Tour of Mix 106.5

Tyler's cubscout group got to tour Mix 106.5.  Each boy got to put his voice on a recording and hear how they could manipulate the sound afterward.  Even Cole got to be one of the scouts for the day.

San Francisco Giants

We went to watch an exhibition game between the San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A's.  It was Tyler and Cole's first experience at AT&T park. 

Happy Hollow

I took the boys to Happy Hollow since we had an inservice day.  We ran into some friends from Cole's class there.

 What a ham.  This is the Danny the Dragon train.  You'd think it was a roller coaster by Cole's expression!

Petroglyph

Melissa and I took the boys to Petroglyph to paint pottery.  Tyler decided to make a plate for my mom's birthday. 

 Cole chose to make a rainbow plate.  They both designed and painted their own plates.

 Miki joined us as well.

 Proud artists!



Missing Tooth

Tyler finally lost one of his top teeth.  It was wiggly for such a long time, then one Friday at Kids Club, it finally fell out!  We went to the office to get a tooth necklace container where the kids can store their tooth.  Tyler dropped his tooth in the office.  I was on hands and knees searching for it.  Even the principal came out and was on hands and knees searching!  Finally, the secretary, Rita found the tooth!  Thank goodness!

Pampered Pup

The boys were so happy to see Milo when we got home from our Tahoe trip, and of course, Milo was so happy to see them as well.  Here they are with Milo after they had given him a pillow for his head and a blanket to keep him warm.

First Ski Trip

We decided it was time for the boys to try out skiing.  We went up to Tahoe during the Winter Break and rented skis.  The boys are all geared up here and can't wait to try out skiing!

 We went to Homewood.  Here we are in the parking lot getting ready to hit the slopes.

 We went to the top of the smallest bunny slope.  We quickly learned that this was not the best way to teach the boys.  Both were in tears and wanted to give up within the first 5 minutes!  Geoff got Cole down to the bottom, but Tyler was too frustrated to move.  After a nice Dr. Pepper break on the slope, and a pep talk from Geoff, Tyler was ready to try to make it to the bottom as well.  Here's Cole making his way down.

 We then practiced at the bottom of another bunny slope just sort of gliding for a few feet at a time.  This put Tyler in a much better mood!  Cole, of course, immediately went back up on the slopes with Geoff.

 Below is Geoff teaching Cole how to turn.

 By the end of the day the boys loved skiing and had no problem with the bunny slopes.  They even started going up without us!  We decided to come back for another day.  We had beautiful weather which was very fortunate since a huge storm hit the day after! 

 We warmed up with the bunny slopes again....

 Then took the boys up the big chair lift.  We went to the top of "Rabbit Ridge".

 The boys skiied down all the way from the top several times!  Mostly beginning runs with intermediate stretches.  I fell many more times than they did.  I think it won't be long before they've passed me up in their skiing abilities!