Marevelous images I hope never to forget

Yesterday when I got to Jadon's school I showed up during his recess, during which I saw he was playing happily with classmates on the basketball court.  As an adult not allowed to stay on the playground, I retreated to the central quad where we're allowed to eat lunch with our kids, & I wondered if he would notice I was there.  I watched from afar as several kids started filing toward the lunch area.  I got distracted & looked away for a moment, when I heard a "Dad!  Dad!" accompanied by a boy running toward me with a face of delight.

This morning, Evangelina was blowing kisses & doing the ASL "I love you face" (both hands, thumbs on ears while rocking side to side) from her seat as I was saying goodbye to her through the class window.

well, I guess it IS round...

This past weekend we spent some time in Marina del Rey for a meeting, & it was a challenge (as usual) to remind our children that these trips are generally outside of our own budgets, & rather are covered benefits from Daddy's work -- a gift for our family to enjoy each other in the comfort of nice amenities.  

The kids like playing in the lobbies of nice hotels, & the Marriott in MdR did have a pingpong table, a pool table, bean bag toss, & tic-tac-toe for people to play.  

What did Evangelina want to do?

"I want to play in the electric zero."

I didn't know what she was talking about until she brought me to the electric revolving door.