain.
We also stopped at 99 Ranch on the way home and waited in the car while Dada shopped.We had some cherries and also walked to the donut shop next door to pick up some treats.
Peanut fell asleep with the donut in his hand on our drive home.
S’mores
Dada had a brilliant idea this evening after dinner. He took the top off his smoker to make a firepit and we toasted marshmallows in the patio.
It was the perfect set-up for our little house and the kids had so much fun roasting/burning/eating the marshmallows and making s’mores.
Practice Ride
Now that Peanut has learned how to ride a bike, we took a practice ride to his new school. Each year, Mama and Dada have walked to ridden bikes with Janie to school on the first day and we hope to do the same with Peanut too!
We made it to school in one piece and Peanut was excited to be going to the same school as his big sister.
We then kept going – past Harbor Bay Club and along the water.
He did a great job but got tired trying to keep up with Dada and Janie.
We took a little break and the stuffies got to enjoy the view of the city too.
When it was time to head home, the stuffies went back into Peanut bike bucket.
We all got home safely and we rode over 4 miles today.
As a special treat, we hopped in the van and went to Jamba Juice. We ordered ahead and Mama went out to pick up the smoothies. Meanwhile, the kids stayed in the van with Dada and ended up in the back row!
Stories
This guy decided to camp out on our bedroom floor tonight. So, we got his bedtime stories there too.
Remote Supervision
Mama supervised the kids folding laundry today from her office at work.
Zoom Birthday
Janie turned 8 today and it was a very different birthday this year. We are in the heart of Shelter-in-Place here in California but still wanted to celebrate this special day.
Mama picked up party favors and gifts from Target on her way home, picked up cake from Baskin Robbins, and then had a virtual birthday party with the family over Zoom. Auntie Jia had sent a bunch of gifts this past week too.
Once everyone got online, we all sang Happy Birthday, she blew out candles, and then the presents were opened.
Toni and Thomas also drew a special birthday picture for her.
Happy 8th Birthday to our baby girl!
More Inside Activities
Peanut helped Dada make salad today. He’s becoming quite the little helper lately.
Then we had dinner with Ankong, Ama, Toni, Thomas, Auntie Jia, and Uncle Jason over Zoom.
We had another family game night after dinner and played “SORRY!” This is how we spend our crazy Friday nights now. 🙂
Inside Activities
Being home all day requires some novel activities to pass the time. The kids worked on puzzles and we also had family game night after dinner.
