A buddy’s birthday party

The kids went to Aiden’s 2nd birthday party over the weekend at LickMill Park. It was a great day to be at the park. We enjoyed BBQ and a Thomas the train birthday cake. Aiden was pretty chill throughout. A funny moment was when we were singing “Happy Birthday” and this old lady who was picking through the trash for recyclables came over and started playing her harmonica to the tune of the song.

Hanging out with Aiden having chips and juice:

Tyler in the sandbox

Swing higher!

Gong Gong visits

Rosamaria (Tyler’s daycare provider) went on vacation for 2 weeks so Gong Gong came to stay with us and take care of Tyler. What a treat it was! Came home everyday not having to worry about dinner and got to eat yummy food! Plus he helped us move and clean which was really great, cause it was too much for me to handle! Tyler got to go to the park and McDonalds a few times too. Gong Gong was pretty bored here though. So we took him to the San Mateo County Fair and he got to go to Bay Meadows. At the fair, Natalie got her face painted for the first time. She once saw her friend’s face painted and thought it was cool so she wanted to do it too.

There was an open stage at the fair where kids can go up and sing songs. Tyler just stood around and breathed into the mic.

Petting zoo at the fair.
Hey sheep! It’s me Tylah!

Wanna taste my finger?

Good times with Gong Gong

A toy goes on

This walker started with Natalie and then went to Tyler and now to Kaiya.

Natalie at 6 months. Photo taken on 12/11/04.

Tyler at 4 months. Photo taken on 07/14/06.

Kaiya at 5 months. Photo taken 08/05/08.

Heartie

This morning Natalie woke up early, so she came over to our room and followed David around as he got ready for work. David says to Natalie, “I’m going to call you ‘Shadow’.”

Nat: “No, my name is ‘Heartie‘… it means ‘I love you’. ”

David: “Oh, then what’s my name?”

Nat: “‘Biggie’, because you’re big”

She proceeded to name me ‘Flower’ and Tyler ‘Caterpillar’.

Aloha Festival

We went to the Aloha Festival in San Francisco on Saturday. The place was packed! When we got there, we went straight for the food. Lines were crazy long! Food & drinks were pricey too. A cup of Rainbow shaved ice = $5! The kids had a good time. We got some food and sat under a tree on the grass and ate, while listening to the Hawaiian music from the stage. Uncle Way, Auntie Marissa, Kaiya and her grandparents met us there, so we got to hang out. After we ate, we walked around the booths and looked at all the Hawaiian goods for sale and briefly watch some performances.