More Fun With My Boys!

Hanging like a monkey (the photo is dark, because it was dusk, but I never get photos of this activity, because I am typically the "spotter")


A race down the slide


Silly boy


More silly boy

After naptime yesterday, we went for a quick visit to Joaquin Miller Park, where Alex loves to "hang like a monkey". It was getting dark quickly and turned quite nippy after the sun went down, but that never deters Alex, of course. Afterwards, we went to Vientien, our favorite Lao-Thai restaurant for some yummy dinner. As you can see, Alex was having quite a fun time, as usual, when eating is involved. He loved the ginger pork and requested more "sticky rice" and broccoli quite a few times, which is always a good thing to hear.

Happy New Year!

Admiring the "wawa" fountain


Peek-a-boo!

One of many trips down the slide


Busy sweeping the steps at Joaquin Miller Park

Driving is always a favorite activity

Happy New Year everyone! We're off to enjoy dinner with friends and hopefully you are celebrating the incoming year as well. Alex and I went up to Joaquin Miller park this afternoon to enjoy the nice day. He always loves to climb all of the stairs, play on the playground and just generally enjoy nature up there. It was a good way to spend the afternoon. Goodbye 2009! See you in 2010!

Out and About

Alex is keeping busy this week with some fun outings. On Monday we visited Studio Grow in Berkeley, for the first time. It is a great play space with a variety of activities for kids of all ages. Since it is school holiday time, it was quite the buzzing place. Alex and his friends enjoyed the ball pit, some puzzle time and they all seemed to enjoy watching the older kids during the "parachute" time. I remember doing that in grade school and the older kids seemed to be enjoying it as much as I remember enjoying it myself. Alex had alot of fun in the play kitchen....I guess the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

It was such a beautiful day today that we actually went to two different playgrounds. You cannot pass up sunny and 60 degrees in late December! As you can see from the picture, Johnny and Alex were quite interested in the squirrel which seemed to be hanging out around the playground searching for discarded Cheerios. It certainly looked as thought it had eaten quite a few...it was quite the plump squirrel, and obviously not afraid of children crawling towards it. They had a blast crawling around in the sand and playing with the assorted toys. So different from this summer when the swings were about all that they could enjoy, and we spent most of our time trying to make sure that they didn't eat the sand.