June US Trip - Part 4 (Misc Good pics)

 Here are some good pics taken at the end of our Cape Cod adventure.

 A blast from the past!

This is the house I grew up in and while it has changed a bit, it still brought back a lot of memories.  I had not seen this house in over 15 years!

 

This is the train set that Sage got for his birthday.  We managed to lug this thing back home as well (in addition to most of my books and games!).

 Matthew Gorman: the up and coming politico and potential Prez....

...in all his glory!

 Great to see him again!

 Here is Sage hanging out with the Zen Garden at Gramma's library.

 A quick read at the library while Gramma is figuring out their new toy....

 Grampa in his element!

 Sage had fun at the train museum for sure!

 He was able to press many buttons that made the trains go as well as many of the inner parts move like the ferris wheel and such...

 President Sage

 President Gramma?

 Hanging out

 Also hanging out

 Ready for something...

One of the first things we did when we were conscious after our long trip home was to get some shaved ice in us!  It was already quite hot here!

Thanx to all who made the vacation back in the States so great!

March Pics

It is the best month of the year now, so I thought I would post some more pics.

Things are normal and good; teaching privates is back to normal after the Chinese New Year break and rest time, Jo's classes are getting busier and she is planning a special weekend seminar, Sage is still cute and sassy and we are starting to talk to him more in Chinese as well, and Mocha (you forgot about Mocha, right?) is good too.

So here are some recent pics.

Enjoy

 He did this by himself and was very proud (so were we!)

We are back to a normal reading nook as opposed to our Xmas tree corner (which lasts from early November to the end of Chinese New Year)

 

 Sage is getting ready for his trip to get a haircut.  We go to Jo's cousin about 40 min away and make a mini adventure out of it to see the kids and all.

Sage's baby cousin

All Set (actually he loves haircuts and can't wait to have one)  

A silly shot of dad

 All done, now onto the best part -

the washing.....so comfy!

and cute to boot!

You aint touchin my hair!

Oh well, I needed a trim, too

Happy Birthday, Mom!

It is Mom's B-day today so being the cheapy that I am, I wanted to at least let her see the updated pics and vids of Sage, so here we go!

 He still loves to sit and hear/read Paco's Christmas story

 Dad made a dinosaur for bud, which he promptly destroyed (in the vid)

 Hi Line-Up brigade

 His DIY volcano ( or as he says "red tunnnnnnunnooonunooonnoooo = red tunnel")

 Mom and Sage

 He is into cutting many things now - we need to keep an eye out when things are quiet; he's bound to be here....cutting paper - or you know - anything.

He does like his train set!

 

 He is also into filtering and organizing (dad is proud)

 His finished work, which lasts for a few seconds and he remixes and does it again

 

Here is Mr. Cutie getting ready to help Dad paint a door.

I remember when I did this with Grampa in the garage!  (course we were using water based, not oil as this was) 

Happy Birthday, Mom!  You are the best!

Love

Jeff