Train ride to the park

It rained a little bit but we had some good fun taking the train to Washington park.

Ikea

Dasher

Christmas Tree Tailgate

It's just an awesome time. We do a potluck of food and drink (French Toast Casserole, Chili, Hot Cocoa, Baileys, Coffee, Mulled Wine). Christmas music boom box is pumpin. Tailgates are open for all to sample. The hiking for the perfect tree begins. After some falls and some muddy turns we find it. TIMBER! The sun warms us and we rope that sucker to the roof for our sleigh ride home. Merry Christmas!

Paintings

It's a young hispanic Santa (Nico has a diverse mind).

Racing in the rain

The rain didn't stop us from getting out there and havin a foot race. Check out Nicos arms pumping

Under a fall tree

Thanksgiving 2010

Our efforts to separate the kids from the adults failed (see empty kids table). But we had a great meal and great company.

Cousins

Nico's Baptism

Halloween

Witchy

First Day of Preschool for Benny!

It was a big day for Benjamin- the 1st day of Preschool!!!
Not sure why I am so in love with this video- but Benny was soooo focused and determined to paint his apple. It was adorable.

mancave (or maybe its a boycave?)

Spider

Rockville park

Rodge and I went mtb in Rockville Park noreast of Vallejo. Very hot. You can see Mt Diablo in the background.

DubClub

Me and my boys (aka Dub Club) went to the Sierras recently for some
downhill mountain biking. Can you tell pre and post pics?

passed out

I don't know if it was the comfort of the ride or the Katie Perry song playing on the trailer speaker but these little boys were out at the end of our GG park ride. Funny.

Gg park & ride

Today we met the Rahlazios @ Golden Gate Park and went for a little bike ride. There was a nice little picnic @ Stow Lake. Sooooo much fun!!

The Bear

I couldn't get the video up on this site so I posted it on YouTube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp4xmlZFgGQ

This is post "attack".

Lake Tahoe

We had a wonderful few days in Lake Tahoe. Some highlights include an
actual bear crossing in our yard(look for the video in separate blog),
an epic MTB ride along the Tahoe Rim Trail and the Beach. Yup, more
than just a ski destination. We were sad to leave.

Out with the tricycle...

..and in with the trailer! Just like flying coach only I actually feed my passengers. We love it!

More crackers

That is one of nicos fav things to say these days. He is licking the cracker bowl clean.

Session a park

When u skate or freestlye in a park or bowl (as they are sometimes referred) you "session a park". Well that is what they say in California anyway. Yesterday we went to session a park. No skateboards or bikes just yet. Just good fun running/jumping around. No falls for Benny. Nico took a header on a rail. Ouch! Not very forgiving. X-games, look out!

Peaceful moments

Benny has been off his rocker lately. At night when we decompress Carrie and I think of new strategies to calm him down a little (telling ourselves that this is a phase and it won't last long is a bunch of bull$#!*). One idea was laying down in the grass and lookin up @ the sky. We took this pic looking up @ a palm tree. A peaceful moment...

Vacation pix

We took a little trip today using Photobooth. Hawaii, Paris and the Moon. Fun.

Happy trails

Benny is doing really well on his bike. We drew a chalk line/track for him to follow and it really helped his steering. He doesn't know how to brake yet. That might be an even tougher concept than pedaling. But today we were @ the park with the bike and he veered and went off roading. It is much harder to pedal in the grass but he mashed his way through. Every once in a while he wants to abandon the bike but I insist he at least push it back. Tough love eh? What a good boy. We r so proud of him. Hopefully we can get him to learn how to brake soon because he knows how to gather speed now. I keep thinking this is just a phase but he keeps getting on and riding. Is it time for a bmx/trail bike?

Park hopping

The city of San Mateo (our home) has an abundant supply of parks/playgrounds. I have always known this and I have wanted to start visiting some of the other less frequented parks (We get bored of the same 'ol swings and play structures). So I went to the city website and they have a real convenient map with all the parks marked! There is even a legend to identify the parks with playstructures! (I know, I am a nerd). Today we went park hopping. We started at 8 and headed home at 11. The boys didn't even know what hit them. They could barely hold up their heads at lunch. What comes next.......you guessed it....a lunap eclipse!