13 Months of Construction

We are 13 months into construction of our house. Progress is really slow. On 28 September 2007, here's what the house looked like.

On the North side of the house, scaffolding was up and waterproofing paper had been applied.


The same was true on the South side of the house.


This is the view from my dad's bedroom, out onto his balcony. Notice that the entire wall of glass folds away to the right.


My bathroom will have a wall-mounted toilet. The white toilet tank is embedded in the wall, anchored by a blue metal frame.

Pearl's Modern Fort

My kindergarten friend Pearl has a new present from her parents--a custom-built modern fort. It's two stories tall and is great fun for climbing.

Pearl and I stood on the top platform.


I climbed up the side.

Birds at the Zoo

Dad and I go to the San Diego Zoo pretty often. I especially like to watch the birds, which is what we did on a visit on 8 September 2007.

I posed next to a bright red bird that I really liked, but it's sort of difficult to see the bird.


I took this picture of a couple ducks that I thought were cute.

First Day of 2nd Grade

I started 2nd grade on 4 September 2007 at Grant Elementary in Mission Hills. The year should be terrific--most of my friends are in my class this year and we have a great teacher.

Colin, Joe, and I are in the same class and we posed for a picture on the morning of our first day of 2nd grade.