First off, we had a fantastic Easter, celebrating on both days of the weekend with egg hunts. You may recall our less-than-successful outing to Burgess Park last Easter where Sonia ended up with one single egg (and then only because Sameer essentially boxed out another parent so she could get at least just one). This picture told the whole story...one sad little egg, one sad little kid.
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| Easter 2010 |
This year we were determined to find something a bit saner, so we registered to go to the Easter egg hunt at Gamble Gardens in Palo Alto. It was almost too serene with its puppet show and a few dozen well mannered kids (Sameer declared it the WASPiest event we had ever been to Palo Alto, which is saying something). Nevertheless, there were eggs everywhere, so much so that Sonia had to be cut off when she reached the maximum allowed, and even Deven got a whole basket full. Note the change of expression this year (yet, the same basket, the same haircut, and of course the same pink color scheme).
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| Easter 2011 |
On Sunday, we headed up to Oakland to celebrate Easter with Sameer's family, including finding the many, many eggs the Easter bunny had hidden both inside and outside the house. Undeterred by the wet weather, the kids thoroughly enjoyed themselves, and the adults found that mimosas and Easter brunch are a natural combination. A few pictures of the festivities...
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| Follow the leader |
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| All smiles with a full basket of eggs |
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| Maya and Kai say "ha ha" |
After a great Easter, we kept up our track record of fun holidays with a great Mother's Day weekend. Grandma and Grandpa were visiting from Oregon, so we celebrated with lots of home cooked meals and a few outings, including one to the Stanford baseball game where Sameer had a heroic save that prevented a foul ball from hitting Sonia in the head at high speed (needless to say, good thing he took her and not me given the difference between our hand-eye coordination skills). On Sunday, we capped off the weekend with a Mother's Day brunch at Macarthur Park (which was packed...I guess a few other people had the same idea). We attempted to get some family pictures afterward, with basically zero success of getting everyone to look at the camera and smile at the same time. Oh well, "A" for effort...this one manages to get at least most people looking.
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| Mother's Day 2011 |
I'm skipping over many, many other fun things we've been doing of late. A few highlights include trips to Tracy, Moss Beach, and Trevor & Paige's guest house at "the ranch", attending the Holi festival at Stanford, and lots of playtime at nearby playgrounds, U-Me, and Happy Hollow. We still haven't managed to clean out our garage our deal with getting rid of Sameer's old dining room table (any takers?), but at least we're getting the important fun stuff done.
For true fans of Team Dholakia, here are a lot of photos dating back to January. Until next time!
