Our son, the ridiculous

Sometimes it is hard to tell whether the ridiculousness is coming from the fact that he is two, or that he is Noah.

On this particular barber attempt, we had to sit him in his highchair, let him watch cars on tv, give him goldfish, cover him with a plastic bag so he would feel no hair on his neck, AND Terah had to stand nearby with a towel so that when Noah felt any hair on his hands and screamed, Terah could wipe it off.





Ridiculous!

First day of preschool

Today was our first day of school! 

Kind of feels like we just finished school ourselves.







I'm so proud and sad at the same time. What a big boy!

Catch up

Back in June, I had to take a quick work trip to LA, so we decided to crash at my sister's place and bring Noah along to see the new Cars Land at Disneyland. 

It was hot and crowded, but Noah met his beloved Lightning McQueen and we got to spend father's day as a family.

6 years

Being a renter for all my adulthood, I am not used to taking my own trash out to the curb. In our new place, trash pick-up is every Monday morning, so we dutifully brought out our trash Sunday evening. On Thursday, I suddenly thought to myself, "wait, that means we also need to bring the trash can back in!"

Of course, Terah had taken care of this. On Monday of course. And that is why I say to him, happy 6 years!

                                                    (circa our honeymoon 6 years ago) 

Welcome to home ownership

We bought a townhouse! We moved, then closed, in that order (not advisable). We signed a whole bunch of paperwork and I read none of them, as all amazing attorneys should do.

Turns out our adventures with home ownership never cease to disappoint. Within a week, we were welcomed by this sight one evening: 

That's looking from our front door. A large part of a huge white oak tree had completely crashed. These pictures don't do it justice, but the section of the tree that fell was enormous - it had provided shade for over half the units in our complex.



It's a little sad because it was a beautiful white oak and I had loved the views from our upstairs window...



But it's a good reminder that all things are temporary here on earth, even trees. And that homeowner associations come in handy for times like these when you don't have to deal with the aftermath!