Wesley’s teacher asked us a couple weeks back if we wanted to do an introduction of our culture to Wesley’s class so I decided to do it since I rarely volunteer at their school. I brought in several souvenirs from China (given to me by my parents/sisters) to show the kids: a child’s toy drum, […]

Since Nicholas and Wesley are at opposite ends of the pool area now, we had to find a prime seating location to view both during class.
Miss Ashley taught the entire class today and she put a lot of focus on Nicholas’ bent arm freestyle. I had a talk with her in the shower area after […]

Today was a good day! Wesley was excited about class and both kids were well-behaved and in good spirits. Mr. Adam had Wesley and another child on opposite sides of a kick board swimming against each other. They also practiced sitting dives from the pool ledge and back floats. Wesley still does his silly […]

This past Sunday, we drove up to San Francisco to visit my in-laws. They’ve already cleared out most of their household belonging as they prepare to put their house on the market so there was plenty of room for the kids to run around. We even went into their backyard to pick lemons […]

I’ve been really enjoying this season’s Amazing Race. The Chinese Father/Daughter pair has been entertaining to watch, and the toxic Nate/Jen couple as well.  The Goth couple I was disappointed to see drop out because they were really nice and real despite their clothing and makeup. TK and Rachel are just a little too “peace […]

Nicholas is now enrolled in the Sea Lion class and he has 2 teachers this session: Miss Ashley and Mr. Darrick. Also, he gets to swim in the lap lanes (which gets gradually deeper toward the middle section of the lane) so they put these removable ledges in the water for the kids to stand […]