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Annika’s Birthday

Last weekend was Annika’s 9th birthday.  We took her and her friends to Scooters Jungle.   Here are some pictures from the party. Scooters has a bunch of inflatable slides and jumps. Anjali made some homemade chocolate cupcakes.  Here is Annika’s with nine candles. Here are all the girls at the end of the day.

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This video speaks for itself!! They’ve been playing too much guitar hero.  Acting credits go to Nikhil and Ryan.  Camera work by Annika and music by Sam.

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We took the boys to Laser Quest in Fullerton for their birthday party.  Here are some pictures from the afternoon. Each got to invite four friends.  They had home made cake and In-N-Out for lunch. Anjali also took them to Disneyland’s California Adventure which was offering a “free” day on your birthday promotion deal.  

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Our Boys are Growing Up!

The boys attended their first Cotillion today.  They got to wear a suit and tie and learn some basic etiquette.  Anjali spent all day Sunday going from store to store to try to find some clothes that would fit these skinny dudes! This is a six week program where they will learn every thing from table [...]

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Summer Beach and Swimming

Now that school is out, the kids are at the pool or beach almost every day.  Here they are at Corona Del Mar beach with their friends.

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The boys had their 11th birthday this past week and we celebrated by taking them out to Champagne Bakery (their choice).  They ate strawberry crepes for dinner. They also had a sleep over with their friends and had homemade chocolate fondue (again their choice).  Are you sensing a French theme here? They then stayed up [...]

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Back to Normal

So we are back to our daily routine. The boys had a campout this weekend for Boy Scouts and Annika had a softball game. Anjali took the boys and I went with Annika. I got a lucky picture of her hitting the ball!

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Annika’s Birthday – The Party

Annika invited her friends to Scooters Jungle for her birthday party. Here are some pictures of her friends. Here is her “homemade chocolate chip brownie cake” since she doesn’t like regular cake with frosting. Here’s the little princess making another funny face!

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Ski Mountain High

This week Anjali took the kids to the Mountain High ski resort. It is about a 1 1/2 hour drive from our house and with all the precipitation we have had in the last few weeks, the ski resorts have the best snow in years. They had a beginner program for the kids and by [...]

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Peters Canyon Cactus Hike

Today I took the boys out for a longer hike through Peters Canyon. We started at the main entrance off Jamboree and worked our way thru Cactus point, up Big Red and eventually back home. A total of about 4-5 miles. The field of catci were in full bloom.  This is a picture of the [...]

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Peters Canyon Hike

Yesterday Abhijit and family came down from San Francisco to visit for a few days. The kids were a bit raucous so I took them on a hike to wear them out a bit. Here we are at the start of the trail. Here are Annika and Emma running down the hills. Here are the [...]

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On Christmas eve, Nikhil set his alarm to catch Santa in the act of delivering presents. He woke up at 3:00AM but alas, Santa had already come and gone. Nikhil then decided to wake up everyone else, so we were all up at 3:30 in the morning opening up presents!! Needless to say, it was [...]

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85 and Sunny

It wasn’t a white Christmas or even close. It has been warm and sunny this whole week. We went to the park to enjoy the weather.

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Santa Comes to Tustin

Santa came to our neighborhood a little early to visit all the kids. His sleigh was pulled thru our street by the Tustin Police. Here is Annika telling him all about her favorite Webkinz! You think he knows what a Webkinz is? Here’s Nikhil and Garrett (I think). And Vikram

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Annika wrote out her Christmas wish list for us. I thought some of the items were quite cute so I thought I’d share. Here they are: 1. The Collie Webkinz or Penguin Little kinz or both 2. New petshops 3. A santa hat 4. A new DS game (only because her brothers want new DS [...]

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Reading Counts

Well, we’re back home and adjusting to the time zone shift. The kids all of a sudden have picked up a voracious reading habit.  Here is the three of them hanging out on the sofa in the evening reading.  No coaxing or urging required – just genuine interest.  It warms my heart!

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Halloween Booty

This past Wednesday night was Halloween, a time for trick or treating and getting as much candy from the neighbors as possible. The kids did not disappoint! First, the costumes. Nikhil and Vikram dressed up as characters from their favorite Nintendo game, the Legend of Zelda. See if you can find the resemblance. This is [...]

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Life Goes On

I spent this afternoon washing down the front yard and driveway and collected a bucket of ashes and muck that has fallen out of the sky. The kids have been limited to indoor activities because of the poor air quality. So no running, no cross country and no practices. They have been continuing their karate. [...]

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Walk to School Day

Today was International Walk to School Day (IWALK)! I have the day off as I’m driving to Moab this afternoon so I walked the kids to school.  It is about a mile each way.

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AYSO Soccer

Vikram has started playing AYSO soccer this season. They have practice twice a week and games on Saturday. This is his first year so he is learning quickly. Anjali is volunteering as the Team Mom – so she gets to coordinate all of the practice announcements, banner, collect funds and coordinate all of the communication [...]

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