We are trying to have more one on one time with the kids. Every month we will pick a day to have outing in separate pairs instead of a whole family. So far they have been enjoying it.

Max went with mom to Boomers and played some golf.

Renee went with me around the town, watched a movie and fed the duck while waiting for the movie.

Renee also went with me to a volunteer work, where we prepared food for homeless. She did a good job cutting the beans.

At the civic center, Max showed off his newly-learned skill: monkey bar!

As the soccer season coming to an end, Renee's team got together for dinner to celebrate. The moms put pictures together and created a album as a gift to the coach. We are really lucky to have a great coach, who taught himself everything on the training.

I went as a chaperone with Renee and her two other classmates to see a play: the Wizard of Oz.

Max gets funny sometimes and makes silly moves.

I took Renee and Max to the Exploratorium, where we located a geocache near by. Unfortunately, the Exploratorium was not open on that day. We ended up going to the Fishermen's Wharf.

They really liked the new comet structure outside the Exploratorium.

Renee lost her first tooth! She wrote a lovely letter to the tooth fairy asking for a million dollars. Tooth fairly tried very hard to handle the delicate situation and gave her one dollar. Renee said, "one dollar can still be useful."

As a family tradition, we bought the Christmas tree right after Thanksgiving.

As usual, we built Christmas tree with lights!

Renee and Max had a lot of fun decorating the tree.

We took a picture as a proof that we were ready for the holiday!