Playtime on the Stairs

The girls were being silly as they are going through a phase where they think it's funny to pretend to sleep on the stairs, so it was a great opportunity to video tape the occasion. Sophie and Hannah were in their diapers as it was bedtime and they were stalling the inevitable "sleepy time". They both climbed up and down the stairs repeatedly by the time we put them to bed they gave little resistance, but wanted mommy to sing them the umbrella song along with the whole blanket parachute routine.

Sophie sporting a Matsumoto t-shirt getting ready for our trip to the homeland.

And up the stairs we go...and down the stairs we go. If only I had a 1/3 of their energy!

Hannah picks up some bat stickers that Sophie dropped on the ground. They're both learning a lot about Halloween. Tonight we watched Ni Hao Kai Lan celebrating Halloween and tried to get them to say "Trick or Treat!" Sophie chimed in with mommy :)

Hannah and Sophie both can go up and down the stairs fairly quickly which makes mommy super nervous!

Hannah bugs Emi...what if i squish your face like this :P

Here Hannah is on the rampage and starts to bug Kiki. Sophie wants in on the action, so she tries to pull Hannah out by her leg so she can get to Kiki's new hiding place.

Poor Kiki flashed by mommy!

Sleeping on the stairs the latest and greatest trend.

Zachary's

So maybe it was a bad idea for mommy to eat pizza when congested, but who could resist the best deep dish pizza in the bay area? We couldn't! There are three locations in the bay area all located in the east bay - Berkeley (being the first), Oakland, and San Ramon. We went to San Ramon Zachary's to check out the area (San Ramon has rank 10 schools throughout the area) for possible re-location. Sadly after eating the pizza mommy wasn't feeling up to looking at the area, so we ended up going straight home shortly after.

Hannah wasn't up to even trying pizza, so she ended up coloring and eating some Goldfish.

Sophie was super tired and almost fell asleep in her lunch, but she did eat a couple bites of pizza.

Ahhh the yummiest Chicago style pizza!

Pass the germs

It started with Sophie being sick who then gave it to Hannah who then circled around back to Sophie and then to mommy. Will it end?! I hope so, at least in time for our trip back home to Hawaii. So we've been keeping it low key this weekend and just went to pick up some stuff to bring back home for the family and friends. Mommy and Sophie just have a colds....we think...

With the cold and flu season in full swing mommy and daddy has been super paranoid with the H1N1 looming out there! Mommy has been calling the doc's H1n1 vaccination hotline for the past two weeks to get us in line for some shots, but to no avail. Armed with some anti-bacterial foam and lotion, vitamins, and sports drinks with electrolytes hopefully we'll all be healthy.

Sophie and Hannah with their hair all done up. Soph Soph looks like Boo (from monsters inc) and Hannah looks like Pebbles.

Sophie getting ready for Halloween, here she snarls at the camera.

Sleepy Sophie

My sleepy Sophie.

Pumpkin Patch part 2

Here are some pics that Ervin and Adel took:

We started out by taking pics at the front of the patch. Auntie Adel, Aiden, Sophie, Hannah, and mommy sit on the Pumpkin King and Queen chair.

Daddy, Sophie, Hannah, and mommy.

Aiden runs off while Soph and Hannah sit with the pumpkins.

We all head to where the pumpkins are.

Hannah and Soph ride a wagon.

Sophie runs through the paths.

Aiden leads the way.

Hannah and Aiden run up a path.

Look at all the pumpkins! Reminds me of a Charlie Brown special...Oh Great Pumpkin!

Sophie, mommy, and Hannah ride a train.

How many kids can you fit in a wagon?

Hannah and Aiden don't care too much for the bouncy house.

Mommy goes to watch Hannah while daddy watches Sophie in the bouncy house.

Hannah rides a hay bull with the other kids and doesn't like it.

I said I don't like it mommy!

Does Hannah not like hay bulls?

Here the girls sit in a car.

We had a lot of fun :) Thank you to Ervin and Adel for such great pictures and for inviting us!

Pumpkin Patch part 1

Today we went to a pumpkin patch out in Castro Valley called Moore's Pumpkin Patch with some friends of ours. It was the first time we went to one and we had a blast. We met up with Auntie Adel, Uncle Ervin, Aiden, and their family. There's two parts to the blog entries one with pics that Der took and one with pics that Ervin and Adel took. For lunch we went to Willow Tree and ate some dim sum it was very yummy.

Mommy hides in the back, while Sophie looks through and Hannah gets in on the fun.

Hannah tries it out from the back.

Sophie's favorite...bear.

The Sakai family and some pumpkins.

Auntie Adel, Aiden, Soph, Hann Hann, and mommy.

Hannah playing in the pumpkin patch.

Hannah jumps, while the rest of us make the trek up to the big pumpkin head.

Hannah running down the path, Aiden walks up, and Soph is walking towards the side.

Giant pumpkin head, Aiden as Batman, Sophie, and Hannah.

Sophie in the bouncy house.

The girls window shop for some pumpkins.

Pre-Halloween party

Today we went to a pre-Halloween party at Barry's house in Santa Clara. The girls had so much fun playing with all the toys and with all the holiday festivities. We caught some of it on film. The twins did some crafts, played with ATV's, slides, toy strollers, toy shopping carts, sand, playhouse, chalk, etc...they even had a pumpkin pinata. They did play a little with Barry's son Parker who is close in age to the girls.

Thank you very much to Barry and Jeneal! We had so much fun!

Sophie and Hannah in their hula gear (Thank you Auntie Joy for the cute hula outfits!)

Two hula girls and a biker boy (Parker).

Cute little pumpkin set up that Barry set up for the kids to take a pumpkin, decorate it, and take it home.

Soph and Hann pose with a pumpkin :)

Sophie goes down the slide and Hannah goes to play underneath it in a mini-house.

Pumpkin pinata time.

Hula 101

Cuties!

Girls get candy for mommy and daddy.

Hannah takes a ride in the ATV.

Sophie's turn on the ATV.

Octopus and Ladybugs

This weekend we went shopping for some winter clothes (it's getting mighty chilly fast, where was our summer?!) as we don't have a lot of extra jackets, pants, etc for daycare. I guess not all is lost on our summer clothes we'll hopefully get some use out of that when we take our trip home at the end of this month. Yes, Halloween in Hawaii! I haven't decided if we're going trick or treating yet, but I guess we just might do it. Not sure what to dress the girls in though...

Along the way mommy and daddy let us play at our usual Micky D playground in Castro Valley and Castro Valley park (the park visit wasn't planned, but there were some sick kids at the Micky D playground, so mommy was very upset at the parents letting the sick kids play with other kids, so she told daddy to take us for a short stint at the park).

I forgot to add we finally ate at Wakamatsu in Hayward (only like 2 yrs later). Mommy was really curious about that place and we got to eat there on Saturday night. It's a very small Japanese restaurant that looks to have been there for a very long time. The restaurant seats about 30 people max and the family that owns it is very nice. The food was really good (daddy had a sushi platter, mommy had chicken katsu and us girls had chicken teriyaki, miso soup, and shrimp tempura), but my only gripe was that they took too long to give us the check. With toddlers in tow, waiters should always have the check ready to go for a quick exit. Other than that we pretty much hung out at home and had a relaxing weekend.

Sophie on the ladybug.

Hannah on the ladybug.

Hello kitties!

Octopus? Star.....(fish)

Mommy gets a group hug! :)

We love to watch our munchkins run :D


Thank you Auntie Flo and Uncle Ray for the cute Hello Kitty shirts.

Catching up

This past weekend we had some friends from out of town visiting - Ryan and Dawn. We took them out to see the Disney Museum out in SF at the Presido which grand opening was a few days ago. The museum is centered around Walt's life and it is not really geared for children, so the girls had a rough time getting through the museum (warning to parents that want to take their toddler children there). Before that we ate at Fisherman's Wharf at Alioto's which was not too bad. The girls didn't enjoy the seafood unfortunately, but the adults enjoyed their meals.

Sunday we took the girls to a farmer's market in Fremont where we all enjoyed the sunny day out and about. Daddy took the girls to play on the grass while mommy shopped for some really yummy organic fruit and one almond pastry that was super yummy. Hannah helped mommy carry some spring greens back and daddy carried the bulk of fruit which consisted of gala apples, white peaches, strawberries, and dark purple grapes (don't know what type). Sophie kept mommy company on the walk back to the car commenting on her surroundings. We will definitely be back to that farmer's market!

We had lots of fun on the weekend, but atlas back to work... Today the girls had yogurt and bananas for breakfast, but something didn't agree with Hannah. Unfortunately half way through the commute to daycare Hannah threw up everything in the car :( I think it's because she had car sickness and ate a healthy meal, but we'll see how tomorrow goes. Poor daddy!!!

Silly Hannah using the powercord to mommy's laptop and mouse usb cable as headphones.

Next she plays with my work badge. This is why I need a replacement holder!!!

Thanks for showing us how you love your organic gala apples :P

Do you think Sophie is thirsty?

Sophie tired and trying to get mommy to give her more propel.


Thanks for getting together with us Ryan and Dawn! Have a safe trip back to Hawaii.