Thanks again to my sister for hosting Thanksgiving at her house, and for everyone contributing such tasty food. Justin was sick, so I hauled the twins and the dishes I’d made over to Dinah’s house by myself and had three people meet me down at the road to help carry everything–two booster seats, two children, [...]
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Nonin”
Posted in Uncategorized on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Claire has finally switched from calling Ronin “No-no” to calling him “Nonin” about half the time. It is hard not to say it also. I always wondered what the other moms in the playground thought when I would call Ronin No-no. Maybe they thought he was really misbehaved and that nickname stuck because I [...]
Imagination and train rides
Posted in Uncategorized on November 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last week the Bay Bridge was unexpectedly closed for emergency repairs and I had to take public transit for a few days. The one day I drove the long way around, it took me nearly 3 hours to get home. So I took a bus, then BART, then another bus to get to my job [...]
Happy Halloween!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a crazy week with the Bay Bridge being closed for emergency repairs and either four hours of public transit or a nearly 3-hour drive home for me after work. I’m hoping it gets fixed by Monday.
On Friday we went to a Halloween party at a friend’s house. There was excellent food for adults [...]
Pumpkin Patch, Take II
Posted in Uncategorized on October 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Between the babies napping only intermittently, and taking up to two hours to go to sleep at night, I haven’t had much time to catch up on the blog recently. I completely forgot to mention that we went to the pumpkin patch again last weekend, and this time we were able to take my mom [...]
Blue Angels at San Francisco’s Fleet Week
Posted in Uncategorized on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we drove out to Treasure Island to see the Blue Angels. It was a cool and cloudy day, but Justin still managed to get some good pictures. The twins were startled by the noise, but they watched the Blue Angels each time they swooped near us, and they also enjoyed throwing rocks in the [...]
Another baby!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, that’s right! Claire and Ronin are getting a new baby brother or sister next May. We are so excited! The twins don’t completely understand it yet, but Claire has been patting my belly and saying “Baby” and also suggested the name Kai-Lan.
Ronin has been saying another Mandarin word. When I ask him if he [...]
“R ~ Ronin”
Posted in Uncategorized on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ronin has been increasingly paying attention to letters. Every time he sees an R he points to it and says “R, Ronin.” He noticed B-O-Y spelled out on blocks the other day and said each letter, and when I told him that B-O-Y spells “Boy” he was fascinated. Since then he has been pointing to [...]
Costumes and painting
Posted in Uncategorized on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have been adding to the collection of dress-up clothes. We now have a Blue’s Clues and a Tinkerbell costume.
We are expecting a long heatwave starting tomorrow, but even yesterday it was quite warm. I stripped the twins down to their diapers and they painted for a while, and then we all took a cool [...]
Sleeping arrangements
Posted in Uncategorized on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After more than two years of sleeping with us, the twins are now sleeping in their own room. I thought it would be really difficult, but they have actually been sleeping quite well during the night. Except for two incidents of Claire falling off the foot of the bed (she rolls around a lot), it’s [...]
