May 30, 2011
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Quick drive-by posting.
Last Thursday, Sandy, Melissa, and I went to Dana’s home for a fondue party (chocolate AND cheese!) to watch the season premiere of SYTYCD. Since I don’t dance (I’m lucky I don’t stumble when I walk), it was interesting to hear the critiques from my friends. Thanks Dana for hosting! On Saturday, we celebrated Cassandra’s birthday. Her party was at a clubhouse for a housing department, with nice cabanas, and a few heated pools. 
While some kids/parents braved the waters, we stayed out for fear of getting chilled – the kids still had a great time running around though! And it looks like we’ll get a few more chances to splash in the pools later this summer, as I already know of 2 other birthday parties planned here. Happy 2nd Birthday Cassandra!
After the party, my sister Sophia drove up from the Bay Area to visit. The kids love their aunties, who they regularly face time with (best use of iPad2 ever!). We went to Susumu for a Japanese Teppanyaki dinner. And during a moment of weakness (after stepping on a scale), I convinced Sophie to join me/Zachary on a 5k run the following morning. We played a game of Ticket to Ride before going to bed.
Despite never having run over a mile in her life, Sophie was able to stay ahead of me most of the race. She was crippled the last half mile by a side stitch, which allowed me to leap ahead like a gazelle. It was a pretty tough course, with a few hills and a section where we had to run across an overgrown field. Since I was one of the last runners, but still ahead of the walkers, there was a big gap around me. I felt like I was running across a savannah. Zachary still beat me with a time of 30:54. (Me 33:05, Sophia 33.:39) It was small local race of under 100 people, with no prizes or winners, but the entry fees did go to a non-profit charity. Since the weather was so awesome, sunny and in the 70s, we took a ~4 mile walk for some NuYo frozen yogurt before Sophie had to head home. It was good! I still prefer the actual yogurt from Pinkberry, which is more tart, but NuYo had better ‘Asian’ toppings, including longans, lychees, and “gels” (better described as very firm jello.)
Next up … messing around at home (see tent fail below) followed by dinner at Jenny and Danny’s house to meet their new baby Brady!
Brady is such a sweet and happy baby. He didn’t fuss at all when he was held by guests (like me, Jenny is pretty liberal about passing her baby around.). He also eats well and sleeps through the night already – how wonderful! Welcome Brady!
