Fall's Here

Pumpkin galore! The weather's getting cooler. The days are getting shorter. And there's going to be a lot of leaf crunching in the near future!

Picking up the kids

Lucas hanging out with his BFFs on a Friday afternoon

Crazy kids playing in their tent

Shopping girl - loves bling!

Quality time with this little lady

Enjoying the warm California sun

 Saturday mornings

 Legos galore

This Saturday, we went to our first pumpkin patch. It's so nice to have something like this within five minutes of where we live. The kids had a blast playing games, picking out a pumpkin, and going on a hayride. 

 Picked out their pumpkin

 Proud of their carved pumpkins

This was the very first time I carved a pumpkin! Lucas wanted to free draw his pumpkin design; I was quite impressed. I was also pretty impressed with my carving skills.

 Corn maze

After the pumpkin patch, we went home to rest. I think I was the one who took the longest nap. I'm always the one who takes the longest nap on weekends!

 Lucas's picture taking skills are pretty good now

 When in Cupertino, get some fobby dessert

I heard the middle child is always the crazy one...

And that was our past two weeks in a nutshell!

The Past Weeks

I've been saying this a lot, but life has been busy! It's been a month of school and things are settling down with transitioning to early mornings, early bedtimes, and a new curriculum. 

 Silly girl

 Obsessed with that Stormtrooper, we'll call him Finn

 Passed out in her makeshift bed

 Realized after coming in here that the kids are way too big for this playground

 Loving that tomahawk steak

 The good times at home...

 Sake eyes

 Can't tell, but he's sitting in a police helicopter

 ... and petting a K-9 dog

 Back on the social scene after some months away

After church meal

... and that's the past two weeks in a nutshell. I've been busy and tired, hence the lack of pictures.

First Week of School

The kids enjoyed going back to school, minus waking up super early. I was super drained. After sitting down the entire summer, my feet hurt every single morning when my alarm went off at 6:45. However, I was woken up before that due to (annoying) morning texts from co-workers since they know I'm one of the last ones to get out of bed.

Anyway... some pictures on the first day of school. This tradition is going to continue till high school. They might not be smiling then when I take them later on in life.

 Second year of her 3 year old class

 My baby boy is in Kindergarten

 First day of school at school

 Ended their first day playing for 5 minutes with their BFFs

 Sister twins!

On Saturday, we took the VTA to the Convention Center for some Heroes and Villians thing. I nicknamed it Freaks and Geeks. I would rather spend a Saturday browsing the aisles at Target. 

 Happy kids riding public transportation

How many Tsums does Mommy have at home?

 My Sunday lunch view

 She always wants to take a pic with Mommy

Sake nigiri!

And that was our weekend and the first week of school. I survived! That's all that matters! 

August Shinnanigans

My one and only faithful reader asked why there hasn't been an update in so long. Simple - I've been busy and tired this month. I spent the first week of August at a conference in LA to learn about our new curriculum. I tried to live it out with the kids the following week, but often took them to school so I can prep for the school year. And this past week was our Staff Development week. August was all about prepping for school. Tomorrow is our first day of school - I can't believe I have a kindergartner and a preschooler. 

Although August was busy, and I didn't take a ton of pictures, we still did some fun things like going to Great America, Happy Hollow, and CDM. 

Snoopy land

Face paint at eBay's company picnic

Enjoying our last visit at CDM (passes expired)

Bubbles!

What's with their fascination with bubbles?

Making sure Mommy has a healthy pizza

Always a fun time at HH

Mighty eagle wings

After dinner park adventures

Patbingsoo

Rita's ice cream

Loving their sake sushi

Watching planes land and take off by SFO

Visiting PoPo's grave - 5 year anniversary

 Spent a lot of time like this in my classroom

 At Levi's Stadium with Lucas's K teacher

 What happens when you don't brush your teeth

 Summer family sleepovers

 Goodbye summer

 ... and that was summer. This might be the fastest summer ever! I'm going to have a hard time waking up at 6:30 tomorrow. The kids are going to have an even harder time waking up that early. I miss summer already!