Surprise Visit

This evening we had a surprise visit from my friend Gigi and her husband Brian. Gigi is pregnant and due in 7 weeks. They had been visiting San Juan Batista for the day and dropped by on their way home. Vic was on his way out to pick up dinner so he wasn't here to help with the kids, and they were bouncing off the walls. It was partly due to not going outside today but mostly with having guests over that they haven't seen in awhile. Dylan had just awoken from a three hour nap so he was in happy baby mode. Gina and Andrew were in wild kid mode, throwing pillows and wrestling on the floor. Gigi and Brian were both amused by their antics.

Brian had brought his camera along and took a lot of pictures of the kids. He took some good ones of Gina when she was a few months old, so hopefully these will be good as well. He also had a video of Andrew on his phone from when Andrew was around 1yrs old. That was fun to look at as well. Andrew had very little hair and was making faces for the camera.

Earlier in the day, Gina was in dress up mode. Noemi commented the other night that Gina is mischeivous, good at getting into things. What she most likes to get into is my stuff. So for dressup, she had taken off her clothes and put on my long sleeved maroon shirt, some sneakers and put a pair of underwear on her head like a hat with some hair peaking out of the openings so that it looked like bear ears on the top of her head. It looked pretty funny.

Dylan's New Quilt

Dylan's new quilt finally arrived. Our friend Becky Takano made it last spring and gave us a picture of it when they visited last fall. She works part time at a quilt shop so it was hanging on display for the past few months. It is gorgeous with lots of different colors and black and white patterns. I got some cute pictures of the three kids with the quilt. I even let Andrew hold Dylan for one of the pictures; he was excited.

Dylan is now three months old and is still a very mellow, easy baby. He has discovered his hands and loves to chew on them. He makes lots of cute baby sounds when happy. When we are out and about he still sleeps a lot. He still sleeps well at night, going down around 7 or 8pm and then just waking up once around 3 or 4am, much to my friend Noemi's annoyance. Her baby Katrina has been having a lot of problems going to sleep and staying asleep.

Three days ago was Valentines Day and the kids were very excited to receive books and lollipops. I also received some very pretty flowers. I got Vic some Chai and vanilla flavored caramels. Vic liked them though I thought they were a little strange. Dylan got to wear his cute Valentine's Day outfit.

Gina's New Skill

Gina has been practicing riding a bike. At preschool, they have several two wheeled bikes that the kids can ride around the sand box. Teacher Lynne said that she has been trying for the past two weeks and today she succeeded in riding the bike. She wanted to show me when I came to school but unfortunately it had been raining so it was too wet. It will be fun to watch her in action the next time the playground is dry. So I guess we don't have to buy her a bike with training wheels.

More Pictures from the Mustard Walk

As usual, my camera froze up yesterday so I couldn't download any pictures. So here are the pictures that I took of Gina and Andrew in the orchard.


Andrew was fascinated by an old time tractor and we got to see it moving across the field to the trailer. Andrew didn't want to leave until we saw the tractor being pulled onto the trailer.






I also got a very cute picture of Dylan in his bassinet.

Saratoga Mustard Walk

Today did not get off to a great start. I was fast asleep and then suddenly was awoken by Andrew. I was still sort of asleep and thought it was Monday instead of Sunday. I even told the kids to get ready for preschool. I felt half asleep all morning.

Andrew had his first Super Beast Little Gym class today. This was the first class that he participated throughout the whole class time. He did the beginning song, the warmup (though he held my hand the whole time), and the group activity. He even sang along with the goodbye song.

This afternoon was also the Saratoga Mustard Walk. I had a LM meeting so I took the kids afterwards while Vic studied for his upcoming job interview. Gina and Andrew were looking forward to getting ice cream.

It was a beautiful day today. Gina and Andrew wandered around the orchard, picking flowers. Dylan wanted to take a nap but instead he got a bumpy ride in the stroller. He was all smiles for the woman who was taking pictures at the orchard.

Cereal Bars

Tonight while I was making dinner, I discovered I was missing one of the ingredients. Since I had to feed Dylan before dinner was going to be ready, Vic offered to go to the store to pick up what I was missing. Gina and Andrew were busy coloring with the stencils so I left them alone while I fed Dylan in the living room. Once Dylan was finished, I walked into the dining area to discover that the kids were raiding the boxes of Trader Joe's cereal bars that I had bought that evening. There were SEVEN empty wrappers on the table and Andrew had another unopened bar in his hand. Gina's explanation for all of this was that Andrew wanted a blueberry bar. When Andrew wants something, Gina is always willing to help, especially if it means that she will get something too. Needless to say, I will definitely be more careful about putting groceries away and out of reach and Gina has been warned about getting food for herself and Andrew without asking first.