Happy August - Welcome to the dog days of summer

Backyard fun in Livermore, U.SofA. One of my favorite things to do is spend all day outside with the twins under the umbrella, listening to classic country music and watch them play in the baby pool. Life doesn't get better than this.

Twins Turn Two!

Dominic & Sofia turn two! We threw a Noah's Ark theme birthday brunch for them with a 2x2x2 menu of 2 eggs, 2 bacon strips and 2 pancakes. Gramma, Grampa, Great Uncle Jim & Auntie Linda, and Auntie Erin, Mommy & Daddy attended.

American Beauty - Alameda County Fair

Rob's 33rd on the midway of pleasanton's alameda county fair. Jamie said we could park 800 yards away at Dunder Mifflin...This was probably the understatement of the century. After walking about a mile, thankfully, a Hay Ride just happened upon us, and gave us a lift to the entrance gate. What luck!

All of these photos are courtesy of my iPhone.

Happy Birthday America!

Independence Day..Literally. Cleaning up backyard tonight after our 4th o' July party, we turned around to find Dominic had climbed out of crib (using fisher price aquarium as foot hold), opened his bedroom door and strolled out to living room. I walked him back to his crib only to find SOFIA, was now on top of HER fisher price aquarium; one foot over railing making a break for it! They are working together. The kids are now "camping" indoors under their new crib tents! Looks like a big mosquito net. I can stop sleeping with one eye open now!

T-Minus One Day; One Foot

I thought one Robert's favorite Tom and Jerry Cartoons was apropos for the occasion.

the Surgery is 1pm Wednesday.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1BSitMzuug

This is the Life: Happy Mom's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all you wonderful, loving, giving, strong, slightly crazy Mamas. Love to you all.

It's no Fellini, but we have Feline...

We can *finally* retire our circa 1994 (?) Sony HandyCam Vision. Robert , only after a couple days of pestering, brought home and surprised me with the requisite 2nd Mother's Day gift..Cotton, paper, housewares?? NO Hallmark! It is the MinoHD Flip Video. Behold, my first published SPOT. It's Turkey, the AMA-Z-ing technicolor cat. Yada, yada, yada, roll credits.