Monday, September 29, 2008

Amari and Acacio say good morning to each other (before mama swoops in to make sure no hair is pulled).


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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Amari loves all the toys and places to stand up in the classroom at our new school. He also really loves all the parents and children who are super sweet with him.


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So many things to lean on . Amari is thrilled he can spend most so much time staning up in the classroom.


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Heather pushing children on the tire swing.


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The water table and slide under the pear tree.


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A path back to the chicken coop and garden


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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

August 31st 2008: Reunited with Daddy after 9 weeks apart. So good to be together again!


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Monday, September 22, 2008

August 24th: On our last day in NH we celebrated Greta's 8th Birthday with her. It was the first birthsay party Amari has attended.


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Making birthday pizza.


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On the swing with Pepe


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Serious sunflower boy


Amari and I have had quite a full summer of visiting with people in NH. I decided to list all the friends and family we spent time with here. I counted 97: Heather Jean, Eleanor, Anton, Noah, Dove, Greta, Asher, Marty, Ellen, Spencer, Steven, Jen, Julian, Lyra, Larson, Elliot, Sara, Kathleen, Rens, Rene, Eliza, Eric, Sara Yanni, Jefferson, Rania, Katrina, Riley, Kale, Majid, Francis, Savannah, Cullen, Jessica, Cousin August, April, Derek, Ezra, Leo, Lucy, Karen, Edward, Jacob, Heather, Fiona, Jane, Ben, Wendy, Orlando, August, Salim, Journey, Jumoke, Cameron, Chikuyu, Pat, Dekalya, Kyle, Catesby, Hanneke, Hans, Hubie, Sarah Hill, Calliope, Corrina, Nadine, James, Iris, Maggie, Joe, Rose, Dorothy, Kinter, Lauren, Courtney, Petra, JoEllen, Alecia, Rosa, Jeff, Sharon, Segun, Merek, Ross, Yumiko, Kaime, Kate, Anne, Jim, John, Max, Jake, Lana, Steve, Eva, Libby, Max, & Tobey
This list does not include the new friends we met this summer or all the campers we said hi to over the course of the summer.


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Taking photos next to the tall sunflowers


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Playing drums. Amari started to really enjoy all the instraments.


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Playing marimba with Pepe Anton


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Singing with Meme and Lana


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My dear friends from High School Lana and Libby came to visit. for a few days. It was great fun to have them meet Amari and I had a great time getting to know Lana's daughter Eva and Libbyi's boys Max and Tobby now that they are bigger.

Lana's daughter Eva having some cuddle time with Amari


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Libby's boys Max and Tobby


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The classic crawl


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Amari started to do the classic crawls , instead of a modified inchworm crawl , around August 14th. On the 16th he started to sit up on his own so I missed out on having a time where he could sit and play on his own but not get into everything .
P.S. sorry it has been so long since I updated the blog. When Amari and I returned to Oakland we found that Lornie's computer had died so it was not until this weekend that things were set up for blogging again.