Donuts, Ducks, Drums and Dogs

While B is playing baseball, Addy is busy visiting the snackbar and getting donuts with Poppa Mike.

And when Poppa Mike is not there she still expect to get donuts.  

Hey, Dad those donuts are a dollar a piece send me enough money to get us through the sesason.

 A couple weeks ago, Addy and I thought it would be fun to go feed the ducks in Oceano.  Before we even got out of the car the seagulls swarmed us.  Instead taking the chance of getting pooped on, we went in search of ducks and found some in a giant puddle. They weren't use to being fed so they ran or swam away from us.

 A few fun Addy moments from the last couple of weeks, my attempt at a French braid, trying to open the cookies, and planning her week on the calendar.  Lately, you can get Addy to sit still to get take care of her hair if you put the right movie on or let her play with the iPad.  She has been watching a lot of Cookie Monster and we both did a number on the girls scout cookies.  Addy often sees me trying organize our schedules on the weekly calendar.  About a month ago, she wrote her schedule on the wall.  This week is she climbing onto the cabinet to make sure that I added her gymnastics class to the calendar.

The last day before spring break, B had crazy hair and sock day at school.

B has also started a "bucket drumming" class on Friday afternoons.  

We started spring break with a walk on the beach at sunset.  The kids found a nice little sandhill.

 Meet Gambit, the newest member of the Clarin Ohana.  He is wire haired dachshund mix.  We adopted him from Foxy Doxy rescue.  He is a sweet dog but he is a puppy.

Stay tuned for our spring break adventures...

March Madness Clarin Style

March flew by...B began the month with a trip to the snow with his best buddy.  The boys were in the  same Kindergarten class and  played Tball together.  They were reunited this basketball season and have been joined at the hip ever since.   

Did you know that on St. Patrick's Day a leprechaun comes to your house to leave you a gift so you don't go looking for his pot of gold?  Well, that's what I was told by a very clever 7 year old and couple days before St. Patrick's Day.

 Every Tuesday, we try and meet up with the Schafers.  The kids love going to the museum or the park.    

B made his first reconciliation this month.  When it was time, he stood up and headed start back to the confessional and bravely was the first one.  He also encouraged me to go to confession.  I was so proud of him and grateful that he has taken an interested in his faith and the sacraments.

Baseball season is officially here.  I have made it a second season with out being "roped" back into coaching. (well, technically.)  Jeffrey is coaching and one of the parents told me the other day that he is a coveted coach.  He really does a great job with the boys and communicating with the parent.  For now I will enjoy hanging out on the sidelines watching B play ball and just doing a backseat coaching;)

 I have been asked numerous times if Addy will play softball.  My answer is always been "No" with a smile on my face.  But as we all know you don't get to pick your child's interests.

A fast and full February...

February is a short month but we packed in the activities. It started with the neighborhood Super Bowl. Manny was the big winner in the Skyline Super Bowl Pool.

Basketball Saturdays kept us busy on the weekends. Here are a couple shots of B. It has been fun seeing really developing a love for the game. He enjoys looking at his basketball cards and even saved his money to buy the Sports Illustrated Encyclopedia of Basketball. If you remember from the summer, he earned camper of day and was invited to be on the court during Cal Poly warm-ups. I didn't bring my camera I know that some of you are shocked by that. The local sports photographer was there, so we are ordering some prints.
B also moved up a belt at the Pit, he is now a camo-orange belt.
Addy loves the Princess and the Frog movie. She dances to all the songs. Mom took some fun pictures of her with Uncle Luke singing and dancing. Hopefully he can teach a few things and she get a little rhythm from him cause we all know I have none.
For Valentine's Day, the kids and I had my mom take pictures on the beach for Jeff's gift. The first picture was the best of the day. Mom did a great job. Luke and I had fun watching the kids run on the beach and watching Mom chase them. Only once did the ocean almost get the best of her.
Addy and I took a road trip to visit our friends, the Coldani's. We spent all couple of days just hanging out and enjoying some of their favorite activities. The girls had a blast and were super cute together.

At the lake

On the turtle at the Zoo

We drove safely and quickly home so that we could make for the World Series trophy stop at Farmers Market. My cousin Marina drove up from LA area to join the celebration. I need to thank Jeffy for being a good sport, bringing us dinner in line, and taking pictures.

For those of you who weren't sure if Addy looks anything like me or has any bit of my personality, here's your answer...

Well, I am all blogged out. Much Aloha and Love to everyone!

A few months between posts...

Hahaha...the previous post was titled, "A few weeks between posts". You would think that I would have got my act together and posted a bit more regularly. But here we are and it is almost March 1st. So now we have "A few months between posts"

Catching up...we spent the first few days of 2011 in San Francisco exploring the city. B had wrote in his school journal that if he could live in any place, it would be San Francisco.

Luke had the flu on Christmas and Mom had Vertigo on New Year's Eve, which delayed our Christmas celebration until a couple weeks into January. The kiddos also got exchanged gifts with our family friends the Mintons.

It is funny how life changes. Before B was born, Jeff's buddies would come to the house early on Sunday mornings and stay through the night game watching football, eating and drinking throughout the day. They decided to get together on one of the playoff weekends. There was a little less watching football and definatley a lot less drinking because there were little ones to look after. The food was delicious and the company was good.

Basketball season was in full swing,

but B managed to squeeze in a Cal Poly baseball camp.

Well, until next time which is hopefully sooner than later and we will get you caught up to our February happenings.