November 2019
Lukas’s birthday!!!!
November really is the month of Lukas! The kid made out like a bandit with his presents (a phrase I suspect I also used last year, lol) — everything he’s into now (so much Star Wars, a hat he wanted at Disneyland, Legos, etc.) and the thing Daddy Lukas has been wanting forever: a set of V-drums! He promises to “do a sesh” most days, to justify the cost and the lessons … lol, right? Anyway — he got even more loot at his birthday party, which this year was at Airborne Gymnastics again; we had a full house and possibly the world’s biggest cake (for real, it was like a twin bed), and at home on his actual birthday, his breakfast place was decorated, and of course he got his favorite cake (baked by me). Welcome to eight, little maniac!
November really is the month of Lukas! The kid made out like a bandit with his presents (a phrase I suspect I also used last year, lol) — everything he’s into now (so much Star Wars, a hat he wanted at Disneyland, Legos, etc.) and the thing Daddy Lukas has been wanting forever: a set of V-drums! He promises to “do a sesh” most days, to justify the cost and the lessons … lol, right? Anyway — he got even more loot at his birthday party, which this year was at Airborne Gymnastics again; we had a full house and possibly the world’s biggest cake (for real, it was like a twin bed), and at home on his actual birthday, his breakfast place was decorated, and of course he got his favorite cake (baked by me). Welcome to eight, little maniac!
Family fun
—SauceVember: So, we had planned a Sauce-o-ween, but then basically all of us got sick, and we postponed it for a couple of weeks — still with costumes, but in November. We rocked it just as hard, and Annika learned beading from Heather (making jewelry out of tiny little beads stitched together — the perfect hobby for someone so detail-oriented and careful as she is!).
—Day of Destruction: Our friends the Patels were moving out of their house and into a rental for the duration of their months-long renovation, so we and a couple of other moms & kids (Marshalls, Gividens, etc.) were invited over on a Friday afternoon to DESTROY the old place before the actual demo crew would come in the next Monday — ripping down cabinets, slopping paint and permanent marker on the walls, scribbling on the carpets (guess whose kid was the first to write things like “BUTT” on the walls. GUESS. yeah, mine. siiiiiiiigh). We grown folk did some damage of our own, and then all adjourned for pizza, joined by the dads. We’re pretty sure it was the single greatest day of the kids’ lives.
—Quinton’s birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese: right before the Thanksgiving break, Quinton’s fifth bday was another chance to get the old gang together — always a good time, even with the stingy alcohol policy, lol.
—SauceVember: So, we had planned a Sauce-o-ween, but then basically all of us got sick, and we postponed it for a couple of weeks — still with costumes, but in November. We rocked it just as hard, and Annika learned beading from Heather (making jewelry out of tiny little beads stitched together — the perfect hobby for someone so detail-oriented and careful as she is!).
—Day of Destruction: Our friends the Patels were moving out of their house and into a rental for the duration of their months-long renovation, so we and a couple of other moms & kids (Marshalls, Gividens, etc.) were invited over on a Friday afternoon to DESTROY the old place before the actual demo crew would come in the next Monday — ripping down cabinets, slopping paint and permanent marker on the walls, scribbling on the carpets (guess whose kid was the first to write things like “BUTT” on the walls. GUESS. yeah, mine. siiiiiiiigh). We grown folk did some damage of our own, and then all adjourned for pizza, joined by the dads. We’re pretty sure it was the single greatest day of the kids’ lives.
—Quinton’s birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese: right before the Thanksgiving break, Quinton’s fifth bday was another chance to get the old gang together — always a good time, even with the stingy alcohol policy, lol.
Lukas Life
Thanks to parent-teacher conferences — ours, with Mrs. Merrell, went well (with mutual acknowledgment of the fact that the kid can be uuuuuh, a little distracting at times) — Lukas had a minimum week where he got out at 1:00 every day. We made the most of it, including a meetup with some friends at Chuck E Cheese and a couple of random play-at-a-park days. Lukas had his first ortho appointment this month; they said it was too early to do anything, since he doesn’t have enough permanent teeth yet, but that they’d be seeing us again in the spring (dun dun dunnnnnnn). But the big headline was the start of Lukas and Coach Daddy’s basketball season — a practice and a team photo session, after which Coach R. was in despair at ever getting the team’s kindergarteners and first graders to do anything that even came close to resembling the sport of basketball. Heh. At least Manir was on the same team — Manir, who is not only a head taller than every other kid in the league, but also is decently athletic and can follow directions. Their first day was kind of a jumble — including, as it did, a makeup drum lesson and his friend Dylan’s bday party at Pump It Up, all of which Manir went along on with us because Ami and Ritesh both had conflicts and Amira’s basketball practice. Gotta have a tribe to get all this done!
Thanks to parent-teacher conferences — ours, with Mrs. Merrell, went well (with mutual acknowledgment of the fact that the kid can be uuuuuh, a little distracting at times) — Lukas had a minimum week where he got out at 1:00 every day. We made the most of it, including a meetup with some friends at Chuck E Cheese and a couple of random play-at-a-park days. Lukas had his first ortho appointment this month; they said it was too early to do anything, since he doesn’t have enough permanent teeth yet, but that they’d be seeing us again in the spring (dun dun dunnnnnnn). But the big headline was the start of Lukas and Coach Daddy’s basketball season — a practice and a team photo session, after which Coach R. was in despair at ever getting the team’s kindergarteners and first graders to do anything that even came close to resembling the sport of basketball. Heh. At least Manir was on the same team — Manir, who is not only a head taller than every other kid in the league, but also is decently athletic and can follow directions. Their first day was kind of a jumble — including, as it did, a makeup drum lesson and his friend Dylan’s bday party at Pump It Up, all of which Manir went along on with us because Ami and Ritesh both had conflicts and Amira’s basketball practice. Gotta have a tribe to get all this done!
Thanksgiving
We had a great turkey day this year — everything went smoothly, the kids pitched in a little (they love doing stuff like making Ranch dip and deviling the eggs), Grandma & Grandpa were there (and stayed over — nobody should have to drive on Thanksgiving afternoon!), and R’s turkey and my dressing & mashed potatoes all turned out great. We had a decently chilly day for it, which was nice — no fun having a sunny, warm T-day. Over the four day break, Lukas created a new character, Darth Magma (which was him, but in a lucha libre mask and his Ravenclaw robes, with lightsabers); we all went to the movie theater to see Frozen 2; and we started watching The Mandalorian (which even our non-Star-Wars-fan kid really liked). All in all, a great break and the official beginning of holiday season.
We had a great turkey day this year — everything went smoothly, the kids pitched in a little (they love doing stuff like making Ranch dip and deviling the eggs), Grandma & Grandpa were there (and stayed over — nobody should have to drive on Thanksgiving afternoon!), and R’s turkey and my dressing & mashed potatoes all turned out great. We had a decently chilly day for it, which was nice — no fun having a sunny, warm T-day. Over the four day break, Lukas created a new character, Darth Magma (which was him, but in a lucha libre mask and his Ravenclaw robes, with lightsabers); we all went to the movie theater to see Frozen 2; and we started watching The Mandalorian (which even our non-Star-Wars-fan kid really liked). All in all, a great break and the official beginning of holiday season.
Quotable
—“Everybody’s gonna need to get some Leopardy hugs!” (Leopardy, a birthday present, is the newest of his “guys," aka the stuffed animals on his bed; the others are: Kitty, Wolfy, Sharky, Blanket Dots, Blankety, Baymaxy, Groot & Bun, and Skelly)
—“He doesn't blink, so he's always starin' at you." (re: Leopardy),
—“My hands are equipped with de-fliberators.” (pretending to be Baymax)
—“Everybody’s gonna need to get some Leopardy hugs!” (Leopardy, a birthday present, is the newest of his “guys," aka the stuffed animals on his bed; the others are: Kitty, Wolfy, Sharky, Blanket Dots, Blankety, Baymaxy, Groot & Bun, and Skelly)
—“He doesn't blink, so he's always starin' at you." (re: Leopardy),
—“My hands are equipped with de-fliberators.” (pretending to be Baymax)
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