March Events!!

 

 

River Mateus Kelly arrives on March 19th!

Very happy papa!!

 

 

 

 

Maddie turns a 'tween on March 22nd! 

 

 

I call her the "Queen of Small Things"as she opens 

many little presents containing many little things.

 

 Congrats!

 

To Simon on his birthday--he just entered the double digits!

 

To Maddie and Max--who both got on the honor roll even though school was a big challenge on Zoom.

 

To Maddie who performed her piano piece perfectly for her Zoom music school concert. 

 

To Gwen, who draws things so well as they are!!!

 

 March Musings

 

Gwen in Gamboa doing homework 

and whispering to Coco.

McLovin' giving Maddie a kiss.

 

Jess in her home office.

 

Dinnertime at the PK's.

Income tax time!

 

Jasmine blooming.

 Getting Shot

for the second time

at the LA Forum--here's the staging area,

 

here's the painless shot,

here's the 20 minute post-shot waiting area.

Kudos to all the wonderful people helping us to stay healthy.

Simon's Doings

 

I've received some great photos of Simon ...

 

 

 

in this wild Mardi Gras hat for school zoom.

 

 

Taking it easy in the grandparent apartment.

 

 

 

Creating maps of make believe countries.

 Simon loves maps!!!

 

 

 

The family reading volumes of The Far Side

that David got for his birthday.

 

 

A sweet shot: David and Simon in a recent zoom.

Miss those guys!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As the week went on...

 

 

the kids made a snowmen,

 

much reading by the fire--Theo

and kids.

many movies!

 

Exploring a snowy trail by the house.

 

Maddie dices potatoes into increasingly smaller cubes

for a tasty potato dish, a lesson from her school cooking class.

 

 

On Friday, much to all our delight, Sam came!! 

The bliss of a hot tub in the snow.

 

 Winter Getaway

End of January and time for another little getaway, this time to Pine Mountain Club in Frazier National Park--an hour and a half from Burbank.

Car loaded, Sam staying home to work until the weekend when, hopefully, a snowstorm won't keep him from joining us.

 

Getting close but getting slick.  Jess adeptly puts on the chains.

We arrive. 

The driveway is totally snowed, we park near the road, and Jess lugs all our supplies into a sweet but freezing cold house!

Jess had many conversations with the pellet stove, pleading for it to stay lit.

 

Max coaxes a fire into action.

 

We find a very well-equipped kitchen plus a pretty snazzy house!

Both kids bring their IPads for Zoom school.

                  

Finally, happily, we get warm, cozy and relaxed.