Do you know your continents?

A cute clip of each of the boys singing a song they learned at school.

First up... big brother Miles who knows every word:


And, now for Oliver's rendition... (you might have to refresh the browser window and then hit start to watch this one)

Happy Hollow

We took the boys to Happy Hollow on Saturday morning and they loved it. What's Happy Hollow you might ask? Go here to learn more. :) It's a wonderful place for younger children.


The cool part is that Derek remembers his mom taking him there when he was a kid.


They recently renovated it and it has great rides, a small zoo, and a great climbing structure and playground.


Of course, Miles couldn't stop asking about when we were going to walk on the train tracks we saw outside of Happy Hollow on our way in. I think we could have skipped the entire park and just played on the train tracks for free! He's (clearly) obsessed with trains and says he's going to be a train conductor when he is an adult.

Easter 2010

We had a lovely Easter weekend... FULL of Easter egg hunts.



It kicked off Saturday morning with an Easter egg Hunt in downtown Campbell. There were hundreds (maybe a thousand?) kids going after 5,000 eggs. Now, 5,000 eggs might sound like a lot but the eggs were gone in less than 30 seconds! It was quite funny.

{Photo with the (scary looking) Easter bunny}

I made my very first cake from scratch on Saturday afternoon... 3 hours later, I had a decent looking cake in the fridge. It was a lemon layer cake with lemon curd and mascarpone. All I have to say is that it was A LOT of work... and I am willing to bet that I could have picked an easier recipe to start with. I have a whole new respect for Lisa and Christina! I added some fresh fruit on top when I served it on Sunday morning for brunch and I thought it was pretty yummy, but very rich and decadent.



Sunday morning the boys woke up to an Easter egg hunt in the family room as it was a bit too chilly outside... thankfully they didn't ask how the Easter bunny got inside the house. :) This started an entire day of obsessive candy eating. They ate candy ALL DAY LONG. We had Easter brunch at our house with Hao-bu, Lara, and the Danes family. Sunday afternoon we had a lovely Easter dinner at the Williams' family with a few other families (6 wild boys and 1 little girl who was holding her own). Of course there was another egg hunt (indoor again because it was pouring rain) but the kids had a blast. And then there was Finding Nemo so that we could eat dinner.

{Miles will Aidan and Carter}

{Chilling out watching Finding Nemo}

Oliver was especially in love with his Easter candy. At the end of the day, he had a fond attachment to a piece of Laffy Taffy which he would not put down even when it was time to brush teeth. Silly little boy.

Happy Easter!

Digging in Capitola

We took the boys to the beach yesterday... it was chilly but since they aren't really too interested in swimming in the water, it was a fun day. They were happiest in a big hole that another boy had dug out.. climbing in and out for an hour... and they slept like babies last night. Can't complain too much about the cost of living in California when beach days like this are 30 minutes away!

Spring picnics...

Watermelon....
Running through the sprinklers...
Spring is here...

New sandals

Poor little Oliver just does not understand how online shopping works... lol!

This weekend, I sat down with him on the laptop and we ordered him some fire engine Teva's from Zappos for the summer.

Well, after I said that I ordered them, he ran to the door and expected them to be there!!! He got hysterical (we are talking crocodile tears!) when I told him that he had to wait until Tuesday for them to come. Very very upset. Poor guy. I had to explain that they would be here in a few days.

It was pretty darn funny!

Teri and Jeff's wedding in Calistoga

I finally have some pictures to share so here's a late blog post... Derek and I had the great pleasure of going to Calistoga the first weekend in March for Teri and Jeff's wedding. It was gorgeous up there! When we lived in SF (pre-kids), we were able to get up to Napa at least 1-2 times per year, but now we rarely get up there, so it was a treat.

More importantly, it was a very special treat for me to spend the weekend with 3 of my very favorite people from college:
-- Teri, the gorgeous bride who lives in Oakland (but you would think she lives in New York based on how infrequently we are able to make our busy schedules work for a night out). ;)
-- Geri, my dear friend from middle school and college who now lives in Ohio and I don't get to see or talk to nearly as often as I'd like.
-- and Lara, my sweet friend who now lives in SF and she lives the fun, exciting life of a single woman and, therefore, I also don't get to see her as much as I would like.

We had a fabulous time laughing all weekend, making fun of each other, drinking, dancing, and celebrating the marriage of Teri and Jeff! It was so hard to say goodbye on Sunday.

Some pics from the weekend...

{Geri, Lara, and me before the Friday night BBQ}

{Derek and I before the Friday night BBQ - gorgeous backdrop, huh?}

{The bride and groom at the BBQ}

{Silly Lara at the BBQ}

{Derek and I before the wedding}

{On the dance floor}