Today Tommy attended his first day of preschool. Hard to believe he’s old enough to go to school already, but here he is! Doesn’t he look dapper in his little LVDS uniform? Placing his new backpack in his classroom cubby. Big smiles with Mrs. Toth. All weekend he kept commenting on how pretty she is! A quick [...]
Sunday James and I celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary. It hasn’t really been that long, has it? Time has certainly flown! To commemorate the occasion we enjoyed a nice dinner out at Fleming\’s and sipped on our last bottle of wine brought back from our honeymoon in Paris. The food was excellent (James arranged for a [...]
Our little girl is really on the move! Friday, August 22 she pulled to standing in our family room and she’s been unstoppable ever since. She’s getting braver with every passing day, sometimes holding a toy in one hand while she pulls up with the other. Tommy didn’t walk until after his first birthday, but [...]
Fun in the kiddie pool at Tamica’s house. Here she has a death grip on Kris’ wristwatch. Ahhhhhhhhhh! Tommy posing with M3′s toy plane, which he’s dubbed “Big Jet” and won’t put down as long as we’re at their house. He actually refused to go swimming so as not to forsake his precious time with [...]
Last Friday was Tommy’s “Meet the Teacher Day” at his new school, Las Vegas Day School. He met Mrs. Toth, his teacher and her assistants, Mrs. Spurlock and Mrs. Done. Wouldn’t you know…he found the classroom airplanes right away. Practicing hammering with longtime pals Taylor & Logan. He’s been buddies with them since their newborn days, [...]
After a busy day at the beach, we ventured down to the Port of Los Angeles for the annual Festival of Sail. Tommy loved viewing the big “pirate ships,” posing as a pirate and exploring a few of the boats.
James and I left the kiddos with Cindy & Jeremy and drove from Redondo Beach down to Carlsbad (thanks to the lovely 405 it took THREE HOURS ON A SATURDAY!) to see James’ college pal, Jason, and his beautiful bride, Patty, tie the knot. Here we are with the happy couple. Enjoying the reception. It was such [...]
In mid-August we packed the kids into the ol’ gas guzzler and headed west to Redondo Beach. Here Annalise helps Daddy drive. Tommy the back seat driver. Enjoying dinner at Mimi’s in Victorville. Tommy can’t get enough of the meal-spoiling bread before his food arrives. Annalise enjoys her “Busy Bread” before our meal. Playing in Aunt [...]
Tommy LOVES his babysitter, Alecsa. She’s definitely one of his favorite buddies and he loves to color and draw with her (or make her watch Cars or Top Gun with him for the zillionth time). Here they work on writing “letters” together. Hugs and smiles!
As summer winds down (at least on the calendar…certainly not on the Las Vegas thermometers!) we have been having a lot of fun. The kids have enjoyed the park with friends, Tommy’s pictured here with pals Caroline & Addie at the park. The sandbox is a favorite spot. Here Annalise takes in a little sun [...]
After a stint in the upstairs playroom, where he was ignored for many, many months, Tommy’s Winnie the Pooh chair has returned to the forefront of our family room scene. Annalise became intensely interested in scaling the shelves of the changing table, which you can see on the right, so it had to be moved for her [...]
Kai & Annalise enjoyed a delicious dinner together at the Minor home last night. While their older brothers gulped Capri Sun, but scoffed at grilled hot dogs and mac & cheese (crazy boys!), the girls enjoyed their respective meals (in matching boosters!) to their fullest. Yum!
Tommy’s had a fun summer. He attended summer camp two mornings a week at Shenker Academy, kept busy with trips to the Sahara West Library, the not-frequent-enough romp at the park (too hot!), and played with friends as often as we could. But, since we live in the scorching desert, we also spent a lot of time couped [...]
With Annalise’s newfound mobility the baby gates are back in full effect. Here she grabs hold of the bars at the top of the stairs. Tommy doesn’t like that his freedom is affected by the gates, but he’s getting better about asking for passage, and I’m sure he’ll find a way to catapult over them [...]
