Tyler got a fever on Saturday night, so we took him to see the doctor on Sunday. The doctor said he had the flu and is presuming it’s H1N1 because “it’s the only one going around right now.” She prescribed him Tamiflu which seemed to help alot. Sunday, he was pretty miserable with fever and vomiting. But Monday, he was much better after having a couple doses of Tamiflu. Today he was back to normal pretty much with the exception of his cough, which he’s had a few weeks now.

Day 1 – Leave me alone

Day 2 – I want to play, but should rest

Day 3 – Ready to go back to school!

Meanwhile, since Tyler was sick, Natalie went to a school pumpkin patch. She brought home two baby pumpkins, one for her and one for Tyler.

Yesterday, we went watch the Disney Princesses on Ice show at HP Pavilion with Sinclaire and family. The show was great! Natalie was nervous most of the time, but Tyler really enjoyed it.

Tinkerbelle

Cinderella and her mice friends

Cinderella and the Prince

Aladdin and Genie

Souvenirs

On Friday, Tyler’s school had a halloween carnival. The kids got to go dressed in their costumes.

Tyler used some of his tickets to buy cotton candy

Natalie used some tickets at the face painting booth

This is Ms. Julie, one of Tyler’s teachers. He loves her.

Nat ran into a few of her friends there too

At the end, the kids went into the pumpkin patch and each picked out a pumpkin

On Saturday, October 10th Natalie’s school had a fundraiser called “The catwalk.” It’s an annual fundraiser the school does to raise money for the school to use. Kids walk laps around the track and get rewards after a certain amount of laps. The school makes money through lap pledges and concessions.

The mascot

We took a break and the kids got snowcones

Natalie ran into her friend Victoria and they walked together

Natalie finished all 49 laps!

Thursday’s are Natalie’s “Sharing” day at school. It’s just like show & tell. She has to bring something to class and stand up in front of everyone and say 3 things about why the item is special to her. Tonight she picked baby bun. She practiced a few times and little brother decided he wanted to do it too.

This morning, after David woke Natalie up to pee, she came to my bed and jumped under the covers to warm back up cause it was so cold this morning! Tyler, who had managed to sneak into my bed in the middle of night was lying in the middle and says to her “There’s extra room for you Je.” And he curls up under the blanket and smiles. What a sweet little brother!

Tyler started preschool today. He got a new Thomas the Train backpack for his stuff. In the morning, he seemed excited to go to school. When we got there, he asked me where Je Je (Natalie) was, expecting that she would be at the same school. I told him that she went to a big kids school. We went into his classroom and met the teacher. Then David showed him the toilets and they practiced peeing and washing hands. After that, we got him warmed up with some toys and played with another kid. I hugged him and said good-bye and he was fine.

When I went to pick him up, his eyes welled up and he came to me and held my leg and cried. He kept saying he missed me and repeated it until we got home. The teacher said he cried a little during the day a few times and barely ate lunch, but he did nap well. Hopefully tomorrow will go better.

We had brunch mid-morning at Broken Yolk and then walked around the area. Afterwards, we headed back to the hotel and went to hang out at the pool before getting ready for the wedding.

Natalie has been waiting for this day for months! Ever since Auntie Irene bought her flower girl dress, she’s been asking when the wedding will be. On this day, she kept saying it was her lucky day coz she got to be the flower girl.

Aunt Irene had a beautiful wedding dress!

The wedding program

Tyler fell asleep during the ceremony

They had a photo booth and an album where you can create your own pages with the pictures from the booth

VIP table

Our table

My handsome boy!

Here’s a video of Natalie making her way down the aisle

Here are some videos of the kids dancing. When we got back to the hotel that night, Natalie said her feet hurt.

We started off the morning by having brunch at Brockton Villa in La Jolla. Recommended by a good friend, this place is across the street from the beach and had good food and a great view! After brunch we went to the beach and let the kids play a little while in the water before heading over to check out Uncle Alan’s new condo. In the afternoon we went to UTC (University Town Center?) to do some shopping and then headed back to the hotel to get ready for the wedding rehearsal. Natalie’s first time as a flower girl!

Corned beef and potatoes

Checking out the sea lions

The wedding site: The Brigantine Del Mar

Natalie and Little Natalie

The rehearsal dinner was at the Emerald Seafood restaurant. We had yummy Chinese food and Hennessey and Coke!

We started our 4 day trip in San Diego by visiting SeaWorld. The kids had fun watching the Shamu show and looking at the various animal exhibits.

Shamu stadium. We got to the show a little late so we had to sit at the top level and couldn’t get splashed by Shamu.

Natalie, David, Po Po, and Uncle Way went on the Shipwreck Rapids ride while Tyler and Kaiya watched on the bridge waiting for them to pass by.

Not even half way through the day, Kaiya was pooped

Tyler got to hold a real starfish

Natalie checking out Shark teeth

Shipwreck Rapids