Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Random February 2024

Time for another post of things we did in February that wouldn't make for a regular post...it's Random February!

I'm going to try words set left rather than center as I've been doing for the last however many years. Yes, there is not much to post in February.

Mia has had her first four lacrosse games. They lost the first two and won the second two!

She plays defense and goalie.



We took the boys to the park to bird watch and shoot some rockets they got for Christmas. I'm going to say they liked the bird watching best but that would be a lie.


We did see five black-crowned night herons in the trees (these are really large birds) that were very well camouflaged.


We made it to IHOP on Valentine's Day for the 22nd time! The IHOP restaurants were always full in Colorado on Valentine's Day. We prefer the emptiness and fast service of the empty ones here in California. That is why the tradition started!



Every time I go in my bedroom Kinga points and grunts to the Christmas wrapping box under my bed.  It's her favorite toy.


It also doubles as a vehicle.


Dar sent me these bird socks for Christmas!


That's a wrap for February.
















Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Cabo San Lucas

The girls get a whole week off every February. We decided to take a cruise to Cabo this year.

But first, mani-pedis!


It was pouring rain as we walked up the gangway and posed for a selfie.

The first night on the boat the adults ate at the steakhouse to celebrate Terrell's birthday. 

The kids ate at the buffet. 





We got a balcony room for the first time. Unfortunately, I didn't take a picture of the view.
It's not easy for me to spend money!


The kids made a friend who spent the whole cruise with them.


There wasn't a whole lot for the kids to do on the boat, or I should say there wasn't a lot they wanted to do.  A hefty amount of money was spent at the arcade, however, collecting rubber duckies which we could have bought for about 20 bucks.


On the second night, we went with all the kids to dinner. Anna did Mia's and her makeup.


The kids all ate their main dish and then requested to leave.  😂


We had only one port of call, Cabo San Lucas.
For our excursion we chose a sailboat ride. We took a boat to a boat to a boat.



Here's the whole group except for Tru who couldn't get up on the deck with his wooden leg so we got a picture of him in the seats.



We sailed by the famous arch of Cabo.










We weren't able to sail at first because there was no wind. 
After a couple of hours motoring we stopped at a bay and almost everyone got in the water.





We happened to be there for the migration of the humpback whales.
The photographer on board had a telephoto lens.
We did not see the whale this clearly!


There was a beautiful sunset on the way back and enough wind to sail!


During the two days back to Los Angeles we relaxed, played cards, went to some shows, ate and drank.



On the last night we requested the presence of our children at dinner again. 
They stayed for the whole thing!


We had a blast!






Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Super Bowl Sunday

 We started having Super Bowel parties in Colorado, where we had a much larger house!

We have continued here in a scaled down fashion. 

But there's always a ton of food!


Bob won the football pool for the first three quarters and Sheri for the end of game. 
Keeping it in the family!


We decided to embrace the media's obsession with Taylor Swift and played a game: $1 for a guess as to how many times Taylor Swift would be shown in the stands or in a commercial. Winner take all.







Eleven was the magic number and none of the sightings were in commercials!
Tyler and Arek tied on that one.


It was a fantastic, on-the-edge of your seat game. 
We were all sad that the 49ers didn't win but they gave the Chiefs a run for their money!












Monday, February 12, 2024

Beauty and the Beast

 Anna's drama class put on a rendition of Beauty and the Beast last week. They did two shows on Thursday and two shows on Friday. She stayed in her bed pretty much all Saturday as she was exhausted.

She had several parts in the play. Here she is one of the narrators.


She dances and sings as one of the villagers in two scenes.


She brought the milk bottle prop from home.  I told her they didn't have plastic lids in those days and she said, "It's just a middle school production, Mom."



And she dances and sings as an eating utensil (her least favorite costume) in Be Our Guest!


The players.


Final bows.


These guys came to the final performance. 💝


The drama class has been a good fit for Anna this year. 
They are like a family and she made instant friends as a new kid at the school this year.
Congratulations, Anna. You did great!