RYAN :)

Ryan traces his name everyday at school.

R-Y-A-N
R-Y-A-N
R-Y-A-N

The first day of school his teacher drew a smiley face after he completed the task. Tuesday, day Ryan drew his own smiley face. Wednesday, Ryan drew his whole self in stick figure.

Golden Gate Park & the Academy of Science

Poor Alex has to kneel in snaps with his bros because he's just too tall. Alex, Seany, Andrew, and Ryan.

Ryan and Sean learning about sea creatures.

Me, Ryan, Sean, and Andrew on the Academy's roof deck. Very windy.

The beasts -- Andrew, Sean, and the Rylander.

Creepy skull shot of Alex.

Napa fun for mother's day

We found this great park in Napa. It's tucked away by a school. The boys loved it!

Fun in the sun

Ryan above and Seany below.


Andrew and his lost tooth.

Union City Children's Art Show

The participants, Alex & Andrew, with their award certificates.

Alex made a save the world poster.

Andrew drew a bird.

More Easter Fun

Sean, Alex, Ryan, and Andrew

Easter Buckets

Seany!

Andrewski!

The Rylander (sporting skeeter syndrome)!

Alexter!

Fun stuff inside!

Baseball

At the A's game, Alex and Andrew.

The missing glasses

Can one mark blog post as a high priority? Perhaps an exclamation mark is in order? But these days of fb status where everything is marked with an "!", how is one to notate a critical problem?

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I know hold the key down.)

Alex's glasses have disappeared. Oh, ya didn't know. The headaches he gets are caused by eye strain. Two months ago, we invested in a pair of spectacles for the wee lad. Upon, first sporting them, he spent half an hour admiring the world (sights he had seen, signs he couldn't read, the world was new again)!

Those blasted specks must be here somewhere. But where is somewhere?

We've checked:
-under beds, cushions, couches
-in drawers, backpacks, pockets
-on shelves, desks, mantles, counters
-shaken out shorts and pants, backpacks and luggage

Please submit your ideas for search locations PRONTO!

Much thanks, the mom going crazy.

Supermom

Andrew explained "Mom, you'd be a supermom if you'd let us do a whole bunch of fun stuff whenever we want."

Mom replied, "I guess that's a title I can't aspire to then."

Best friends

Seany wanted to put his crackers in a baggie to save for later. Upon filling his bag, he discovered it would not close. I said, "Seany that's a snack bag, you need a sandwich bag. Go get one out of the cupboard."

Seany replied, "OK mom!" A few minutes went by while Ryan put his own crackers in an appropriately sized baggie and put them away to save for later. Seany was having a harder time, "Ryan can you help me?"

Ryan grabbed the correct baggie from the cupboard and set it down next to Sean and then went on his way to head of toward toy land. As he walked away, Seany focused on transferring the crackers to the new baggie called out, "Thanks Ryan. I knew I could count on you."