Pumpkin patch and kittens

New Kittens!  Tiger strike and Puffy

 Pumpkin Patch

 Disney with /my residentmate Kirsten:

2nd grade photo 2018

Welcome to second grade!!!

Violet started second grade and she’s been having a great time overall.  She got the teacher she wanted and has been having a lot of fun.  There is still minimal homework at this point which is great for the whole family.

Looking stylish at the dentist:


Every Tuesday after school we have “frozen yogurt Tuesday” if she has behaved at school.

Original artwork:


I do believe that is a cat being abducted by a UFO.

Artwork for a contest at school themed “heroes amongst us”.  Violet painted a working dog.

More SF, summer camp

Visiting with cousin Ayla and Simon:

Summer camp:

Museum of Ice Cream in SF

San Francisco with the Odani’s

Violet and I met my friend Jenee and her family in San Francisco for a vacation.  Violet and I ordered room service and visited the museum of ice cream where there were samples of ice cream in every room.  Violet thought it was magical.   We also visited fisherman’s wharf and giardehi.  We went to the exploratorium where we went in the tactile dome which is pitch dark.  She and I had a panic attack together but after quitting within the first 3 minutes we tried again and made it through the dome twice.

We also spent a night in Sunnyvale visiting a good friend Janice and her family.  Violet loved having a sleepover with Jayden and locking the boys out.

Everyone walking with their tablets: