Day 16

The house looks emptier without the girls and Tristan here.I sure enjoyed them while they were here.
I laughed reading Sandy's blog talking about the Utah weather. Today it got a lot warmer than when she was here, it was 80 degrees around noon. It's cool in the morning and night but was very warm during the day.
Today one third of my class was missing, and since I only have 15 kids, that means I had a great total of 10 children! I was the envy of the whole school!
There's really not a lot more to say. Next holiday in the USA is Thanksgiving, Sandy is having a houseful of people, and Lizzie I am sure will enjoy her pancakes ;) Marvin and I are still not sure what we'll do, we are not too big on turkey so we'll see.
See you tomorrow on the blog!

Day 15

It has been so nice having the girls and Tristan over, Lizzie left this morning back to San Diego, and Sandy and Tristan will be leaving early tomorrow morning.

Marvin made breakfast in the morning, and shortly after, Lizzie left. It was a lovely sunny day today and we all went outside for a while, Sandy to read, and I checked the flowers, roses are blooming, and took a picture of our last tomato crop, they did better than I thought (see picture) for the middle of November. Sandy and I had some "pa amb tomaquet" using one of our tomatoes, very good.

For dinner we went to Panda Inn, a favorite of Tristan, he kept on saying he likes the chinese style, and he sure enjoyed eating his Phoenix chicken with chopstick(s).

We watched The Amazing Race, and I thought of Mia because it took place in Sweden and in Estonia. It was fun!

So back to school tomorrow, and looking forward to Christmas when we will go to Utah and hopefully Lizzie and Jeff will be there as well :)

day 14

Did I say is very nice to have the two girls and Tristan over today? :)
In the morning, Sandy and Marvin went to Weight Watchers, and Marv enrolled in the program! good for him. Sandy went to the gym afterwards.
Lizzie got here by 11, and later on, we went to lunch at Lizarran, just us women. http://www.lizarran-ca.com/ We had an array of tapas, and I had some sangria that was yummy, we had a really nice time!
In the afternoon we just chatted and hung around, and later we all went to dinner at El Cholo. Again we had a very lovely dinner, and because it was close to Lizzie's birthday, we had the waiters coming to sing Happy Birthday, complete with giving her a Mexican hat to have her picture taken.
It was really a lovely day, good food, good company!!!! :)

Friday the 13th

Today was a pleasant enough day. On Fridays I have a more relaxed curriculum for the kiddies, more play, more letting them be what they are: little children. They enjoyed the extra recess, the watching a Clifford movie, the playing with blocks and Legos. But it was also time to learn to add, and write from dictation. They did extremely well, I am proud of them.
During lunch time by myself, I felt a pang of regret about not going to Disneyland. It is funny because had I gone, I would have gone like after work and mainly to see the fireworks etc, and by that time they were already almost on their way back.
Reading Sandy's blog, I can see that Tristan may have got some of my impatience, I cannot stand to be on line! many times I have left halfway because I just couldn't stand it any longer.
Lizzie finally decided not to come up tonight but will be here tomorrow. It'll be nice to have both girls here.

Day 12

It is now 11:00PM, it is raining rather heavily and I was surprised since rain had not been in the forecast. Sandy and Tristan are going to Disneyland tomorrow, I hope the weather is a lot better tomorrow.
I finally decided not to go, my toes have been giving me some problems lately, maybe because of a new pair of shoes, and I have blisters in 4 toes! I was thinking of maybe just going later to see the fireworks and the fastasmic show but I am not sure is worth the $72 entry, also Tristan enjoys going to the park with his mother and sometimes I am a bit of a drag :Þ
Lizzie has not decided if she will go to Disneyland after work, is a long drive and after working all day, she may be too tired, but if she doesn't come Friday she will come up Saturday :)
And now I guess it's bedtime!

Day 11

Veteran's Day, no school. We all woke up late, Sandy went to the gym for a while. Later Marvin and Tristan went shopping, and Sandy and I stayed around the house and talked.I miss talking to both my girls. When the boys came back, the four of us went down to Huntington Beach and ran around the beach a little bit, it was close to sunset and the day was a overcast and a little chilly.
You cannot come to Southern California from Utah and not go to the ocean!!!!
We drove to Seal Beach and had an early dinner at Joe's Crab Shack which was enjoyed by all. Tristan had, surprise!, mac and cheese, Sandy had crabcakes with a salad, Marvin has crawfish done 2 ways, I had calamari and clam chowder. Marvin and Sandy also had crab dip.
Tonight we are just sitting around watching TV. And back to work tomorrow.

Day 10

The highlight of the day was going to the airport and picking up Sandy and Tristan. They both are looking great, it was so nice to see them :)
We went to In'n'Out for take home hamburgers and fries, then watched some TV and talked a little. They liked the kitchen, and I hope they will sleep well in the sofa bed.
Tomorrow is Veteran's Day and I have no school which is great. I am not sure yet what the plans are for the day.
Thursday I have to work, we are still testing and the tests are due on Friday. Friday they want to go to Disneyland, I was thinking about taking the day off and going, but is too long a day for me and for some reason the toes in both my feet are hurting today.
Is nice having them here, I hope Lizzie can find some time to join us this weekend :)
Now..good night!