Baywatch Boy

Lately, Daniel has been obsessed with lifeguards. He thinks lifeguards are the coolest and wants to be one when he grows up. Daniel will be sure to point out that he wants to be a beach lifeguard, not a pool lifeguard. The other night the kids and I brought dinner to Brian at work and Daniel got to meet the lifeguards. He was on cloud nine!

Meeting head lifeguard Skylar.

Holding the rescue buoy.

In the lifeguard tower.

Surveying the beach scene.

Val's second 30th

Since Val was pregnant for her 30th birthday last June, she invited friends to a fun birthday party for her 31st. I left both kids with my parents for the first time and flew up to San Francisco for the weekend to celebrate. Everyone met up for bagels and mimosas and then we took a limo bus into Sonoma for wine tasting. That evening, we had a pizza making contest. As fun as the day was, the highlight of the weekend for me was spending one on one time with baby Jack. Daniel and Kendall are always with me when I see Jack so it was awesome to get to play with him and cuddle him and have him all to myself!

Bicycle built for two

Kendall went on her first bike ride- she loved it! I could feel her little hands grasping my t-shirt while she hummed and sang during the ride.

Tiny Dancer

I Jump, You Jump

Some of our favorite times together as a family is watching the kids mess around and play with each other. Daniel was showing off his jumping skills and Kendall was trying her best to imitate him. She might need to master walking before she tries jumping!

Daily Kendall

Happy baby bathtime!

Boo and Bug

Swim class for Kendall

The UCSB swim coach lives on the cul-de-sac next to ours and his family offers swim lessons during the summer. We decided to walk on over and drop in for the baby class.

Daniel was pretty bored hanging out and watching Kendall's class. Usually Kendall is carted around to all of Daniel's activities and this time the shoe was on the other foot!

Daily Kendall

Buddies on a bench

Isn't it the best to witness sibling love?

Daily Kendall

Love this girl. So much.

Practicing Paddling

Ridin' Campus

At Campus, Daniel ran into one of his preschool buddies. His buddy has an older sister who was happy to take the kids for a ride on their boogie boards.

Her arms must've been tired after pulling these three around!

Volcano and Train Birthday

Daniel requested a Train/Volcano (his two favorite things) birthday party with his preschool buddies to celebrate turning four. The poor guy was sick as a dog (along with Kendall) for the big day so we rescheduled. As the new party date approached, Brian got super sick so we canceled and rescheduled again. The third time was the charm and Daniel finally was able to have his train/volcano party that he had been looking forward to for the past month!

Birthday banner

I guess they were out of all the volcano/train themed b-day supplies at the local stores, so I improvised with some clip art.

A benefit of the change of date for the party- Nathan was in town and got to join in the celebration.

The pinata. Daniel's new favorite birthday tradition.

Make a wish!

Present time!

What would a preschooler's birthday party be without an exhausted birthday boy breakdown?