Happy Birthday, Prababcia!

Skiing in Vermont!

Last week was Winter Break. Usually, we go to California to visit the cousins and to go skiing in Lake Tahoe. This year, we couldn't so we stayed home. Mommy still wanted us to ski so we took a long weekend and went to Vermont! I think that Mommy wanted to show us where she grew up skiing.

We set out on what we thought would be a leisurely drive to Vermont on a Thursday. Instead, it took almost 8 hours to get there thanks so a snow storm and lots of wintery mix. Good thing we didn't have ski school the next day. We had one day to acclimate and play before setting out on the mountain.

Saturday was a beautiful day. Everett and I were both enrolled in full day ski school at Okemo Mountain. While things were mostly the same as in Lake Tahoe, there were some noticeable differences like no gondola and the fact that it was a 40 minute drive to the mountain instead of a few hundred feet walk. Oh well. We still had a great time.

I continued to work on my turns, especially using turns to slow down. I spent most of the day riding the green trails.

I even ran into Mommy in the chair lift line and got to ride up with her for one run.

By the second day, I got to go to the top of the mountain AND I started to learn about parallel skiing! You can't see it from this video. This video is from my first day of skiing.

Everett continues to work on his wedge and on stopping. His teachers told him that he had to learn how to stop before he could advance to the next level. He's almost there!

By the end of the day, we were both wiped out!

Piano Recital

Oh hello. Long time no blog. A little surprised to see a new entry?

Well, Everett and I have decided to put blogging on hold for now so that we can go out and live our lives. I mean, we're only 6 and 4 years old and we have a lot of living to do. But our hand was forced this weekend. You see, it was my first piano recital and a few family members had expressed interest in seeing my play. Good thing that the teachers were planning on live streaming the recital! Except that the live streaming didn't work.

So here I am to share a video of my piano recital. I placed Twinkle Variation.

I wasn't nervous about the recital until right before I had to take the stage. Then I got lots of butterflies in my tummy. I didn't want to go up there but Mommy told me I would be great. I wasn't so bad afterall.

Tooth

Well, it seems like Juno would like me to say something about this picture. Do you notice anything missing? I lost one of my top teeth! We were having a BBQ and I was eating a hot dog when all of a sudden I lost my tooth! IN MY HOT DOG! OK, it wasn't exactly stuck in my hot dog but the hot dog made my tooth fall out.

I was quite worried about this. Back in NYC, my tooth was starting to get really wiggly. I asked Mommy and Daddy whether the tooth fairy visits Hawaii. They said they weren't sure. And you know what? She does know where Hawaii is!

If you want to catch up on our Hawaiian adventures, please see Juno's blog.
Overview
Surf's Up
Everett's Birthday
Waimea Valley
Stadium Swap Meet
Snorkeling
Fun at the Pool
Aulani Disney Resort

Gang's all here!

That's right! Everyone is here for a little Hawaiian vacation.
P.S. Happy Birthday Ah-Boo!! We miss you!

I'm 4!!

I'm a pretty lucky boy to be able to celebrate my birthday in Hawaii. I woke up to presents from Mommy, Daddy and Jasper - more CARS WITH EYES! We spent the day down at Waikiki beach and then the Honolulu Aquarium visiting my favorite fish - Humunukunukuapua'a! I love them. Capped off the evening with the sunset and a big bowl of vanilla ice cream.

Saying hello to the Humu.

My birthday cake from my birthday party at home in Brooklyn a couple of weeks ago.

Aloha

It's finally vacation time! We're in Hawaii and enjoying the sun and sand and surf so much so that we wanted to share pictures with you all. I know, it's been a while. The thing is is that if we are going to share pictures, there isn't going to be much commentary. I think that the pictures speak for themselves. 

Here are some snapshot from our little home on a lagoon and from our adventures on the North Shore on Tuesday.

Dinosaurs and Coufou

No, Coufou is not a dinosaur silly. Coufou took me to see the dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History! We was in town for a quick visit for work and while Jasper had a birthday party to attend, I was free all morning. So we took the subway all the way to the Upper West Side to visit the museum. Apparently, it's one of Coufou's favorites.

Happy Father's Day

I know that this is over a month late but Happy Father's Day! This is how we celebrated with Daddy - we took him to the zoo! Nice, right?

4th of July

So fine, we're doing a little bit of catch-up on the blog. Here's how we spent the 4th of July - at the beach! What did you do?