Sunsets I Love - Manhattan Beach.

 

Luke's perfect day - Santa Monica Pier

We decided to spend the weekend after Thanksgiving away from the malls and shops to avoid the craziness so we headed to Santa Monica Pier.  This is Luke's ideal day and he loved it.  Laila on the other hand;not so much but she had her share of fun.

Don't let the look on Minni Mouse fool you.  She asked for a tip for taking a photo with Luke.

Laila "loved" this ride...NOT!

This was end of the ride...notice how she has no idea what she is in for.

Flatest spell ever

I went 2 weeks without surf and it was horrible. I'm back in the water now and Sal of http://rightspotattherighttime.blogspot.com did me the honors of capturing this sequence.

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Another cold day

Another cold day indeed.
This was taken by Lee of http://teamstoked.blogspot.com/

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Thanksgiving Feast at Luke's school

Today Luke invited me to a Thanksgiving feast hosted at his schoool.
The images and videos below are from that event.

Luke, Charlie and Kevin..his new best friends. 

Luke and Kevin

Group photo with cheesy smiles.

Group photo with cute smiles.

Waves in November

Today, we set our clocks back one hour and that meant an extra hour of surfing for me in some really good conditions. I had a blast!! After church and brunch, the kids and I played in the sand until they were completely pooped. (literally in Laila's case)

The following two photos are a sequence from this mornings session.






The following are another sequence of another sweet wave.









All photos are courtesy of Sal and Brandon of http://rightspotattherighttime.blogspot.com/
Thanks!!

Surfing video clips..at last.

This one is from last weeks session.




..and this one is from this last summer.




Enjoy.

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Laila takes Dad to the cleaners..

..as she combs through his wallet.
Maybe a precursor to what I should expect in the future?

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Beautiful Day.

Today was a beautiful day. I had a great 3 hour surf session, went to mass and followed up with our usual Scottys brunch.

These clips were taken after brunch.

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Going round

Laila shows off how to go round.

Who knew walking could be so exciting.

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Daddy DayCare provides Saturday Train rides.

Laila turns 15 months..

..and decides to walk.
Video clips below.

These Kids are something else!!

Grandparents are wonderful!

38th Annual Manhattan Beach Hometown Fair

Laila makes us laugh.

Laila Gets Tickled some more.

Kenyan-Indian Fashion Mashup

The Njeru's (my parents) are here...

Mum seems to have an eye for fashion..

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Texas Vacation - Finally!

I keep trying different ways to make this easy so feel free to email feedback when it gets too complicated.

The aim is to share images and videos of the kids development while keeping them private and protected for obvious reasons.

We spent 3 days in 106 degree weather in Dallas, TX with the Johnson's and Jayaseelan's.  It was wonderful to see the greater Jayaseelan family and kids after at least 7 years.  The Johnson's as always spoiled their grand-kids rotten while Auntie's cooking added some girth to our waistlines.

We also spent 3 days in Austin, TX with the Kinoti's and Nkonge's.  Click here to see the Kinoti's post about that visit.  We loved meeting baby London and the Nkonge girls, Brenda and Tiffany.

To see the most recent photos of this visit and for the month of August, click on this August link.  There are some video clips in there too!.

To see some older (2010) photo sets click on the links below. 

July
June
May
April
March
February
January

Enjoy!

Back in California..

We are back from our vacation.  

Watch this space for videos and photos from that expedition.

Meanwhile...enjoy these of Luke and I in Hermosa Beach.

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Texas Here we Come!

Hi All.
Just sharing some precious video clip moments of our Texas Summer Vacation.  More clips coming!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqxUQIy2NyM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoYGRTSunqA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCl0jNft67I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ntrp28BJvI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a9v-JAgijk

Hello People.
It has been a blessed and busy month with additions to the extended family, work pressures, growing children etc.
Anyway, I have more video's captured during this time but they are not embeded in the blog so you will have to click on the indivudual links to see them.

Laila dancing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bFBxMoi6IQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJxsl3Ms4aU

Windy Beach Day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=144S1B0UEEI

Swimming Videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNfpoHBHcBI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2PNLBcYAv8

Laila being Laila
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPW-JnDDRV4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpfUYu34HYo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRVHf-kBdso

We welcome London!

It is with great pleasure that I on behalf of my family welcome London Sophia Makena Kinoti.

We cannot wait to meet her!

Vlog - Laila loves drama!

Vlog - Laila can get really Sassy!

Vlog - Laila loves Luke's bed!

Vlog - Luke can Dance too!

It has been noticed by none other than his namesake (Mr. B.K Njeru), that Luke is missing in action in the most recent blogs, vlogs and photos.

So it is with great pleasure that I announce that Luke can dance too with this video log. ( thats what vlog stands for in case you were wondering)

Vlog - Laila Can Dance!

Hi All.
I took this video of Laila yesterday and she has some interesting dance moves when she hears music.

Check it out and enjoy! 

Laila's Birthday Video

Hi All.
Click on this video link to see a video of Laila's birthday party.


Enjoy!

How to sleep like a one year old.

Laila showing off her sleeping skills after she turned one today.

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Sleeping tight.

Laila shows us how to sleep tight 3 days before she turns into a one year old.

Watch "Laila's 5 minutes on the new EVO!" on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata&v=nzBMl1VXv2s

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Little's Law

This is a technical post so disregard it if it doesn't interest you.  I tend to do this on occasion when I am inspired and wantto save something for posterity sake.

Following this weekends joyous Fourth of July celebrations, we decided to order dinner from one of our favorite restaurants so we called Bamboo Thai Bistro.  Naturally, we opted for delivery and after one hour of waiting and no delivery guy in sight, I decided to drive out and get us some hamburgers from In-N-Out.

Little's Law or theory was in effect!  With most people having barbecued themselves out over the 4th of July, I imagine the restaurant probably received more orders for delivery than they had the capacity to handle.  This  resulted in system instability and eventual crash or breakdown for the poor little restaurant.

The queuing theory states:The long-term average number of customers in a stable system L is equal to the long-term average arrival rate, λ, multiplied by the long-term average time a customer spends in the system, W, or: L = λW

End of rant!

I wish!

We could have been there for this.
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Still a Cutie Pie.

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Pylonville again!

Pylonville again!, originally uploaded by kimathi_njeru.

Laila has her first teeth at 11 Months!

Yes.  It is true.  Finally!.

Laila now has two little teeth at the bottom peeking out and ready to bite.

I found it blog-worthy because of how late her teeth have come in compared to how early Luke's teeth came.

Luke had teeth at 4 or 5 months and by his first birthday he was mowing down solid vegetables with relish and abandon.  Laila on the other hand at 11 to 12 months is only getting her first teeth now but that doesn't stop her from attempting to eat anything and everything.

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the later teeth come in the more likely you are to keep them into your geriatric years.  Based on that, we can conclude that Luke will be a toothless old man and Laila will be eating sugarcane with her grand children.

Enjoy the weekend and we love you all!

Best Fathers Day Week Ever!

This week I attended 4 great musical events, surfed some pretty awesome waves and cooked breakfast steaks for my family.

I can't say enough about the joy in my heart.

The musical events were....

Alborosie at Brixton on Monday.
Passafire at Saint Rocke on Friday.
Luke Njeru at CCS on Friday.
Baaba Maal at Hollywood Bowl on Sunday.

Awesome!!

I hope all fathers and grandfathers had as awesome a fathers day week or day as I did.
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New Photos!

Mickey Lolipops, originally uploaded by kimathi_njeru.

In case you hadn't noticed, it has been a while since I last posted anything on the blog. I plan to make up for it.

This photo was taken at Disneyland where we celebrated Luke's 4th birthday. Click on the rest of the photos in the 2010 Collection to see what has happened since January.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimathi_njeru/collections/72157623113514639/

Laila started crawling forward!

Yes! You read that correctly. This week Laila started crawling forward. She doesn't move very far before she gets frustrated but she is definitely has the motivation to go forward!
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Picture of the Day

Imagine my shock yesterday when I was browsing through a Hermosa Beach article and photo journal when I saw my picture!

Apparently I made it to 'Picture of the Day' on November 27th 2009.  The fellow that takes these photo's is a local photo journalist and his shots sometimes get featured on the front page of a local daily magazine called 'The South Bay' or something like that.

Edit..this is the current link to the photo.

March scoop

March scoop, originally uploaded by kimathi_njeru.

I know it has been a while since I posted but life happens.

Lee of http://teamstoked.blogspot.com/ took this recently when I returned to my favorite spot this March for a much needed and very enjoyable session.

More updates as they become available.

USA 7 : Kenya Wins Day 1 Games

Kenya 35 Chile 5.
It was an electrifying game.

Kenya 17 Scotland 0
Oh my goodness!!

More tomorrow.
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vlog - Laila finds her hands.

Now you can tell the technology leap in the clips when you see this clip of Laila as she find her hands!

Notice how similar yet different the munchkins are at approximately 5 or 6 months.

Wowzer is all I can say.

Blogging or Vlogging?

I reached back into some archives and found some video footage of Luke at about the same age that Laila is.

Unfortunately, the quality is poor and the sound is lacking which tells another story about technology and time. You will understand what I mean when you see Laila's clip.

Enjoy the vlog as in video log.

New Decade, New Photos

Hi All.
I know it has been a while since I last posted anything.

It is a new year and new decade and it would not be right if i didnt upload holiday and new year photos.

So check out the December 2009 set and then go over the the January 2010 set.
Enjoy!

Real Estate on the moon.

DSC00699, originally uploaded by kimathi_njeru.

I plan on selling and subdividing the moon to interested investors.
Let me know if you are interested.

I took this photo a while back using a friends telescope and my camera. I thought it was quite striking and worth sharing with a little humor.