Saturday, September 26, 2009

cali trip - part 3: koga reunion cont

great grandma & maya
grandpa feeding maya
curtis ross feeding maya
kalia doing her beach thing
cups lined up with everyone's name
auntie lo feeding maya puffs
kalia coloring and erik doing sudoku contest
morning in the living room
beach with ella & jack
erik & friends, tommy & rick
tommy, erik, rick & mark
bocci ball tourney
vere wins the koga kup!

OK, going to make this quick- so day 2 after a delicious fried rice breakfast, we finally organized to get to the beach. Erik borrowed a longboard from the guys living next door and paddled it down to the beach we were driving to. At the beach we had our first event in the race for the koga kup- horseshoes. Team Lauren & Vere won the first event and we all had a great day - body surfing, boogie boarding and relaxing. That night we continued our games for the koga kup- sudoku, mario cart on wii & a cola taste challenge that tutu set up. Lauren won the sudoku game, Vere won mario cart, so by the end of Saturday, Vere was leading by 1 point, since he had identified 1 more cola than Lauren.

Sunday - We headed to Moonlight beach to hang out with Erik's friends from high school - Tommy, Mark, Rick & Rick's wife and kids, Ella & Jack. That night we headed home for Bocci Ball Tournament & Bowling on Wii. Even though Uncle Curt won the bowling tournament - first time every playing, Vere won the Koga Kup by a landslide.

It was a great weekend, so much fun, so much food. Wish we could see everyone more often!

Just wanted to write a quick note on updates here at home right now. Maya is exploding in her crawling and pulling up on everything!!!! She pulled up on the toilet tonight - couldn't get to her fast enough! The first full day back, her first nap, I knew that we needed to lower the crib, since she had been pulling up on things consistently. But it really surprised me when I went into her room after her nap and she was standing up, so I said, "oh my gosh!" and I really scared her and she screamed at the top of her lungs like she was in a horror movie. So we lowered her crib and removed the bumper. But now the problem is that her little legs (or not so little legs) keep getting stuck in the crib slats! Now that Maya is getting into everything and exploring every room - especially the kitchen & bathroom, we need to get organized and be on top of clutter & cleaning! She loves to be in the kitchen, pulling all the alphabet magnets down, pulling up on water bottles & even against the wall!

More later, supposed to be ordering maya photos! Erik waiting patiently:)

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