4th of July weekend!!

We had the best long weekend with our family!! We had VERY special visitors in town.  Aunt Connie Jo and Uncle Tim from Minnesota and Aunt Mary Ann and Uncle Jack from Walnut Creek.  The kids loved spending time with them and getting spoiled by them:)  Thursday we spent the afternoon at Malibu Cafe enjoying cocktails and lunch in the sun.  We had a beautiful table under a giant tree outside.  The kids loved the creek and they could run around and play with blocks and a giant chess set.   Friday Nana had a 4th of July party with lots of yummy food and the kids loved more family time.  Saturday night we had an amazing dinner in Malibu at The Sunset Restaurant where Nana and her sisters shared lots of stories of growing up on a farm.  Some very funny and some bitter sweet but I loved listening to all of them! Sunday we hosted everyone at our house.  We had a family baseball game which consisted of Sophia and Preston hitting so many balls over the wall that we had to move the "game" to the green space next to our house! Both of them have serious swings!!  We were so sad to see our family leave.  The kids loved every moment they spent with their Aunties and Uncles.  We can't wait for their next visit!

Last week of school plus LOTS of summer fun!!

 Summer is in full swing in our house and we're packing in a lot of activities, some trips away, camp days, Disney days, family visits, dance, taekwondo,  and of course many trips to the pool!! Seems like the last week of school came and went so fast.  Phia was so in love with her Tk teacher Ms. Ada so it was a sad goodbye as she's leaving the school to teach elementary at the other Catholic school in town so we'll meet her there in a few years!  The kids had a blast at the Parish Picnic.  Phia did awesome at the sack races and the bouncies kept the kids active for hours!  In June Phia did a week of VBS(Presto is STILL too young!) and the theme this year was safari.  She was skeptical and cried the first day(she was sooo excited to go and then was sad when she got there) but then warmed up and had a blast!

All things Presto...

Our Presto is not only super handsome, charming, and smart,  but we happen to also think he's the most hilarious 4 year old on Earth.  Last week in preparation for the 4th of July and all our Auntie's coming to town(with our Uncle's of course!) we were shopping at Trader Joe's(we happen to be there almost daily).  Anyhoo, I left the line to run and get something I forgot and came back to find out Presto had invited all our "friends" in line as well as the cashier to a 4th of July party at our house! He was attempting to give directions when I got back..."You only have to take one fweeway"(just like that..."fweeway").  He's constantly asking questions, telling us interesting "facts", telling others our ipad password, and makes sure to also tell everyone he comes in contact with his age, his siblings ages, and mommy and daddy's ages(YIKES!!).  He's super friendly to everyone(too friendly at times) and has an enormous love of life.  He still sneaks under our bed a few times before finally retiring to his room at night but only 'til 3am when he cuddles up to us for the rest of the night.  Thank you Presto for always making us smile, always being the first to try something new, and for being your easy going self .  You are such a special boy! Here's just a few examples of Preston's stream of consciousness in the car one day: "When is the Easter Bunny coming?", "Can Lollipops melt?", "Guess what mommy? My tongue can touch the top of my mouth!", "When I grow up I want to be a train fixer mama...that's a job right?", "Did you know when I was 2 my name was Parker".  He just goes on and on...we love it all little man!