We took a family walk around the lake at Regional Park today. It was close to sunset, which made the sky pink.
Summer Days
It’s hot outside but the kids still had fun riding their bikes behind Mama while she ran around the neighborhood.
Then we went to Uncle Johnny’s house for some fun in the bounce house.
They also played restaurant inside the house when it got too hot.
Mama’s Back!
Mama flew down to Cerritos again for the long holiday weekend!
Preschool Graduation 2020
It’s Peanut’s Graduation Day from preschool. He started as a Honeybee when he was 20 months old and went all the way up to the Pre-Kindergarten class. With the pandemic and shelter-in-place, graduation was modified to a drive-by event. We lined up in our cars and Auntie Eleen decorated their minivan for the occasion.
When it was Peanut’s turn, his teachers were there to greet him and presented him with a certificate and tassel.
His buddy Ethan was also right behind us in their car!
Afterward, we met up at the ferry parking lot to take some photos.
Here is Peanut with his buddy Maya. Thanks for the candy lei!!
Congratulations to our Peanut!! Kindergarten, here we come!
Sunset Walk
We went one a family walk this warm evening. This photo of Dada and Janie reminded me of what they used to do every morning to get to work and school.
We ended up at a bench near the ferry dock and watched the sun go down.
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.
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!
New Contributor
One of Janie’s tasks each day will be to take 1-2 photos of her day at home and send them to Mama via text with a comment.
This was her first one:
“Look what we had for dinner tonight! It is one of my favorite dinners.”
Snuggles and Homework
This afternoon, Mama came home from work, showered, and got some snuggles from the kids.
Janie also got some help from Mama on one of her homework assignments on Google Classroom. She had to read an article and answer questions about what she read.