Guest Super Heros All The Way From Idaho!

Ella tries the blue wig with her red Superman cape.

SuperElla sans the blue wig.

Sean the ecclectic super hero of corn, knights, and scary eyes. Not sure what his superpower is... any ideas?

Connor is also mixing superhero genres: Jedi, Knight, Superman, King... I think he has covered all the bases.

Pretend Birthday Party

On Friday evening we had cupcakes with candles and sang "Happy Birthday" to all the children. Then the kids went in the other room for gift bags...
Here is Little Bear in his new shirt..."surf's up, dude!"

Connor, Lulu, and Liam enjoy their "doodle pros"...


Liam dawns his new "California" shirt and shows me his magna doodle.

Sean and Daddy read Sean's new Fire Truck book. Sean also has his new shirt on :)


Hopefully more pictures to come...

Rienda Reunion 2009

For the weekend, we had a house full of college friends and their children...
Little Bear mostly liked to bang on the glass table, smile, and generally be a part of the action.

Auntie Hana read everyone their new books...

Rub a dub dub, three boys in a tub!

Sandbox time

Hanging out at the kids' table...just the guys.

A Visit with Sacha and Calvin

The boys on the couch...

Sacha and me at lunch in Malibu--thanks for treating Sacha!


Auntie Jules with baby Calvin. He is such a mellow baby! Never cries enjoys fine milk and the company every


Hooray for Sacha!! All the way from Virginia with her sidekick Calvin!

More with Ella and Owen

Owen is the sweetest little guy. All day long he smiled or slept!




Dino Chicken=Happy Children with full little tummies!


Thanks for visiting, Sooz, Ella and Owen. We love you!

Visit With Ella and Owen

Here are some outdoor shots of Friday's playdate...

Playtime in the Kauai Condo

Connor and one of my best friend's daughter, Lulu, had great fun reading together in T-Rex Mountain. The two, who are almost two years apart, played any chance they got. She would run down the hall so Connor would chase her. Connor ran slowly to avoid actually catching her. I loved watching them play because she reminds me so much of Connor at that age, never a dull moment and always on the go!

Kauai birthdays

One unusual thing about our group of friend is that 3 people all have the same birthday in January! My dear friend Sacha, my son Connor, and my goddaughter Odessa (Sacha's daughter). So,of course, we had to celebrate while we were all together! We got a huge cake from Costco, and we sang to each person separately! Here are a couple pictures of the birthday celebration.

Here is Sacha standing with Chris and Sean. Chris is also a January bday, but not on the same day as the other three. We did sing to him, too, of course!


Connor just sat and smiled when everyone sang to him. He does not enjoy being the center of so much attention. (He loves being the center of MY attention, which is not always possible). He loves the idea of his birthday, though, and he loved the cake!

Little Odessa celebrated her FIRST birthday with us that day! She is such a cutie! Although it was not Christmas, she did get her two front teeth for her birthday-OUCH! She loved her cake, too!

THE CAKE with a 1 for Odessa and 3 little polka-dot candles for Connor's 3 years was delicious!

Our Kauai Vacation

In mid-January we went to Kauai with my dear friends and former college roommates, their husbands and children. There were 10 adults and 7 children ages 3 years to 4 months. We all stayed in a 5 bedroom condo, and made it work so that everyone could do some things they wanted to. Each couple got to go on a date, while another couple watched the children. The next few posts will give details about our Kauai trip.

Chris and I went up to Waimea Canyon on our "date" day. The view was great that day and we could see forever!



"T-Rex Mountain"
Connor immediately named the beaded curtain in the background "T-Rex Mountain", and by the end of the week, everyone referred to it that way. The children who could walk, ran through the beads any chance they got. Here, Connor and Daddy are preparing for the pool. Connor swam and went to the children's beach pretty much everyday!


Sean and our friend Kate hung out on the condo floor a fair amount. It is so great that babies this age don't care that much when someone "borrows" a toy. Sean is such a mellow baby and he spent much of his time watching all the action from the floor. We was the youngest baby by 3 weeks, but the crawlers and walkers were surprisingly careful not to step on the immobile infants.