Crosses

A new obsession for Tonio are the red circle crosses. "What does that one say?" "No left turn". You point them out everywhere:
- No Smoking
- No bunnys (actually no animal testing)
- No two copies (no pirating of dvds)
- No people walking

Those are your favorites. The other day we went to the Botanical Gardens with Jenny and the girls and you saw about 12 at the front gate and your eyes went big and a slow "woooowwww". "No skateboarding, no riding bikes, no picking flowers, no stepping on flowers, no feeding squirels, no scooters (an aside to Jenny, "Thats a good one)".

Other good ones this week:
- No bed bugs
- No tools

Rhymes

Both boys love to rhyme. My favorite is Toto's: "Shoe, new and the number two". He goes around repeating that one a lot.

T Ball

First Day






Last Thursday was Miguel's first day of t-ball. This is his first group/ class anything. I have avoided all Mommy and Me classes, music, and any other toddler class. Now Miguel is almost five (we find out about Kindergarten this week) so we decided to sign him up for the Park and Rec T-ball league. Miguel was good, of course. He was so cute with his little arm pumping as he ran the bases. He was the littlest guy out there. When the boys were actually playing a little game it was very funny. A kid would hit the ball and all kids would run into each other trying to get it and then about six boys would chase the boy around the bases. When it was Miguel's turn at bat, he would hit the ball then go to first and keep running, passing whatever boys was at second and then all the way around, to slid into home, really slide.

This whole time Tonio was going crazy, jumping up and down, whining to play. The age was for 5-7 and Miguel was already too young. When the boys all lined up to hit at the very end. Tonio sneaked in and hit the ball far. When I asked the coach if Tonio could play he said, "Of course the kid can hit".

After practice dinner at the Blue Jay Cafe:

Teeth!

The Missing Tooth: Last week, you guys were out riding your scooters down the hill on Sutter Street as the sun was going down. Your mom was teaching that night and it was just the three of us. Miggy kept going faster and faster, acting like the little daredevil that he is. On one of the last times down the, you came down Broderick Street and as you turned onto Sutter, you lost control, flew off the scooter and landed on your face. You had a big scrape on your chin and a little blood coming out of your mouth. I got you inside and cleaned you up and it didn't look too bad - just a small scrape. Two nights later, you were having trouble eating and developed a fever. We gave you some medicine and put you to bed. Around 2am you woke us all up. You were crying and in pain and you wanted to climb into our bed. After a while, I took you to the couch and we slept off and on until the next morning. Your mom had to work that morning, so you Toto and I went to the dentist. You were scared and cried the whole way there. Once we got inside and you sat in the chair, you stopped crying and became a very brave little boy. The dentist x-rayed your teeth and it showed that you broke your tooth completely in half, so it would have to come out. After a little bit of laughing gas and a shot of novacaine, your were ready. The dentist reached inside with a pair of pliers and pulled out the broken tooth. She put it in a little box and let you pick out two toys. You were much happier the rest of the day. That night the tooth fairy brought you a dollar. ~Dad 1/26/11

Happy Birthday Elvis and Grandpa Bill

We had a great dinner celebrating my stepdad's and Elvis's birthday. I made a chocolate, peanut butter, banana cake, we had the birthday boys' pictures up, and danced to our favorite Elvis songs. It felt wonderful.

Holiday 2010

Happy New Year (eve!)

At Jessie and Andy's with the Chickens in Half Moon Bay 12/31

Skateboarding

Christmas Morning

"Just what I wanted... a race track!" - Tonio

Christmas Eve

Making Cookies with Natalia

December 1

You both fell in love with the book we bought, "Yes, Virgina" My favorite quote from Tonio about the book is regarding "his grilfriend" (spelling intentional) Charlotte, "I love mean, bossy girls".