Holden's 2nd {Farm} Birthday Party

Holden's an animal lover so we went with a farm/petting zoo theme. I'm just seriously relieved I wasn't in the hospital delivering baby boy.... although I seriously knew I couldn't get that lucky but I had my friends on back up just in case!!! Holden likes to be heard {to put it nicely} so he's been shouting "two" and "party" for weeks now. When Cameron pulled up to the park that morning the look on his face was so perfect. We love you Holdie and we hope you had a perfect day. 

The petting zoo ended up being perfect... and it included the nosiest pigs you've ever heard. Chickens, baby goats, bunnies, hens, ducks, and pigs made lots of kiddos pretty happy.

Hold's favorite part of the party was his free access to sugar. The kid has got a sweet tooth and we have no idea where that came from. His rotation went something like Cheetos, donuts, juice, Mexican Coke, caramel apples, then repeat. You only turn two once! 

Blackhawk Plaza

We're still adjusting to all our bestie neighborhood friends moving away. It's so weird to look out your window and expect to see what you've always seen.... a street full of friends {for me and the boys}. Change stinks. The boys know it's different, they still ask where their buddies are.... and I explain the same thing over and over. Weston prays at night for Evan and Holden walks around outside saying, "Luke, awww, Chi-neeee" {for China}. Time to break out of our "usual" comfort zone, which is never a bad thing. 

Spring has been gorgeous and we found ourselves at Blackhawk Plaza last week. Both boys insist on feeding the ducks one grain of food at a time. It's funny to me that they do it the exact same way. The good news: I never have to buy duck food cause I can keep using the same box for years. The bad news: we spend a loooooong time feeding the ducks. 

{Weston, Holden, and Brayden}

Neighborhood Egg Hunt {2013}

With Suzanne and Lisa getting ready to move, things were a bit crazy on the street. We decided to move our annual hunt to the park this year and it was so, so fun. Parks are my best friend. Shedding a little tear that our fourth annual hunt is going to be our last year with the usual crew together.... it's been a fun ride.  

Nothing was cuter than watching the toddlers eye the cupcakes. Should have gotten a pic when we said, "eat one" and they all smashed their faces into one.

{Ronan, Holden, Luke, Haylie}

Waiting while the eggs were the eggs were getting hidden....

Who's ready to find some eggs???? And the hunt begins.... 

{Luke, Brayden, Ronan, Evan, Ronan, Ava, Weston, Holden, and a missing Haylie}

Puddle Jumping

Michelle and I dragged the boys downtown to set up early for the Livermore tree lighting. Like really early and in the rain. We're for sure turning into parade freaks. The boys were thrilled to find themselves some giant puddles which soaked them head to toe. Oh to be a kid again. 

Livermore Tree Lighting

We finally got it together and went to the tree lighting and parade this year. We've turned into crazy parade people that go in the morning, set up a ton of chairs for our crew, show up late, and then crawl over everyone to get to our chairs. Part of the memories I guess. Us and the neighbs all met up the Alehouse {along with everyone else in Livermore} to eat before the parade. Chaotic Fun. The boys loved the floats garbage trucks and trailers with lights. And then the icing on the cake was Santa riding up on a firetruck and lighting up the tree. Gotta love small town Christmas fun. 

Chrissy Field

I'm FINALLY getting some energy back so I'm playing catch up. When Andrea was in town we spent the day at Chrissy Field. We've gone there a ton and this was our first foggy and super windy day... I guess it was bound to happen sometime. But... it was perfect for flying kites. And the highlight of the day was for sure when Weston's EMPTY bag of Pirates Booty flew down the beach. Weston was apparently attached to this bag and had the mother of all tantrums {the awkwardly embarrassing kind}. After he recovered Cameron told him they would walk down the beach to look for it. And what do you know... they found the bag and daddy was the hero. Weston didn't let go of the bag the entire ride home. Strange little three year olds.

 

Andrea

One of my Utah besties, Andrea, came for a visit last week. It was soooo fun. My only complaint is that  her visit wasn't longer and I didn't get pics of some of our more classic moments like: shopping at Target, sock buns, sourdough bread, Weston only calling Andrea "the babysitter," diet coke runs, me falling on Bart, and having a grandma trip over Weston and then land on him at the restaurant. Perfect memories. Come back soon Andrea!!! 

 {T-B: kite flying at Chrissy Field, Gotts, Embarcadero, Chrissy Field}

  {T-B: Handling the boys on Bart.... which was interesting, dealing with the double and one too many escalators, and Weston's favorite part of the trip was learning how to use the green potties. Basically he was obsessed with using every one.} 

{T-B: checking out Alcatraz, our family photo.... because everyone thought we were a couple with our two boys, crabs, and lobsters!} 

Rio Del Mar Beach

We've tried to hit up the beach a lot this summer and I'm starting to get a bit sad that summer is coming to an end. The boys love the beach, well, let me clarify. They love the sand, not so much the water. I hate the freezing water too so I guess I don't blame them. We met up with the Vilkin's and the boys had a blast. 

My highlight of the day was watching Holden eat his first Cheeto, which quickly led to his first bag of Cheetos. I think Weston was able to sneak a few but this kid had a death grip on the bag. I never want to forget how much this kid loves to eat. He's all about meals and snacks alllllll day long. 

Savoring every last bite. Mmmmm.

Digging and more digging and an ocean attempt with the dads.

The boys on the street are so into pretend play. We keep begging them to kick balls but it seems like all they want to do is make soup and cake. Soup/cake= putting every branch, leaf, rock, and piece of bark in site in a huge tupperware container. It's super exciting. At least they switched it up today at the beach.... here they are cooking up a batch of oatmeal. So no sports scholarships are in our future but hopefully a restaurant :)  

Neighborhood Movie Night

Our movie night in Vilkin's garage was pure crazy fun. Lot's of crazy happening that night. A few things I never want to forget....

-how much Holden loved the little chairs. He sat in one for about 20 minutes scarfing down popcorn like it was his job. He looked about 12 and I still can't get over it.

-he loved the chairs so much he would stand in them and then fall face first to the cement. 

-how Weston will never watch anything but Mickey at our house but wouldn't take his eyes off of Peter Pan.

-how much Weston loves being with his friends {especially Evan and Brayden}

-how much popcorn and lemonade everyone ate and drank.

-how much popcorn and lemonade we had to clean up. 

{Weston, Evan, Brayden}