Nicholas and Wesley experienced their first earthquake tonight at 8:04pm. It was a 5.6 magnitude earthquake; its epicenter located 5 miles NE of Alum Rock, San Jose. It was definitely a shaky one considering we were all downstairs when we felt it start.  Alex was in the kitchen, I was working in the formal dining […]

Today’s surprise?  We bumped into Sandra/Emily in the lobby area waiting for Kyle to finish changing. Like Nicholas, Kyle seems to enjoy his sweet time changing after class in the locker room. Wesley usually acts as my errand boy in getting Nicholas to finish up faster but that doesn’t always work either.
Today’s events:
Nicholas gets comfortable […]

I took the kids to Pump It Up for Laura’s 4th and Ostin’s 2nd birthday party today. Laura is a friend of Wesley’s from swim class last year, and even though they are no longer in the same class together, the bond is still there between these little friends. David, their other little buddy, also […]

We missed the 1st 2 weeks of swimming this fall session already for various reasons, so I was so excited to see both kids in class finally this week. Alex had to work but came along anyways since we carpooled to work today. Lucky for him, the facility had WiFi access so he was […]

Wesley was selected as the star student of the week. His classroom picks a star of the week based on participation, enthusiasm, and good behavior in class. Last Friday, Wesley came home with a big sticker on his sleeve accompanied by a star certificate, and he told us that as star student he gets to […]

After coming back from Hawaii, it was hard for both the kids and the adults to adjust their body clocks. We all wanted to sleep in past 10am, but of course that is not possible when you have to go to school/work.
Alex actually made it to boot camp this week. He only overslept on […]

Monday
There were only 2 kids in Nicholas’ class today so he got lots of personal training from his teacher in this 30-minute session.He learned to swim on his side and on his back. His teacher also asked Nicholas to practice 6-arm strokes (comprised of 4-arm strokes, rotating onto his back, and onto his stomach again […]

Nicholas and Wesley just finished week 2 of the session and I can already see progress in both. Wow, what a difference these twice a week lessons make. When I picked up Wesley from school today, he kept asking me when we are going to get to swim class because he loves swimming. […]

The struggles and triumphs.
I enrolled the kids in a 4-week Monday/Wednesday swim class for the summer, and for this session Nicholas’ teacher is Mr. Tommy. Nicholas seems to be pretty flexible with teachers now so the change every session doesn’t seem to bother him much.
Wesley for this session has 2 teachers (Miss Chelsea and Miss […]

Yesterday, we dropped the kids off at their new school (the same one they will attend this fall), and the commute was FANTASTIC!  The campus itself is not ideally situated due to it being in an industrial zone, but the joy and elation I feel from not having to spend so much time in the […]

Wesley always had a knack for disappearing… and yesterday was no exception. I’ve never had to worry much about Nicholas wandering off somewhere without telling us because he’s always wanting to drag us where he wants to go. Wesley on the other hand is a whole ‘nother story. Whenever his interest is peaked, he […]

Nicholas earned an Octopus Ribbon today after successfully completing ‘a glide, followed by a rollover onto his back while kicking, and then a roll back onto his stomach to finish up the move’. It was awesome cuz I got to see him do it on his own, twice.
Wesley did a great job too. For […]

Wesley’s spring program went off without a hitch, and both Alex and I were so proud and happy to see him in his element during the entire performance. The 15-minute program took place on Monday 10:30am, May 14th in Room A5, and the program began with a quick speech by the preschool director followed […]

Sandra and i headed over to the Swim School this morning at 8 AM for Summer signups and boy, the line was way out into the parking lot.  This was just for picking up a number with a designated time slot to come back. I guess their summer session is pretty impacted so this is […]

Alex took Wesley to his friend Aryaman’s birthday party at his home and Wesley had such a great time. He’s been to lots of birthday parties before, but this one was really special for him because this was a party for his own friend from school. Aryaman invited several friends from school, and the rest […]