Day 3: Philly to DC

Today we woke up early to go to the post office. Daddy had to do some mailing.


Here's Aki walking down the longest post office hallway in the world



Aki pushed me down the hall. She needs to work on her steering.


After the mailing, we hustled out of the city so we could go have lunch with Emma and her parents, Uncle Dan and Aunty Linda. We went to a big duck restaurant that was very tasty. I like crispy fatty salty duck skin!

We went back to Emma's house so that she and Aki could nap. While they were sleeping Uncle Dan and mommy let me watch WALL-E on the TV.


Ooooh... so clear... Why don't we have one of these?

Later, daddy and Uncle Dan disappeared to go watch a baseball game, while I took care of the ladies. We went out for pizzas. I'd write more but it's sleepy time now for everyone. Tomorrow, more DC!

Day 2: Easton to Philadelphia

Today we got to go to the fun Crayola Factory! Except for the fact that they don't really make all the crayons there, it was lots of fun.


This guy is the Crayon Tip, not my babysitter P'Tip. Apparently all Tips are fun.

They gave us tokens to trade in for markers. I spent mine at this machine. I do like my green!

Aki and mama had a good time drawing

While I made a fish gyutaku print

Aki did some finger painting, but mostly it was dipping her hand into the paint and playing with the bowl

Aki loves looking through little holes

We are showing our favorite colors.

After a short drive and a nice nap, we arrived in Philadephia. We went walking since it wasn't bedtime yet.

Fruits in the Reading Terminal

We saw the bus back to Chestnut Hill. I wonder how much that ride costs?

I got to ride on a dragon in the park

Climb on the jungle gym

And we met up with mama's friend Ruth from high school and her husband Bodie

The only disappointment of the day was that our hotel tonight doesn't have a pool. Oh, also, my parents wouldn't buy me Swedish fish at the market right before dinner. But, all in all, so far so good! Tomorrow DC and Emma!

Day 1: Boston to Easton, PA

Ok, so we are on the road, but that doesn't mean that we've caught up with all of our stuff that we've been doing. I would write about it all, like our trip to the Stone Zoo, packing up and clearing out everything, our last StrollerFit class, but I don't have the time to do it all.

I do want to mention the surprise farewell BBQ that Emerson and her parents had for us. It was the greatest party ever! We thought it was just going to be her family and Ellie's family, but when we came around the corner into their back yard, lots of other people were there too! A few of the pictures are here, but here's one that I especially liked from the party.


See you in October!

Ok, back to today... This morning Ronak had to go to school so we all got up and had his daddy's favorite chocolate chip pancakes.


Then we had our last band practice for a while...


And our last cooperative art project...


And hug...


Thanks to the Sheths for putting us up on the first night of our road trip! We miss you already! See you on the Internets!

Then it was time for the drive to really begin.


Here I am somewhere in Massachusetts

We stopped for lunch in New Haven. Mommy and daddy found a great park for us to play in and Uncle James, daddy's college roommate, took time out from his very busy schedule to have pizza with us.


Back at Yale

A few hours later and one missed turn that led us to drive across 34th Street in midtown Manhattan, we ended up at our hotel in Easton, Pennsylvania. Tomorrow... Crayon factory!

Movin' on Out

We're on the road! As you might know, we're moving to daddy's ancestral homeland of Hawaii. We cleaned out our apartment today and started our road trip this afternoon. We have traveled almost 3 miles from home, and I'm having a sleepover with Ronak tonight. So far so good! Since we're on the road, we hope we'll be able to update more promptly. Next stop, New Haven!

Eating Noodles

During the week we were pretty relaxed. I've been home from school since it ended last week. Daddy was home a lot since he's winding down his work. One day we went out to eat dim sum at the dim sum restaurant but after 45 minutes they didn't serve us. So we left and went to the Korean noodle restaurant. Let's just say that it was a blessing in disguise! We love our Jajangmyun!


Jajangmyun!


Jajangmyun!

Jajangmyun!

Pirate Birthday Party

Last week we went to a pirate's birthday party. Actually the pirate was my classmate, new Julia (not Julia from my old school).

Mommy helped me paint my face like a pirate. Or Harry Potter with a mustache.

Pirates sometimes get hungry for pizza. And they eat the crust first.

Mama and Aki practicing her family sport

Leo and I are practicing for the pinata

Ooh... that's a hard pinata!

Finally Julia's dad got a broomstick and one of the big kids broke it open

Poor pirate ship

Happy Birthday new Julia!

Back in Time

Oops! I wrote about last Sunday already but I forgot to write about last Saturday! We did lots of stuff, but since it's out of order, I'll make it quick.

First off was Ellie's birthday party at Kids U, my favorite gym.

Aki being crushed by giant roller

Ahh... there's much more space in this pirate ship!

Pizza was fun. And tasty too!

After the party we had to rush home so that Aki could nap and daddy and I could go to the John and other John concert (or as mommy likes to call them, TMBG, not to be confused with NKOTB). At least that was the plan. When we got home though, I decided that I wanted mommy to be my date. So off we went to the concert...

We had great seats!

And I got a balloon!

And we went to Starbucks afterwards!

Daddy would definitely not have gotten me a balloon or Starbucks. That's why I chose mommy.

When we got home, it was such a nice day that we decided to have dinner in the park. We had leftover barbecue and ate it under the sky.

I was kind of full from Starbucks though, so I decided to go exploring. There was lots of stuff to see there... Like this staircase down to this green, leaf-covered lawn.

But it wasn't a lawn at all! It was a trap for little boys to fall into! A very stinky trap.

Oh well, at least I got to see Ellie, John and other John!

MoS and Bon Voyage BBQ

Last Sunday we went to the Museum of Science. We have only a short time left here in Boston, so now everything is like a farewell tour. I'm going to miss the Museum of Science.

They have a new exhibit now, called Crittercam. Basically scientists mount cameras to animals and set them free. Then the cameras fall off and the scientists go find them. It was really cool!

Here I am adjusting the critter-cam. For some reason, on the screen, it says, "Aaah!"

Ok, maybe I need to adjust it from this angle

Later we went to the Discovery Center, Aki's favorite part of the museum.

Playing with the Lite Brite

Getting ready to do some digging

Everything is big like this! Daddy says this is a preview of what I will look like in a few years. I don't know what that means. Look like Daddy, maybe?

Aki helped mommy with this red strap

Every time I come, Daddy always tries to build all these blocks into a wall. This time, this girl actually did it!

Aki's favorite part of her favorite part of the museum

Later I took part in an experiment. I had to tell this lady which puppet a crayon belonged to. Silly lady. It's mine!

Then Aki and I helped daddy build hoop gliders.

After we left, Aki had a nap and we drove out to Daddy's boss's house for a "Bon Voyage BBQ."

Daddy's boss has a kid between me and Aki's age, and that meant, toys and train books!

Aki liked this ball. We have one like that, right, Daddy? Come to think of it, I wonder where it went...

Daddy and his fellow fellas

Even though we don't have that much time left, the weekends have been so much fun!