Max the Magnificant

For the second year now Max has brought the house down at his school talent show as Max the Magnificant. He was a hit, and was even asked for his autograph (and to do another paying gig at a birthday party this summer.)

Chalk Drawing by Isaac

We were leaving Isaac's kindegarten classroom the other day and saw this on the sidewalk. :o)

Octopus Garden

Max's class performed Octopus Garden in the Spring performance. Max was a green sea turtle.

You can see it in video (not the best quality) by clicking on the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qamcvbYM8kk

Isaac Turns Six!

Isaac's Kindergarten Play

Isaac's kindergarten play was called "Bugz." Here you see him in his stickbug costume delivering his line. He had the flu all week, so he was a real trooper!

Easter Sunday

On Easter Sunday, after hunting out all the eggs left by the Easter bunny at our house, we joined our friends for brunch and guess what? There was yet another egg hunt! This time, the Easter bunny left a map for the kids to follow. That rock looks like the mother of all Easter eggs!

Isaac makes a haul as usual....

The haul......

Even Martin got into the spirit....

Neighborhood Egg Hunt

An old collegue of mine (now retired) puts on an Easter egg hunt every year for the neighborhood kids. It's always great fun, with pinatas and lots and lots of eggs to be found. The boys came home with a LOAD of candy.....sigh.

We've (almost) made it ten years!

Since our wedding anniversary (May 18th) happens to fall during finals week, and just days before Isaac's birthday, it often goes uncelebrated. But this year since it will be our tenth, we decided to celebrate it early so that it wouldn't get lost in the shuffle. So for the VERY first time, Martin and I took a weekend away, just the two of us.

We went to Carmel (the town where Clint Eastwood is the mayor), stayed in some funky little cottages, got some beach time in, and were even able to wander into shops and art galleries with out contantly saying "Don't touch anything!

We also ate some wonderful meals that didn't come with a free toy. On Sunday, we had a great "Jazz Brunch" at the Mission Ranch, (an historic ranch that was saved by devlopment by Clint Eastwood and turned into a ranch resort and resturant) and were even seated by Mrs. Eastwood!

All in all, it was a very nice weekend (although, of course, Max ended up sick with a stomach flu while we were gone, and Martin's parents had to deal with a sick kid!) But now that we gave it a try, I think there might be more weekends away on our calendar.

Pajama Day

The kids had Pajama Day at school last week. They finally got to wear their little silk PJs that we got in Hawaii last summer. They were a hit!

Max and Isaac become ski bums

We took Max and Isaac up to Badger Pass in Yosemite today and they had their very first ski lessons. They both did really good. It was a beautiful day and we have hopes to turn this into a regular family activity.

Crazy Hair Day

Friday was crazy hair day at the school. Isaac had blue spikey hair with gold and silver glitter. Max had a spikey mohawk (thanks to elmer's glue) with confetti, and blue stripes. It looked pretty cool if I do say so myself!

I'm SO far behind!

It's been a year since I've updated this blog site! Time flies doesn't it? Actually, it took me this long to figure out the password to try to get back into the site to add to it! Sigh. So I've tried to make up for lost time and upload a year's worth of photos. Obviously, we're missing a lot this way, and I regret that not everyone is represented in these posts that I would like to have, but it's better than nothing! I'll try to do better in the future.

Christmas night at sister Marsha's

We spent Christmas night at my sister Marsha's house. While my brother in law Chuck did some of the cooking my mom pretended to be a lion, and my sisters Inga, Marsha, and neice Shelly laughed hysterically about something......A good time was had by all.

Christmas at my parents

Papa Anderson reads the Night Before Christmas, and the next morning the carnage begins.

Thanksgiving Family Reunion

This year Thanksgiving was at Martin's uncle and aunt's house (thank goodness). Dan and Norma hosted a wonderful event and shared this family photo.

Isaac climbing trees....

This doesn't really need a caption does it?

Soccer season....

Max actually made it all the way through soccer season this year without any broken bones. Isaac didn't want to play and was happy to watch as long as he got a snack at the end of the games. Sigh.....