Wong Wide Web – Ohana No Ka Oi

Wow…Thanksgiving has come and gone, Christmas has come and gone, and now, New Year’s Day is coming to a close. We spent Thanksgiving in Scottsdale, AZ where it was the chilliest Thanksgiving in 30 years there. Nonetheless, we were able to swim each day in the warmed up pools of the Phoenician Resort. The boys got to hang with their cousins, Kai and Koa, and even took to golf as the “caddies” for the older ones.

Christmas was spent at Lola and Lolo’s house in San Diego. It was chilly there as well. We spent the chilly, but sunny days touring the theme parks. Once again, we headed for Legoland.  This place is simply impossible for us to miss.  Legos and boys… enough said. The boys went to Seaworld for the first time. Tyler especially enjoyed the Shark Encounter there. We also went to the San Diego Zoo where Toby was so intrigued by the elephants, he was dreaming about them that night. The Birch Aquarium was suggested by one of my cousins, Kristine, and we got to see more fish and other sea creatures there as well.

We spent Lola’s 25th birthday at home and the boys got to play with their new toys aaaallllllll day. It rained this day so we were glad we had gotten our park visits done. We were all exhausted each and everyday and everyone slept soundly…very soundly.      As we drove back to the Bay Area that evening, again we were were lucky to have crossed the Grapevine when we did. It had begun to snow there and perhaps an hour later, there may have been some pretty icy conditions on the pass.

For New Year’s Eve, of course, the boys were not able to stay up ’til midnight. So we celebrated Noon Year’s Eve at the San Jose Children’s Discovery Museum. Toby and Tyler played around with all the neat gadgets and things to experiment and play with.  Toby really enjoys the water area there. This time we were prepared with a change of clothes and a towel. 

We are looking forward to 2011 when Tyler enters Kindergarten in the Fall. I am looking forward to Toby being potty-trained soon. I’m hoping that this year will also be the “Year of the Kitchen”, the project we had delayed for other home improvement/maintenance.

Happy New Year to you all!

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