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Randy’s good friend is getting married next year….so I agreed to letting him spend the weekend with his friends and taking all three on by myself.  Although I would have loved to see more of this.  The first day alone I piled our brood into our rented minivan and went to the mall.  I figuredContinue reading “Carmel”

Helium is pretty hard to find in Manila.  After five years here I still don’t really understand why, but it’s something I miss every birthday (I’m sure you are all familiar with my whining about no helium). So for Adam’s birthday I wanted to buy the biggest balloons I could find.  Randy went out theContinue reading “Red, Blue and Pokemon”

Week 17- You spent a night at a fancy hotel for the first time!  We went to see Laurel and Aunt Das and Uncle Nooj at Carmel Valley Ranch.  We had a fun night and then Laurel had to go home 😦  We’ll see her in a few weeks in New York though!  We didContinue reading “17/52”

Adam is six! Six is such a big one.  Adam is on the verge of being a real grown up kid.  He really gets things and is so mature.  There are of course still meltdowns over Legos and TV, but then there are those moments when Malcolm is crying or Miral is hungry that AdamContinue reading “My six year old!”

Before we left for our trip we put our Christmas Tree up!  We had plans to spend Christmas in New York for the first time in five years we decided to decorate our tree early.  We already had a fake tree which was great because we put it up and left it up the wholeContinue reading “Oh Christmas Tree”

A few days after we got to California we planned to drive to Santa Barbara to see some friends.  It’s a four hour drive so I was a little nervous about Miral, who had been a little fussy on our one hour drives in Hawaii.  But we really wanted to see our friends so weContinue reading “Santa Barbara or bust”

When we were in California I FINALLY got to meet Laurel, my cousin twin.  Our moms love to talk about how we’re doing the SAME things at the same time and love to dress us alike.  I guess being three weeks apart there will a lot of that in our future.  She was as fantasticContinue reading “A week with my BFF- by MIral”

I was so pleased with myself that I managed to wake up early with the boys but still motivate to go for a run.  It was so beautiful out and the views were amazing in Santa Barbara (this is going somewhere and is not just me bragging about the few times I ran on vacation). Continue reading “The Lost Key”

Week 16- This week was a special one.  You finally got to meet your cousin, Laurel, who was born three weeks before you.  I never thought Aunt Daphne and I would have two baby girls so close in age.  It’s pretty amazing and I can only hope you two will be even half as closeContinue reading “16/52”

We left Hawaii and headed to California where the temps were a wintry 40 at night and 60-70 during the day.  This was the coldest we’ve been in a long time, so we decided to celebrate with some wintry activities.  First up, a gingerbread house.  Thank you Trader Joes!  As always the Alis love you!Continue reading “Wintry California”