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To the Kiosk Vendors of Valley Fair
December 3rd, 2008 — Akemi, Shopping, Silicon Valley Moms Blog, Westfield Valley Fair, akemi/svtwinmom, mall kiosk from Akemi/svtwinmom @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
Farewell My Inner Mervyns Mom
November 14th, 2008 — Akemi, Mervyns, Silicon Valley Moms Blog, garanimals, sprockets, svtwinmom from Akemi/svtwinmom @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
I never wanted to be a Mervyns mom. My mom is a Mervyn’s mom. I like to think of myself as an Anthropologie sale rack kind of gal. Growing up, my mom used to take us to Mervyns as part…
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November 11th, 2008 — Akemi, Silicon Valley Moms Blog, birthdays, svtwinmom, thank you notes from Akemi/svtwinmom @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
I forgot to thank my grandma for the thank you card. My mom passed along the inquiry, “If you received it, Akemi, please just call her and tell her you received it.” “But Mom!” I want to whine, but I…
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October 9th, 2008 — Akemi, Silicon Valley Moms Blog, death, svtwinmom from Akemi/svtwinmom @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
Here is the church, Here is the steeple. Open the doors, And see the dead people! Ok, so my preschool age boys didn’t exactly utter this twist on the traditional fingerplay game, but it’s probably close to their perception of…
The Audience Booed!
September 19th, 2008 — Akemi, Silicon Valley Moms Blog, center of attention, exploratorium, mind exhibit, svtwinmom from Akemi/svtwinmom @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
My boys are comic geniuses. Or so they think. When they make silly faces, I laugh and make silly faces back. When they stumble through a joke, I laugh. They have a built in audience in me. I’m a reliable…
Don’t tour our preschool on the first day!
August 21st, 2008 — Akemi, Silicon Valley Moms Blog, kindergarten, preschool, redshirt, svtwinmom from Akemi/svtwinmom @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
Today was my kids’ first day back at preschool - hooray! We arrived late today (due to a previous commitment) and showed up during recess. Boy do pre-K kids look giant compared to last year’s preschool class. As my kids…
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Pirates Don’t Tuck!
August 13th, 2008 — Akemi, Silicon Valley Moms Blog, flap books, melinda long, pirates, svtwinmom, usborne from Akemi/svtwinmom @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
I didn’t see them coming, those rowdy buccaneers. We’d been busy talking about whales and robots and taiko drums when a pirate ship sailed into our living room. They were a fearsome bunch when they weren’t napping. Shiver me timbers!…
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Don’t Bake Your Fur Baby!
July 11th, 2008 — Akemi from Akemi/svtwinmom @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
What comes to mind when you think of Gilroy in the summertime? Garlic, perhaps? Or more likely (if you’ve got young kids), Gilroy Gardens? To me, the mere mention of the name Gilroy makes me want to duck into a…
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July 2nd, 2008 — Akemi, Silicon Valley Moms Blog from Akemi/svtwinmom @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
Yesterday, around 11am, I was on my way to the Westgate Target when I noticed a couple of police cars and a lane closure up ahead. Usually, I would have pointed out the sirens to my boys in the back…
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June 30th, 2008 — Akemi, San Jose, San Jose MarketCenter, Silicon Valley Moms Blog, Starbucks Drive-thru, svtwinmom, trains from Akemi/svtwinmom @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
On the site of a former rail yard, sits the gateway to one of my favorite little known tot spots. You must drive to get there, winding your way through what is now the parking lot of a typical ugly…
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June 3rd, 2008 — Akemi, Silicon Valley Moms Blog, amusement park rides, kiddie car ride, svtwinmom from Akemi/svtwinmom @ Silicon Valley Moms Blog
Summer is upon us. But before you pack up the kids and head to an amusement park, let’s first go over a simple math word problem: A kiddie car ride has room for 10 riders. If you were the ride…
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- Welcome to Green Hybrid Electric Cars Green Hybrid Electric Cars will be website dedicate to the hybrid electric cars aka HEVs. With the price of oil and the toil on our environment we should all consider doing our part to reduce or replace our fuel consumption with cleaner alternatives. This website will have resources for the......