Acro Sports

We had the pleasure of going to a birthday party of one of our new preschool friends, Julia, at Acro Sports. They teach gymnastics with a focus on circus arts...what fun! Timo and Cameron loved all the swinging, jumping and riding. Sorry most of the pics are blurry...the little tumblers were in constant motion!

They had a little swing ride there too...kids sit in the "boat" and get raised up by a big bungee cord, then the teacher would swing and bounce them around. All the kids loved it! Timo is riding with his new friend Sammy...and I can't remember who Cameron is riding with...oops.
The most exciting thing was the zip line! The kids would repel from the very top of the gym down to the bottom. Timo was so excited to ride but once he got up there he decided not to...until he saw Cameron do it! Yay...they were both so brave!
Cameron really, really enjoyed the gym...and she seemed right at home there. She ran the trampoline almost non-stop, tumbling and somersaulting. I'm wondering if we should sign her up for some gymnastics class?? She's already telling me she wants her birthday party at the gym too...oh boy.

Monkey Bars

Over the weekend I noticed these calluses in Cameron's hands. I couldn't think of anything she could be doing at home that would cause it so I was at a loss. Then I started thinking about what she could be doing at school...holding a pencil, crayons, using scissors...then it hit me! She runs to the monkey bars every morning when I drop them off...the monkey bars. But to actually have calluses? How many times does she go across to get calluses?? I decided to hang around one morning to see how far she had actually come in learning how to go across and was so surprised that she made it all the way!! Now mind you, she couldn't even move to one bar by herself 3 weeks ago...now she can go the whole distance! She sure did earn those little spots of tough skin...

Summer Corn!

We had the last of the yummy summer corn a few nights ago. Looks like my summer of teaching them how to shuck and clean up has paid off. They shucked all six ears AND cleaned by themselves!! Kinda made the corn taste even sweeter...

Labor Day Weekend Pt 2

We woke up on Labor Day and hung around the hotel room for a little while...trying to touch the sky and pretending to be race car drivers in our pillow race car!

Then we packed up and headed over to the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. I was excited to go since the last time we were there was about 8 years ago when Young and I were dating! What I was most excited about was there were lots of ride for the kids to ride. Cameron is a little on the small size for her age so she often isn't tall enough for most rides...but not at the Boardwalk! We rode rides for four solid hours. These are only half the rides we did...the other half we were riding with them and couldn't snap pics.




There were a few bigger rides that Timo was tall enough for and wanted to try out...he was a little scared riding them but was asking to go again once they were done! Guess we have a thrill seeker...

This one was a little too scary. He really wanted to ride it with his daddy and even made fast friends with the little boy next to him...but he didn't want to ride this one again...
We made sure to make time for some corn dogs and ice cream!
Timo kept asking and asking to play an arcade game so we gave in and let them play a game each. The good thing was they won tickets that we turned in for shark tattoos!
Our last hurrah was the sky ride! I must say this ride seem totally harmless while we were waiting in line but once we were up in the air...oh boy, it was high.

We finally left after a long day of fun. The kids fell asleep before we even got out of the parking lot! Young decided to take advantage of the quiet to do a little scenic drive through Santa Cruz...so beautiful.
On the way home we stopped for dinner at one of our favorite places, Half Moon Bay. We got a beautiful sunset before the fog rolled in. Yay for family time!

Labor Day Weekend Pt 1

Labor Day weekend we took a little overnight trip down south for some fun and change of scenery. I've been trying to plan a trip to our fourth and final AAA baseball game for the season down to the San Jose Giants and lucked out with them playing at home that weekend! We headed down after church on Sunday (about and hour drive) and met our good friends, the Hertzels, for the game.
Timo is starting to really get into the baseball games. He asks which team is "ours" and then stands to cheer and shout for our team. He also like to sing the "Take me out to the ball game.." song.

But the games do get long, so thank goodness there are always kid's activities to do. Young took Timo and Cameron walking around to play...Timo had to hit the batting cage and Cameron had to do the big slide!

Our friends Matthew and his baby sister, Noelle enjoying the game...or each other...
Churrios! Luckily Timo didn't like his so I got to eat it...he, he, he...
After the game we went to our hotel to get checked in, baths and ready for our day in Santa Cruz the next day!! Nothing like new furniture to jump and play on !

Timo Talks

Timo likes to talk to people. Not just talking but he likes to get face to face and have conversation. (unlike Cameron who just talks and talks non-stop about nothing and everything) I've mentioned before, he asks a ton of questions about everything but also like to tell you things he knows. He was telling me all about his day this particular day so I thought I would catch a little of it on video.

I do love my little boy!

School Update

I realized that I posted all this excitement over Timo and Cameron starting school but haven't really followed up with how it's been going. In one word "AWESOME!" We just had our first parent/teacher conference last Friday so now I have some tangible things to say instead of what I think is going on.

It was a little more difficult on Timo saying "good-bye" in the mornings the first week but thankfully, now he just runs right in. I guess the promise of a popsicle after school if he was a big boy didn't hurt either. Cameron...she never really had a problem say good-bye :( NO really, I'm happy that she loves it so much...really, I am...

What I do LOVE is hearing them scream "Mommy!!" when I come to pick them up in the afternoons. I, by far, have the most enthusiastic kids in the class when it comes to pick up time :)

This is their class room...the Chinese class. They spend 1/2 the day in Chinese class and 1/2 the day in English class.
Snack time corner...they can help themselves to a light snack at snack time...and encouraged to use chop sticks to eat with.
The ever exciting potty! This is the most exciting feature, according to the kids, at the school. Everything is little and just their size. Cameron actually will hold her pee-pee in the mornings now until we get the school...it's the first thing she does as soon as we get there. And Timo loves the automatic soap dispenser.
This is some art work from the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival. Timo's moon cake and Cameron's flower garden.
In their English class they are learning about outer space right now. This is the art wall with the kids drawings on it. The teacher really liked Cameron's. She drew an astronaut, the space ship and the moon...I think it's pretty good too! (Timo's is the one to the lower right of the sign...the one with all the shooting stars and planets)

While Cameron tends to be more artistic, Timo is the most outgoing. After our teacher conferences, both teachers confirmed Timo and Cameron are pretty much the same at school as they are at home. They both said Timo plays with the other children well, tends to engage in conversations and seek out others to play with and always has to have the right answer. Cameron doesn't have a problem working by herself, she is little more reserved when it comes to making friends and loves to sing...a lot. Yup, that pretty much sums up my two monkeys! The good news is, while they both were joined at the hip the first week, even having to go to the potty together, they are now working/playing more independent of each other. They still eat together and nap next to each other but that's about it. Yeah for school!! More updates to follow...