Moving on up to Summer!

Summer!  Summer!  Summer!

888 Monkeys
Pool parties

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day!

Big Guy and Little Guy.

Breakfast in bed
Off to the Natural Bridges State Park to cool off.  Apparently, the marine layer got the memo earlier than expected.  We froze ourselves...until I saw my friends from school.
A little more lingering in Santa Cruz -- Kelly's Bakery and then el Salchichero - chicken bacon sausages, garlic, chili beer sausages

Helped Daddy with some gardening

Where did May go?

Once again, the month of May came by fast.

Busy April Like Busy Bees!

Wow!  April is gone.  What a month. Passover, Holi, Easter, T-Ball games, swimming, Happy Hollow and bike rides in the rain.  Of course, a trip to LA.  That is Los Angeles.  My great great aunt Kong passed away at the age of 94. Mommy, Halmoni and I drove down to LA to attend her funeral.  Mommy told me the funeral was to celebrate the full life that my great great aunt led and appreciate family.  I got to meet more aunts and uncles there.  I loved playing with Aunt Miri, Aunt Marian, and Uncle Albert.

We even went to Disneyland.

We ended the month with bees!  Yes, bees.  Honeybees.

Holi Easter!

This is a big weekend -- Good Friday, Passover, Easter and Holi, all squeezed into one weekend.

Yesterday, we went to the Holi Festival at Stanford with my friend Zoya's family. This spring festival of color is celebrated by Hindus. This is my second time at this fun festival where I get to use my water pistol and smear color on Mommy and Daddy.

Climbing Monkeys

My water pistol, the only "gun" Mommy allows me to have

My fine work on Daddy. Which do you prefer the pink or blue side?

Of course, Passover continues.  My multi-cultural lunch consisted of matzo/turkey sandwich and mango lassi.  Mommy even made me a matzo pizza today along with creamy apple-matzo kugel.

Today was Easter. Mommy and I went for a hike at Wunderlich Park and had play dates with Bryce and Roshan. I didn't have any Peeps or chocolate bunnies but I did have Sour Punch and Jelly Belly jelly beans.


Ah, that reminds me. On the way to school last Wednesday (4/4/2012), I asked Mommy for Easter Bunny.

Me:  Mommy, I have never had an Easter Bunny.  Can I pleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaase have one?
Mommy:  Well, Jews don't celebrate Easter, you know.
Me:  I know.  But I'm Korean, too. So can I have an Easter Bunny?
Mommy:  I don't know...

I forgot all about that... Maybe chocolate bunnies are better.

Happy Spring!

Happy Passover!

Passover Seder Plate from Great Grandma Lillian

Boy, am I full.  Full of matzot, that is.  Happy Pesach (Passover) everyone!

We are finally enjoying some sunny days to celebrate spring.  My school's Passover break started on Friday and I helped Mommy make our Seder.  I was in charge or the nuts for the haroset. I crushed the nuts in the mortar and pestle while Mommy worked on the rest -- matzo ball soup, gefilte fish, apricot chicken, asparagus and very yummy dark chocolate mints. I didn't have any gefilte fish.  Although I really enjoyed the book, Five Little Gefiltes, I don't really like it. I do love matzot, however. I also love the two Passover books -- The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah and A Sweet Passover.

Here is my very own Seder plate that I made in school:

Class Project in Gesher

Ready to start our Passover Seder

I helped Daddy break a matzo so he could hide the afikomen.

I found the afikomen and guess what my reward was?!  Two dollars!!!  Now I have $9 in my piggy bank and when I have $14, I can buy a Hot Wheels track.  This saving (and waiting) is pretty hard, though.

I also read the four questions from our haggadah (on iPad.  Yes, how modern of us).

Four Questions

Chag Sameach!

Shana Tova

Is it October already?! I've been keeping very busy in the past three months. Before I tell you all about my first day of school, my first (professional) baseball game, my first cat sitting, my first soccer game, and my first Dr. John/Blind Boys of Alabama/Little Feat concert, I'd like to wish you a happy, sweet Jewish new year.

Shana Tova!

Blowing my shofar

Yep, that's an Angry Bird hat. And yes, again, that would be my Stormtrooper shirt. And finally, yes, I am a child of my parents. :-)

I do know how to blow the shofar. I did really well for Mommy but by the time she got her camera set up, I was getting a little tired. But here you go.

Wish you a sweet new year to you and yours.