Posted in Kids, tagged Birthday, Dinner, Fondue, Kids, party on April 22, 2008 | No Comments »
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 and played [...]
Posted in Kids, tagged Boy Scouts, Kids, Softball on April 12, 2008 | No Comments »
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!
Posted in Kids, tagged Birthday, Life on February 24, 2008 | No Comments »
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!
Posted in Kids, tagged Kids, Mountain High, School, Ski on January 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Family, Kids, tagged Cactus, Hike, Kids, Peters Canyon on December 28, 2007 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Kids, tagged Hike, Kids, Peters Canyon on December 28, 2007 | No Comments »
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 four boys [...]
Posted in Kids, tagged Apple, Christmas, iHome, Webkinz, Wii on December 28, 2007 | No Comments »
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, [...]
Posted in Kids, tagged Kids, park on December 28, 2007 | No Comments »
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.
Posted in Kids, tagged Christmas, holidays, Kids, Santa, Sleigh on December 22, 2007 | No Comments »
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
Posted in Kids, tagged Christmas, Family, Gifts, holidays, Kids, Random, wish list on December 15, 2007 | No Comments »
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 games)
5. to see your reindeers [...]
Posted in Kids, Life, School, tagged Kids, Life, Reading on December 7, 2007 | No Comments »
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!
Posted in Kids, tagged Candy, Halloween, Link, Nintendo, Zelda on November 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Posted in Karate, Kids, tagged jiu jitsu, Karate, Life, red belt on October 27, 2007 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Kids, School, tagged Kids, School, Walking on October 3, 2007 | No Comments »
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.
Posted in Kids, Soccer, tagged Kids, Soccer on September 16, 2007 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Kids, tagged Karate, Kids on July 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Annika tested for her Green Belt in Karate today. She has been doing Brazilian Jiu Jitsu every week and has gone from White to Orange and now Green.
Her instructor is Ray Cota, a 2nd degree Black Belt and teaches in Tustin.
Here are some pictures of the test:
Posted in Kids, Rock Climbing, tagged Kids, Rock Climbing on July 3, 2007 | 3 Comments »
We went rock climbing again yesterday. Annika would go every day if we had the energy to take her,
Here are some pictures of the three of them.
This first is Annika top roping on a shorter wall. You can see Vikram in the foreground free-climbing next to her (without a rope).
The second picture [...]
Posted in Beach, Friends, Kids, tagged Beach, Friends, Kids on July 1, 2007 | No Comments »
This week, Anjali took the kids to Newport Beach for the day. They went with their friends, Zach, Belle, Sam, Brandon, Ryan, Andrew and Adam.
The beach is about 20 minutes from our house and the waves are perfect for their favorite activity “Boogey boarding”. This is almost like surfing except with a foam [...]
Posted in Kids, tagged dance, Kids on June 20, 2007 | No Comments »
Annika had her open house for her dance class she has been attending this year.
Annika is on the far right. The choreographer/ dance instructor is Nakul Dev Mahajan.
Here is his website: www.ndmdance.com
Posted in Friends, Kids, tagged dogs, Kids, pets on June 4, 2007 | No Comments »
Last weekend we went to a puppy birthday party for one of Annika’s friends. There were 8 puppies and about 20 little girls. Annika had a great time and wanted to bring one of the puppies home.
