The Tooth About Summer....

Gerard's first tooth fell out on the last day of kindergarten.
A second tooth is so loose, it will fall off any day now. 1st grade starts in just over a week.

On Thursday Gerard went to work with me and on our drive home,  he asked what his last name would be when he marries Ella. "Will it be Hernandez bloom?" And he continued to say I could live with them!

Gerard just woke up and told me about a nightmare that he woke up from. We were at  snowed beach and he was making snow angels. The snow melted and turned into the sea swallowing the land. We got on a boat and said goodbye to America. He didn't know where we were going and then he woke up.

He said this was the scariest dream he's ever had. 

Gerard breezed through kindergarten like a champ! Report card shows he's met and exceeded all standards for his grade, and his early literacy assessment is off the charts! Congrats, kid!! We treated you to Mel's tonight, and you wanted some other treats too but first you need to make space in your toy box. Your last day of kindergarten was also the day your first tooth got pulled. So many achievements!

Aubrey has started with youth ballet at the Y, and she's enjoying so much! You have such the spirit of a ballerina, and it makes my heart warm to watch you do something you enjoy. Unfortunately, you did not get into our school of choice for transitional kinder, so there's another year of preschool for you. No worries, girl. You will get to kindergarten and breeze through it just like Gerard!

We are so blessed with smart kids :)

Rio Gache Hernandez

1 min · San Francisco, CA · 

I hope one day soon my sillybutts will appreciate how I signed us up for food bank volunteering on Easter Sunday (before I realized it so) instead of hunting for eggs.

Too young for business?

Nah.

This summer, I'll help (try) both of you to start a business.

We will sell greeting cards with your original art.

You draw, I will write the copy, I will take pictures of each card, I will set up your Etsy shop. Any proceeds will all go to your college fund.

Let's see how this works? It's our summer project, guys. 

Big brother Gerard

at branes and noble for the lego event 2 weekends ago, i was in a section reading some marketing books and the kids got separated from me. i thought they were in the toys section. i went looking for them.. and saw them walking around. gerard looked like he was about to cry.. but he was holding his sister's hand leading her around the storejust for that.. i gave him good points when we got home. we always tell him: if they ever get separated from their grown up, they should always stay together and he is never to leave aubrey behind. good job, big brother. <3