Matthew returns

Labor day weekend

There is an "unsupervised scissors incident" so mommy had to cut off the kids' hair; enjoying treats from mommy's youth out on the deck; going to Tilden Park with friends to enjoy Lake Anza, the merry-go-round, and the little steam train!

Back to regular life

We said goodbye to Matthew's sister Joanna and her daughter Katie. They had a safe trip back to New Zealand, thank goodness. We miss them terribly! To try to cheer ourselves up, we walked over to the neighborhood pancake joint and went to a nearby Japanese summer Obon festival.  Also we made a trip to the local park with Sophia's new training wheels attached to her newish bike. She did great!

Summer is officially here!

Sophia graduates to a booster seat; Thomas enjoys new pajamas; I take the kids out to a vegetarian Japanese restaurant 10 minutes from our house(!); we try building with Legos at the library; Terran wants MORE FOOD!

Thomas graduates from pre-k

Also: Utaka babysits three kids, and the kids and I celebrate Father's day without Matthew

Summer is almost here!

We celebrate various things like Daddy being home, being dry, and finding some wishbones left by the sellers!

Memorial Day week continued

Kathy is taking care of Terran this week while Utaka and Shauna are on vacation! So we use the week to do whatever we want, whenever we want!

We do a bit of fixing up the house, visit the doctor, keep Kathy company by the side of the road when she had car trouble and then went to Starbucks!

Matthew came back too!