Watch us grow!
For Thanksgiving, Janie helped Dada quite a bit. She even prepped and cooked the mushrooms herself.
What a big girl we have now!
Dinner was delicious and we were so happy to be with the family for Thanksgiving this year. It was are first time in many years!!
It’s Alice’s Birthday AND Halloween today. Uncle Johnny prepared some fun activities as part of the birthday celebration.
Take a look at these balloon animals!!
We all sang “Happy Birthday” to Alice and then headed out for some Socially Distant Trick-or-Treating.
The neighborhood moms planned a scavenger hunt and doors were decorated. Candy was left out in buckets at the door front too.
They all made out like bandits tonight!!
This evening, we went out for a fancy dinner at Five Crowns with the family to celebrate Mama and Uncle Johnny’s birthday. It was our first real dining experience in a long time.
They seated us at a big round table together under a patio cover and the kids enjoyed the activity sheets they were given.
It was a nice dinner at a restaurant with family after being home for so long.
Today is Mama’s birthday and since she took the day off, we drove to San Francisco after Zoom classes were done. We went to the Ferry Plaza and found it deserted.
They had outdoor tables for us to sit and wait for our table at Hog Island Oyster Co.
Janie drew a cute picture while we waited.
It was fun eating at Hog Island again after so many months. They had tables spaced out nicely and the food was just as good as we remembered.
Peanut enjoyed eating his clams. He also managed to entertain himself with the empty shells too
No trip to the Ferry Plaza is complete without soft serve from Gott’s. It was nice to be back in our old hang out spot but we were sad to see how the pandemic has really turned off the hustle and bustle of the city.
Today is Dada’s actual birthday so the kids gave him the cards they made for him.
After lunch, we had birthday ice cream cake!
We celebrated Dada’s birthday today at Uncle Jason’s house!! Peanut picked out the cool birthday hats.
We may be starting with Distance Learning but we still have to take a first-day-of-school photo!!
I remember what a milestone it was for Janie to start Kindergarten. Take a look at a comparison to her first day of K photo!! Both have the same cheesy excited smile. So cute.
After the photos, we all went back inside and hopped on their first Zoom class. Ms. Wells looks so nice and Peanut seemed to follow along just fine.
He made a First Day of Kindergarten crown and name tag just like Janie did!
Here he is wearing his gearn with the rest of the class.
This was Ms. Wells reading the class a story about Chester, their class mascot.
Here is Janie in her first class with Ms. Suzuki. She is an older and more experienced teacher with lots of rules and instructions. 3rd grade is a big jump from 2nd grade! What’s nice is that Janie’s old classmates from Ms. Bliss’ class are all back together again!
The best part of having the family in our summer bubble is that we can have a birthday party! For Peanut’s 5th birthday, we had an Animal Crossing theme complete with presents with balloons, fishing, and lots of fruit.
Peanut also asked for a cake with marshmallows and strawberries. So that’s what he got!
We also made s’mores and they were so yummy!
Happy Birthday, Peanut!!!
It’s July 4th today! The day started with donuts and Animal Crossing.
Then we went to Toni and Thomas’ house for the day. Dada and Uncle Jason smoked some brisket and the kids played.
When the sun went down, we all stood in front of the house and watched the fireworks that Uncle Johnny and Mama bought. The neighbors next door took turns lighting theirs with ours. So fun!
Happy Birthday, America!
We had another Father’s Day celebration at Ankong and Ama’s house today. We managed to get a photo of Ankong with all the grandkids smiling.