This Year 2021

 

 Live in the moment

Start each day with gratitude

Laugh more

Create meaningful connections

Meditate

Focus on the Positive

Believe it all will fall into place

Stick to your goals

Be generous

Choose HAPPY. 

6 Months Old

 

 

 “For he’s a jolly good fellow!” Little Rocco 6 months old today.  

 

Melting My Heart

 

My daughter Aria texted me this last night.  ”Sometimes I bargain with Sofia if she wants dessert after dinner. Tonight she asked if she finished all her broccoli could she have a treat? I said yes and she said “great, my treat is calling gramma!”

And at brunch our friend said “oh your road trip to California sounds so fun!” I said “huh? What road trip?” And she said Sofia told her that since she isn’t vaccinated and can’t fly she is driving to California this summer to see her gramma.

 

 

An Injured Bunny

 I know my stories about Sofia might get old for anyone other than me but this girl really cracks me up. Third day of Spring break and she is back in her dads office while he works. So we try to pass the time playing together on FaceTime. Again we are playing Dr. (Sofia) and “Other doctor “ (me). Today we don’t have an injured Mr. Potato head but rather she draws our injured patients. She and I role play the patient parts so now she tells me I’m the injured bunny with a broken ear. 

 

As The other dr. I tell her the patient doesn’t want to tell me About how the accident happened so she says very authoritatively “Leave it to me I’ll talk to him”. Dr. Sofia to the bunny “I understand you’ve been in an accident.” 

 

And you won’t talk to the other dr.” Bunny moans loudly. “Well it’s important for us to know your problem so we can help you. Will you talk to me?” Bunny groans and Moans so loud (I’m really hamming it up and we both try to muffle our laughter. She tried again “Can you talk to me?” Bunny continues to moan and Dr. Sofia says “I’ll take that as a NO!” Then we both start to laugh out loud. She then says very seriously “we need to operate! Stat!” (Stat ? Where does she get these things from?)

 

 

Mermaid Sofia

 

" The sea once it casts its' spell

holds one in its net of wonder

forever." 

 

 

 

 

A Day Late Celebrating St. Patrick's Day

 

 A day late but we celebrated St. Patrick’s day with our traditional corned beef dinner tonight. I found the two buttons that I would have my daughters wear every year to school. In those days we would have a big family dinner party the weekend before at my brother Randy’s house. My parents and all the grandkids would be wearing green and we would put an “”O” before our family name and call ourselves the Irish Japanese “O’Yamadera family. It was an annual party we all looked forward to. Tonight I raise a glass to family traditions around the world. Proud to be “Irish for a day!”

Spring Baking

 Lots of opportunities to be in the kitchen with fun activities.