Archive for November, 2007

Pokemon

Nicholas has finally caught the craze, the Pokemon craze that is. He’s been begging me to get him Pokemon cards (which I did finally), but it’s still sitting at home to be earned. We bought a set from Costco but apparently it wasn’t from the Diamond and Pearl series which he had requested. I […]

The Slide

Wesley has been practicing slides on our wooden floors (similar to a slide into homebase) these past weeks in both back and side positions. I saw Nicholas do that on the concrete floor at school too, but after I scolded him about it for ruining his expensive uniform pants, this activity subsided soon after. I’ve […]

Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving Day, we drove across town to pick up a fresh turkey from Lunardi’s and got a 13 pounder this year to cook up. This is our 3rd time roasting a turkey so it’s becoming more 2nd nature to us. Besides the gravy and cranberry jelly, all the other foods were made by […]

Swim Class (Fall ‘07, Week 11)

Nicholas earned his Porpoise ribbon yesterday by demonstrating his backstroke for the evaluator and swimming a good stretch of the pool with just one change of breath in between. He was lucky yesterday because he got a private 30-minute lesson with Mr. Sean.
Wesley had a good time in class too. He’s still working […]

Around The World Celebration

2007 marked VTG’s first $2B run-rate quarter! So our company held an around the world celebration with our local venue at City Beach. The party started at 1pm with a BBQ buffet, followed by brief video monologues from our CEO and department leads, and there were plenty of activities to explore around the […]