March 2016 - The Jacobs Family Website

March 30, 2016

A day at the beach

Last weekend the Russells graciously invited us for a picnic and day at the beach at the Half Moon Bay Yacht club. The weather could not have been better and the dolphins made a rare appearance. Nora even got to go out in Ian Russel’s sail boat at see the dolphins up close. Kai is in day four of his five day Oman trip so I threw in a picture of him on his way out the door. Enjoy!

Kai on his way out the door for his 5 day Oman trip. Only a little nervous.

Ian and Nora getting ready to go sailing.

Crystal at the beach

Nora and Ian sailing with the dolphins.

Nora and Ian coming back in after sailing with the dolphins

Nora at the beach

March 28, 2016

Easter Bunny 2016

Easter 2016 came a little early as Kai was already off to his Oman trip. Here are a few pictures.

Its a dogs life...

Crystal in the backyard.

Original artwork by Nora.

Dying Easter eggs

Nora with her shaving cream technique

An egg undergoing the shaving cream egg dye method.

Dying eggs

Evidence the Easter bunny came!

Egg hunt in the backyard

Nora collecting eggs

Kai collecting eggs

Nora checking the content of the eggs

Picking up eggs

March 22, 2016

The Book Character Parade

Last week was the book character parade at Nora’s school. Everyone picked a favorite character from a book and got dressed up for the big parade. Sometimes refered to as “second Halloween”. Nora was mouse adventurer Geronimo Stilton.

Nora getting ready for book parade day

Kai being goofy at breakfast

Nora in the parade with her class

Nora on parade

Nora at the parade

Crystal in the crowd

Nora with a friend

March 20, 2016

Kids’ Activities

Here are a few pictures of the kids’ activities with flag football, Boy Scouts and dance.

Nora at flag football

Nora at flag football.

Kai with buddy at the pancake breakfast.

Kai serving eggs and sausage at the pancake breakfast.

Kai in the huddle.

Kai at flag football.

Nora at a dance performance.

Nora at dance.

Nora shaking her tail feather.

The splits!

Nora after the dance show.

March 18, 2016

A Few Random Pictures

Here are a few random pictures from the last few weeks. Nora ended up convining us that she needs a phone to be able to call us when she when she needs transportation to dance or gymnastics. We got a low-end samsung with a basic plan and she is over the moon. We also had some slow drains in the house so they went to flush the main house drain and, not realizing that the pool was connected, ended up spewing water from the pipes all over the patio. It is likely some got in the pool and, not knowing what was in the pipes, we opted to drain and clean the whole pool. Check out the pictures below.

Nora making pancakes and getting fancy.

After an unfortunate maintenance incident Kai watches the pool drain.

Watching the pool drain.

Nora about to get her new phone.

Nora walks around the house pretend talking to people on the phone.

Crystal crocheting.

Nora watching the 3d printer do its stuff.

Nora getting ready for a bike ride with Dad. This is the alley behind our house.

March 13, 2016

Bahrain Weekend

Given a 3 day weekend and a long stretch of time since the last one we decided to do something special and head over to Bahrain for a couple of nights. The weather was excellent for pool and beach and we even hit some cultural highlights that Crystal and I had not seen in over a decade including the Bahraini fort (ancient Dilum city with a Portuguese fort built over it) and the Grand Mosque of Bahrain. The Grand Mosque used to have the world’s largest fiberglass dome, but, apparently, Dubai liked so much that they made one that is bigger. Enjoy the pictures.

Kai in the Bahrain Fort Museum.

Kai, Nora and Crystal in the Museum.

New low tide by the fort.

Flag above the Bahraini fort.

At the fort entrance.

Juxtaposition of the ancient ruins and modern skyline.

The tower in the fort.

Kai and Nora returning from the fort.

Kai and Nora at the fort.

A scrap metal sculputre of wasps outside the museum.

Kai and Nora paddle boating on the lagoon.

Paddle boating on the lagoon.

Nora with her head scarf.

The grand mosque.

A minaret and the Grand Mosque.

Kai, Nora and Crystal getting ready to enter the mosque. There were multiple tour coaches of german tourists entering at the same time. Who knew?

Nora goes hijab. She couldn't wait.

This 3.5 ton chandelier hangs from the world's second largest fiberglass dome. Aparently from an aluminum support and not the dome itself. So cool but not as amazing as it once was.

There are over 1000 of these hand blows French globes in the mosque.

French blown glass blubs with Iranian stained glass.

Ben, Kai and Nora near the qibla.

Perspective shot down the archway.

Crystal, Kai and Nora on the balcony where the women pray.

Panorama from the balcony of the grand mosque.

Panorama from the second floor.

Crystal, Kai and Nora on the balcony in the Grand Mosque.

Kai outside the Grand Mosque.

Ritz girl.

Nora has on her best dress and even gets some makeup.

Crystal and Kai dressed up for fancy dinner out.

Crystal and Nora waiting for our car to head out to Bushido.

Kai tries his hand at Tepanyaki

March 10, 2016

Suki

Suki has now been a member of our household for over two months and is fully adjusted. Her and Webster are not part of the same pack and, though Suki often wants to engage in play that Webster isn’t interested in, they spend a lot of time together especially during naps. Enjoy the pictures.