Last Day of Sports
August 7, 2010 | Filed Under Family, Recreation, Sports | Leave a Comment
The other night was the last of the kids’ summer-long sports and activity classes through Tucson Parks and Rec. The picture below is from the week before, Debabu practicing his shot.
Mike and Mary
August 2, 2010 | Filed Under Family, Friends, Travel | Leave a Comment
Before we left for home, we found a small Ethiopian market, Vision Cafe deep in San Diego. We met and made friends with Mike, the owner, and his daughter Mary and shared coffee and tea. All of the Ethiopian partons at the market were very curious and very welcoming.
San Diego
August 2, 2010 | Filed Under Family, Recreation, Travel | Leave a Comment
After SeaWorld, we spent almost two full days enjoying San Diego, Seaport Village and Balboa Park in particular.
SeaWorld
August 1, 2010 | Filed Under Family, Recreation, Travel | Leave a Comment
We decided to get away from the heat of Tucson for a couple of days before the summer ended for me and teachers had to report back for the looming school year. So we went to southern California and spent our first day at SeaWorld San Diego.
Assessment
July 18, 2010 | Filed Under Family, School | Leave a Comment
Zufan’s language and cognition were assessed since she’ll be starting pre-school this fall with her brother. She performed pretty well.
Last Day of Camp
July 18, 2010 | Filed Under Family, School | Leave a Comment
Debabu enjoyed day camp at his pre-school this summer where he got to work and play with Krista, a former student of one of my CDO colleagues logging practicum hours working with children to complete her university coursework. He had a great time over six weeks.
Underwater
July 11, 2010 | Filed Under Family, Recreation | Leave a Comment
Some shots of the kids swimming at Grandma’s pool with our new very cool waterproof, replacement camera. Debabu has just started paddling on his own with encouragement, but here and his sister are practicing moving underwater along the steps.
My Grampas
July 9, 2010 | Filed Under Family, Me, Transitions | Leave a Comment
Shortly after we moved to Tucson in 1977, my grandparents came from Canada to visit us in our new home on the east side of town. My Mom recently came across this photo of me with my grandfathers and namesakes from their time here: Mike, my Mom’s father, on the left, and Robert, my Dad’s father, on the right.
My Student, Hannah
July 7, 2010 | Filed Under Family, Students | Leave a Comment
Last Saturday I was pleased to meet a former student working at the Racquet Club where Debabu’s been taking lessons. Hannah was one of my first APELCers at CDO who was ready to bolt class early on but who stayed with me and performed well the entire year. She’s a great kid who’s experiencing success in college now, and I got her picture with Zufaney.
Summer Safari Nights
July 5, 2010 | Filed Under Family, Recreation | Leave a Comment
Friday night we went to Reid Park Zoo’s Summar Safari Nights, and we probably couldn’t have had a more stifling, sweatier time that we did. We missed the bears, monkeys, and zebras, but most of the other animals were pretty active despite the heat.
