Late again

Dying eggs at the river



This semester had been difficult. With work two nights, three school days and one Saturday, I have no time to do the things I enjoy- mainly being a calmer mom for the boys. One week left until summer! I have no job for the fall and I am nervous. Typical me- all or nothing. ...


An attempt to catch up....

5/17/2011
Today you both finished your first karate class. The teacher said Toto "did so so" and Miguel did well. Yet both were bad while the others were testing. What else would I expect out of my wild animals? Too bad no ice cream. I think as you progress you will like karate more and see what is about when its put together. I am keeping you in because the teacher is tough and you need all the discipline you can get. You both are wild! Sometimes its funny other times like last night when Myra and her kid came by and you were all over. Tonio, you are peeing on yourself on purpose, Miguel, you rip off your shirt and want to wrestle that anything that moves. It was ridiculous.


- Best part of my day? Watching Miguel and Toto's faces pressed against the window of the bus as it drove by.

4/24/2011 Easter

Who is that other kid lurking on the side? That is Kisho. Because I do not have enough to do--- I need to bring in another kid. Kisho is a 13 year old refugee from Sri Lanka and he is staying with us until he can be reunited with family in Canada. He is a great kid and really mellow. The boys love him- and use him as a jungle gym- hanging, hugging, starring, wrestling (of course) with him. We spent the first week showing him how to take the bus to and from school. Poor Miggy and Toto on the bus in afternoon for almost two hours. You both like the bus though. Now we have a routine and it seems pretty good.



See what I mean about the wrestling




Easter egg hunt booty
Bunny Cake

wonder con

Today was Wonder Con. We started off at Yerba Buena playground.









Tonio to Spiderman: Is that you Peter Parker?
Spiderman: Ssshhh its our secret.


No Ghosties. This picture kills me because of your expression.
Toto's favorite: Captian America


Wonder Con- Nerds unite! This SF's annual comic book convention. I told you both its okay to go to this until you are 14 and then you have to get out and socialize with normal people.

T-Ball

Fried Chicken for the first day of practice and now Tonio is officially on the team.


First Day of Practice at Kimbell Park


Toto- You wanted to catch a ball so bad. You kept coming up to me asking, "When am I going to get a ball?" and I would tell you "You cant get a ball if you are talking to me." It was just hard because there were too many of you in the infield. Then a ball rolled right by you and you were picking daisies. All the parents went, "Ooooohhhh Toto!"

There were about six of you in the infield and it turned to wrestling every time a grounder came your way.





Game day!

Fun Days

Today what started as a mini art lesson turned to body paint. You both were rolling around and slipping in the paint. It was everywhere and you loved it!

Crosses

A new obsession for Tonio are the red circle crosses. "What does that one say?" "No left turn". You point them out everywhere:
- No Smoking
- No bunnys (actually no animal testing)
- No two copies (no pirating of dvds)
- No people walking

Those are your favorites. The other day we went to the Botanical Gardens with Jenny and the girls and you saw about 12 at the front gate and your eyes went big and a slow "woooowwww". "No skateboarding, no riding bikes, no picking flowers, no stepping on flowers, no feeding squirels, no scooters (an aside to Jenny, "Thats a good one)".

Other good ones this week:
- No bed bugs
- No tools

Rhymes

Both boys love to rhyme. My favorite is Toto's: "Shoe, new and the number two". He goes around repeating that one a lot.

T Ball

First Day






Last Thursday was Miguel's first day of t-ball. This is his first group/ class anything. I have avoided all Mommy and Me classes, music, and any other toddler class. Now Miguel is almost five (we find out about Kindergarten this week) so we decided to sign him up for the Park and Rec T-ball league. Miguel was good, of course. He was so cute with his little arm pumping as he ran the bases. He was the littlest guy out there. When the boys were actually playing a little game it was very funny. A kid would hit the ball and all kids would run into each other trying to get it and then about six boys would chase the boy around the bases. When it was Miguel's turn at bat, he would hit the ball then go to first and keep running, passing whatever boys was at second and then all the way around, to slid into home, really slide.

This whole time Tonio was going crazy, jumping up and down, whining to play. The age was for 5-7 and Miguel was already too young. When the boys all lined up to hit at the very end. Tonio sneaked in and hit the ball far. When I asked the coach if Tonio could play he said, "Of course the kid can hit".

After practice dinner at the Blue Jay Cafe: