Fun at the Zoo & Welcome 2010!

A trip to the zoo was a great way to spend New Year's Day! Jack had fun waving to a fire engine, watching the train (too loud to ride says Jack), playing with Alex, riding the carousel (he still only likes to sit on the sleigh), and cruising with Ben in our new ORANGE double stroller! Oh, and we saw a few animals--check out the giant anteater.

BK and Jack-in-the-Box

A friend of ours has pointed out that our kids are named after fast food spots...happy to report they have never set foot in either place! Here are some pics from the last couple weeks:

Fun time with Uncle Matt!


Striped duo


Sleeping with Aunt Emily after Thanksgiving meal


Quiet time

Big Brother Excitement!

Jack is pretty excited to be a big brother! Ben sure is lucky!!

Welcome Little Ben!

Benjamin Kermit was born on November 9, 2009 at 7:01pm. He weighed 7 lbs 5 oz and was 19.5" long. We brought him home a few days ago & Jack is ecstatic to have a baby brother!

The last hooray (33 months)

We are welcoming baby Kermit into our family tomorrow! So, this week, Jack got to enjoy some of his favorite activities. Today was all Jack's picks: making & eating pumpkin muffins, swimming at the "cool pool" (Palo Alto JCC with slides etc.), grilled cheese lunch at Dinah's, crepes dinner with G&G, N&P, and Aunt Emily at Ti Couz (including his own dessert crepe with chocolate sauce and ice cream) and seeing "the whole city in lights".

At the Academy of Sciences


Exploratorium with Alex


Slumber party with Alex complete with bed jumps & whomps


At Dinah's after swimming--our last family of 3 outing!

Oakland outing (32 months)

We kicked off Halloween season showing off our family In-n-Out costumes at the Oakland Zoo (rides only!) and Dunsmuir October Festival.

Still love this car...


Scrambler


Pony ride


Bobbing for donuts (what happened to apples??!!)

Jack loves accordian music!

We disappointed many strangers who did not know we were in costume

Go Stanford! (31 months)

Jack went to his 1st Stanford game this season. He was lucky to check out the tailgate scene & then see a touchdown against SJ State in the first few minutes of the game!

At the game


game


Checking out the cheerleader (Lindsay).


Playing bean bag horseshoes


Swords with Uncle Matt


Jack & Tree

Fun times with G&G (30 months)

Jack had a fun time with Grandma & Grandpa a couple weeks ago. They hit the Oakland Zoo (for the rides, not animals), Filoli Gardens, and In-n-Out (a few times!).

All aboard!


Cars or Planes?


Flowers up close at Filoli Gardens


T-ball!


Homerun!


In-n-Out--Jack's fav!

Weekend Away (30 months)

We spent a weekend on a farm in Sebastopol with Nana & Papa this past weekend. On the way up, we stopped at Mrs. Grossman's sticker factory in Petaluma AND Train Town in Sonoma. While Jack enjoyed the train ride, his favorite ride was the scrambler! On the farm, we ate fresh eggs for breakfast and picked veggies to cook for dinner. Although, Jack thought it would have been better to just give our fresh picked potatoes to the guys at In-n-Out to make us some fries! In Sebastopol, Jack chose to spend the day at a toy store, a park/playground, and a bee farm to learn how they make honey. We ended the weekend with a day in Bodega Bay for fun at the beach and a delicious lunch at Spud Point Crab Company (where Jerry & Jack opted for the tri tip).

This fast ride made Doug a bit ill, but Jack just loved it!


Feeding the chickens that laid our eggs for breakfast


Jack got to pick carrots, beets, potatoes, apricots, rhubarb, herbs etc.


Bodega Bay with Nana & Papa


Lunch!

Day out with Dad (29 months)

Jack and Doug spent a recent HOT Sunday at a bluegrass festival in Oakland. They had such a good time that I think we will all go next year!

Jack had a front row seat for the show!


Caterpillar crown art project


2 pony rides in one week--what fun!

Daddy! (28 months)

We celebrated today with a bbq/picnic/cupcakes with friends, papa, nana, and aunt Emily. A few pics of the dynamic duo over the years:

Jack insisted on being carried around in the rediscovered baby bjorn a few days ago!


Guitar jam


Giants ballpark to themselves!


June 2008--Jack was 16 months


June 2007--Jack was 4 months


Jack (4 months) in a carrier when he actually fit!