He did great - Mommy had a bit of a hard time though.
He's so cute in his little uniform :)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
AND A NOTE ABOUT THE SIDEBAR ADS:
You may have noticed that there are now ads in the side bar of this blog. It may be tacky, yes, but in general I've noticed that Google Ads does a good job of matching their particular advertisement to the content of the blog, so there may be some interesting offers popping up there. In all honesty, however, I thought I'd see if I'm able to make any money in my blogging. You see, the way it works is that for every blog visit and then for ever time someone clicks on an ad, a small bit of $ is given to the blogger. That's me. While I can not encourage you to click the ads (that's against the Adsense rules!!!) I did want to introduce the new feature on the blog so that you didn't think anyone hijacked it. It's totally my choice to put it there.
A Trip to the Zoo
It's been awhile, I know, I know.
The family is well, the boys are loving daycare and I am working full time at Caltech. I have 3 assignments, 3 desks in three separate buildings, and my own office in one. I love having my very own office. I like to keep it neat and organized. As a direct result I no longer feel the need to keep my house neat and organized (did I ever?).
Bronson has finished his skating lessons which he was not particularly fond of and now he is taking swimming lessons which he LOVES. Since B takes his lessons solo (teacher of course, but no parents anymore!) Edmund and I are in the other end of the pool doing the baby class. He too loves swimming. Matthew sits in the bleachers and watches us all.
Here's some pics from a trip to the zoo recently.
Here are a few of my chalk mural for the Pasadena chalk festival a few weeks ago. (Where we set a Guiness World Record for most chalk murals!)
And here's a cute video of Edmund. He loves his corn.
You may have noticed that there are now ads in the side bar of this blog. It may be tacky, yes, but in general I've noticed that Google Ads does a good job of matching their particular advertisement to the content of the blog, so there may be some interesting offers popping up there. In all honesty, however, I thought I'd see if I'm able to make any money in my blogging. You see, the way it works is that for every blog visit and then for ever time someone clicks on an ad, a small bit of $ is given to the blogger. That's me. While I can not encourage you to click the ads (that's against the Adsense rules!!!) I did want to introduce the new feature on the blog so that you didn't think anyone hijacked it. It's totally my choice to put it there.
A Trip to the Zoo
It's been awhile, I know, I know.
The family is well, the boys are loving daycare and I am working full time at Caltech. I have 3 assignments, 3 desks in three separate buildings, and my own office in one. I love having my very own office. I like to keep it neat and organized. As a direct result I no longer feel the need to keep my house neat and organized (did I ever?).Bronson has finished his skating lessons which he was not particularly fond of and now he is taking swimming lessons which he LOVES. Since B takes his lessons solo (teacher of course, but no parents anymore!) Edmund and I are in the other end of the pool doing the baby class. He too loves swimming. Matthew sits in the bleachers and watches us all.
Here's some pics from a trip to the zoo recently.
Here are a few of my chalk mural for the Pasadena chalk festival a few weeks ago. (Where we set a Guiness World Record for most chalk murals!)
And here's a cute video of Edmund. He loves his corn.
Also, for those crafty DIY types who like to see what I'm up to, check out the Fruit and Foliage blog and you might just recognize someone.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Happy Birthday Aunty Laura!
We had a special birthday dinner and cake for aunty Laura last Saturday.
Daddy came back from OVRO today and the boys were excited to play with him (and his guitar)
OLD PICTURES:
My Valentine gift to Matthew
Bronson & I on a rainy day @ Butchart Gardens (Vancouver Island Dec 2009)
The outdoor ice rink @ Butchart
Daddy took Bronson skating there for the first time! A second time quickly followed a few days later in Port Alberni. B likes ice skating... I keep meaning to sign him up for lessons, oh look! It's spring now!
We had a special birthday dinner and cake for aunty Laura last Saturday.Daddy came back from OVRO today and the boys were excited to play with him (and his guitar)
OLD PICTURES:
My Valentine gift to Matthew
Bronson & I on a rainy day @ Butchart Gardens (Vancouver Island Dec 2009)
The outdoor ice rink @ Butchart
Daddy took Bronson skating there for the first time! A second time quickly followed a few days later in Port Alberni. B likes ice skating... I keep meaning to sign him up for lessons, oh look! It's spring now!Thursday, March 18, 2010
Edmund is 1!!!
Suprisingly my little guy who eats turnips and spinach and mango and papaya and dried apricots for lunch wasn't too interested in his carrot cake (I just had to make that for my little red head).
Bronson and I went to Toys R Us last weekend and Bronson bought a special present for Edmund ( a little piano with animals that spin and flip when you play it) He picked it all out on his own.
When we got home from school/daycare, this is what greeted us in the quad.
Turns out helium balloons were the best thing ever invented.
Suprisingly my little guy who eats turnips and spinach and mango and papaya and dried apricots for lunch wasn't too interested in his carrot cake (I just had to make that for my little red head).
Bronson and I went to Toys R Us last weekend and Bronson bought a special present for Edmund ( a little piano with animals that spin and flip when you play it) He picked it all out on his own.
When we got home from school/daycare, this is what greeted us in the quad.
Turns out helium balloons were the best thing ever invented.
"Happy Birthday Edmund!"
Friday, March 12, 2010
We're back to our regularly scheduled programming!
AKA We're still here, and life is still crazy.
Everything Bronson says is true! We have moved (within the past month), both boys have contracted the chicken pox (within the past week)! and N has been removed from the alphabet (within the past hour).
We're now in a smaller, cheaper Caltech owned apartment building that is further from campus, but seeing as we've started the boys in full time daycare and have to drive them there anyways, the commute time has not changed.
I have been accepted to Art Center College of Design, and am holding out on accepting to see if I'm able to score a large enough scholarship to be able to afford the tuition. Until then, I am picking up a second part time job at Caltech to fill my afternoons, continuing to craft and cook and read (and unpack and clean and drive everyone around and dream big).
I doubt I'll be posting as regularly as I have in the past, but I hope to not have another great gap, as this has been (yes, we had a good Christmas, New years, Valentines day, groundhog day, my birthday).
AKA We're still here, and life is still crazy.
Everything Bronson says is true! We have moved (within the past month), both boys have contracted the chicken pox (within the past week)! and N has been removed from the alphabet (within the past hour).
We're now in a smaller, cheaper Caltech owned apartment building that is further from campus, but seeing as we've started the boys in full time daycare and have to drive them there anyways, the commute time has not changed.
I have been accepted to Art Center College of Design, and am holding out on accepting to see if I'm able to score a large enough scholarship to be able to afford the tuition. Until then, I am picking up a second part time job at Caltech to fill my afternoons, continuing to craft and cook and read (and unpack and clean and drive everyone around and dream big).
I doubt I'll be posting as regularly as I have in the past, but I hope to not have another great gap, as this has been (yes, we had a good Christmas, New years, Valentines day, groundhog day, my birthday).
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Movember - weeks gone by (in reverse)
As every month, November was busy. Matthew has been cultivating a wicked handle bar mustache to raise funds for prostate cancer research as a part of Movember .
This month Grandma Diane visited and Aunty Denise, Grandma Helen, Amber, Aaron, Ethan and Kaiden came down for the SoCal experience. We joined them at a few theme parks, add to that our own busy schedules and getting colds *twice* this month and thre you have it. November. Of course, the month is not over, and Matthew has his big candidacy exam on Tuesday where he has to present his proposed Thesis project to a panel of Caltech Astronomy professionals, then US Thanksgiving and subsequent black friday shopping will round off next week. We are all exhausted.
Here's some pics from our adventures, backwards from today, because that's how they got uploaded :).
Diwali was last Sunday, I made a Rangoli, a pattern on the ground using tinted sand.
Bronson dancd the night away and was very upset when we had to leave.
On Saturday we went to see Thomas!
Edmund can now crawl at high speeds, get toys out of boxes and pull himself up and cruis along anything and everything.
Grandma Diane took Bronson, Edmund and I to Disneyland (Matthew had to work) where we met up with the other Bazinets. It was the first day that it was decorated for Christmas and we saw the Holiday parade, which was awesome. We were too busy having fun to take photos of the venue.
Last last Sunday we went to Seaworld with Grandma Diane and met up with the Bazinet crew. It was our first visit and we loved it. We saw Shamu and the Sea Lion show and the Manates! Love the manatees. And lots more. I couldn't resist getting soaked on the two big rides, too bad we didn't do those when the sun was shining.
And finally, here is one lonely picture of Edmund at Legoland where we went Saturdaybefore last, with grandma Diane. It was sort of a dreary weathr day, and Bronson was quite sick, and we got stuck on a ride, so we didn't really have a spectacular outing. We have 2 day passes, though, so we will need to go back before Christmas, hopefully have a better day then.
Hope everyone is well, we are almost all better, Edmund still has a runny nose. B, E and I are heading out to the zoo with Aunty Laura... so much fun, so little time for sleep.
As every month, November was busy. Matthew has been cultivating a wicked handle bar mustache to raise funds for prostate cancer research as a part of Movember .
This month Grandma Diane visited and Aunty Denise, Grandma Helen, Amber, Aaron, Ethan and Kaiden came down for the SoCal experience. We joined them at a few theme parks, add to that our own busy schedules and getting colds *twice* this month and thre you have it. November. Of course, the month is not over, and Matthew has his big candidacy exam on Tuesday where he has to present his proposed Thesis project to a panel of Caltech Astronomy professionals, then US Thanksgiving and subsequent black friday shopping will round off next week. We are all exhausted.
Here's some pics from our adventures, backwards from today, because that's how they got uploaded :).
Diwali was last Sunday, I made a Rangoli, a pattern on the ground using tinted sand.
Bronson dancd the night away and was very upset when we had to leave.
On Saturday we went to see Thomas!
Edmund can now crawl at high speeds, get toys out of boxes and pull himself up and cruis along anything and everything.
Grandma Diane took Bronson, Edmund and I to Disneyland (Matthew had to work) where we met up with the other Bazinets. It was the first day that it was decorated for Christmas and we saw the Holiday parade, which was awesome. We were too busy having fun to take photos of the venue.
Last last Sunday we went to Seaworld with Grandma Diane and met up with the Bazinet crew. It was our first visit and we loved it. We saw Shamu and the Sea Lion show and the Manates! Love the manatees. And lots more. I couldn't resist getting soaked on the two big rides, too bad we didn't do those when the sun was shining.
And finally, here is one lonely picture of Edmund at Legoland where we went Saturdaybefore last, with grandma Diane. It was sort of a dreary weathr day, and Bronson was quite sick, and we got stuck on a ride, so we didn't really have a spectacular outing. We have 2 day passes, though, so we will need to go back before Christmas, hopefully have a better day then.Hope everyone is well, we are almost all better, Edmund still has a runny nose. B, E and I are heading out to the zoo with Aunty Laura... so much fun, so little time for sleep.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Happy Halloween!
We did the same as usual this year, but because Bronson is older, it was way more exciting and enjoyable!
We decorated Halloween cookies - I forgot to get a shot of the finished ones, but let's just say about half of them had bite marks taken out of them, and Bronson had icing on his face.
(You can see Matthew's telescope pumpkin in the background)
We went to the Annual Astro Grad Student Halloween party. I've noticed that as the number of kids in attendance go up, the amount of available alcohol goes down. I'm at an age in my life where that makes me say Yay!
Laura and Walter (The Chileans) came as the couple from "Up".
Bronson was Roy G. Biv, to understand, click here and prepare to have your mind blown. We went as his rainbow. Although for other events Edmund went as an elephant. (Hopefully I can find a picture of that to post).
On Halloween night we went trick or treating with Bronson's friend Jesse (seen here as the fireman)! They had a great time, got a huge haul and were wonderfully polite. Neither wanted to let anyone carry their candy bags for them, but they were using both hands to drag the heavy bags back home.
And of course we took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch, where we played and found two perfect pumpkins (for us - they were actually quite funny shapes)
No pumpkin patch trip is complete without a tractor pulled train ride. This year it was narrated by the farmer himself!
We did the same as usual this year, but because Bronson is older, it was way more exciting and enjoyable!
We decorated Halloween cookies - I forgot to get a shot of the finished ones, but let's just say about half of them had bite marks taken out of them, and Bronson had icing on his face.
(You can see Matthew's telescope pumpkin in the background)
We went to the Annual Astro Grad Student Halloween party. I've noticed that as the number of kids in attendance go up, the amount of available alcohol goes down. I'm at an age in my life where that makes me say Yay!
Laura and Walter (The Chileans) came as the couple from "Up".
Bronson was Roy G. Biv, to understand, click here and prepare to have your mind blown. We went as his rainbow. Although for other events Edmund went as an elephant. (Hopefully I can find a picture of that to post).
On Halloween night we went trick or treating with Bronson's friend Jesse (seen here as the fireman)! They had a great time, got a huge haul and were wonderfully polite. Neither wanted to let anyone carry their candy bags for them, but they were using both hands to drag the heavy bags back home.
And of course we took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch, where we played and found two perfect pumpkins (for us - they were actually quite funny shapes)
No pumpkin patch trip is complete without a tractor pulled train ride. This year it was narrated by the farmer himself!
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