Happy 4th Birthday David!!!

It's an odd day today for cute little David ... Mike is out of town on business and I had a race this morning so I've been gone most of the day. Fortunately he got to have some fun with Grandma Civello but still ... an odd day. It's a great thing we'll be in Tahoe later this week to continue the celebrations!!!!

Alameda County Fair ... now or never!!

Today the county fair opened its doors ... and it's our only chance to go ... so we went! We weren't exactly ready for the all nighter we pulled but we certainly had fun and made memories. :) David was tall enough to ride some more rides this year so he truly enjoyed it! He fortunately and unfortunately won some goldfish tonight too. Fortunately, because he had fun doing so and it gave him a thrill. Unfortunately because they likely won't last a week and I don't want them around because they're SUPER hard to take care of and finicky. **UPDATE** they didn't last 2 days :(

Although Caleb was INCREDIBLY tired he did great. I wore him the whole night and he wouldn't relax and go to sleep. But it in the end it was all worth it. Unfortunately we missed out on the fireworks show this year but I'm so happy we last minute decided to go. I look forward to going next year when Caleb is older and bigger and actually able to ride rides ... this year was hard on him. He really wanted to ride all the rides with David.

Congrats to Dr. Grandpa Price!!

Today Grandpa Price gave his final defense of his doctoral dissertation and passed with flying colors! They called him practically immediately to give him the good news! We couldn't be more proud of him as he's taken this great leap and completed it!! Just waiting for the hooding ceremony ... so so so proud ...

CU at the Giants vs Rockies game!

We got a special treat to go see the Rockies and Giants play at AT&T park. We used it as part family excursion, part birthday present for David and we had a blast! It was a warm yet cool day in the city depending on where you were as we roasted in the seats but got cool on the concourse and even on the street. We ate junk food and cheered on both teams. The little men decked out in CU gear, Mike and I had troubles deciding which team gear to wear and therefore root for! So we ended up with both on. LOL ... I had a Rockies shirt but I wore the free Jason Baumgartner hat we received. Mike wore a Rockies shirt with a Giants polo over it and the Baumgartner hat. Oy ... we looked silly.

The boys went and played on the little kids field and hit the ball. And David even went down the BIG Coca-Cola slide in the outfield! It was so much fun to watch them play and enjoy the game. Caleb is still a little young to truly enjoy the game but definitely was happy to watch a little bit of baseball (bay-ball!).

It was a great game but we left right after the 7th inning stretch f because it was going to end up being a long day with crabby boys if not and ended up missing quite the show from the Rockies who ended up winning the game!

David's Super Mario 4th Birthday Party

This year we had to have David's birthday two weeks early because of travel, work, vacation and all sorts of craziness. But we had a blast and just like last year, it was HOT. Some of his good buddies came to hang out and play so of course it was fun! We played baseball, ran around, ate yummy food and even had a star piñata!

I'm not entirely sure how David decided on a Super Mario Bros party but it sure was fun trying to outfit it all! Including fun Luigi and Mario hats for Mike and David. David of course was Mario, Mike was Luigi, Caleb was Toad and I was Princess Peach (but we don't have photos of us).

The star piñata was certainly a hit and likely took over 100 hits before it broke open!! It came down to Chad and Mike taking hits to finally open it. It was hilarious!

I can't believe that he's 4 and starting Pre K in the fall. Which means kindergarten next year and graduating college before we know it. PLEASE SLOW DOWN!!!

Dancing machines!!!

I simply adore that my boys love to dance. We regularly have dance parties with fun, bass pumping music. So on this particular evening when they got to stay up later because they took long naps, it meant getting to watch the auditioning dancers on So You Think You Can Dance. They both automatically started wiggling and shaking and grooving to the music. It was such a riot!!!