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Kids

Owl Hairball

August 11, 2005 Kids

Tyler brought home a small tupperware case full of damp mouse hair and small little bones "skulls too!" Izumi almost gagged but Tyler can’t wait to show his friends. It’s definitely the coolest thing he’s gotten from Science Camp which wraps up this week.

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Tyler keeps ‘em busy

June 14, 2005 Japan

Today I received word of Tyler’s doings in Japan. My parents took the kids for the afternoon and reported back that he’s keeping everyone on their toes. Here’s the email I received from my father.
Dear Igor (my father’s endearing handle for me)

First we went fishing in a shallow pond. Bamboo poles, dried octopus tied at [...]

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O-Hashi

May 12, 2005 Food and Drink

It’s been said that a girls fine motor skills advance more quickly than boys and much to Tyler’s frustration, he’s seeing that play out each evening at the dinner table. Julia has mastered the chopsticks to the point where she can pick up individual peas while her older brother is left to shoveling them into [...]

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Tyler Reading

May 3, 2005 Kids

Tyler is now reading to us. It’s like magic – a couple of weeks ago he was sounding out simple words like “do” and “sat” and now he’s stringing whole sentences together.
He’s really excited to be able to read something to us. Just before bed he reads me a few pages, not too much [...]

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Artwork

April 21, 2005 Kids

There is a difference in each of our kids’ artwork. Julia, the younger one, draws with determination to express an emotion. The drawing on the left is Julia’s and although she says that it’s a dragon, it bears a striking resemblence to her mother.

Tyler is older and is much more detailed in his drawings. The [...]

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Julia’s Special Day

April 15, 2005 Kids

I took the morning off on Wednesday to take Julia to school for her “special day.” On this day, a parent stays with their child for the whole session and the child gets to sit up in front of the class next to the teacher and her parent and lead the activities for the day.
She [...]

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100% Love

April 5, 2005 Kids

Here’s a shot of Tyler that will come in handy should he ever want to run for political office. Think of all the wonderful digital photos of everyone that are out floating around out there. Being a gossip columnist in 2020 is going to be great fun. A few image searches and follow-up emails and [...]

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Easter Sunday

March 27, 2005 Alameda

After some fun with Mie on Saturday, we stayed home on Easter Sunday to take part in the annual neighborhood easter egg hunt. We were told to leave a dozen eggs for every child under seven in the morning and the older kids on the block would hid them on the grass median in front [...]

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You must not throw up at the Dojo

March 23, 2005 Kids

Izumi IM’ed me at work today:
izumikennedy: we have to come back from Aikido, tyler throw up, he cough too much.
red pile carpet: oh no
red pile carpet: is he ok now?
izumikennedy: he is fine , before class start
he was showing off to one of class mate about aikido and then he got
too excited. and he [...]

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Hey You Potter!

March 21, 2005 Film

For Tyler’s 6th Birthday we didn’t have a big party. He chose instead to redirect the birthday funds into a six disc DVD set of the first three Harry Potter movies. We’ve been reading the Potter books and Tyler has found a new world to explore beyond Thomas the Tank Engine. He picks up every [...]

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