Dive bomb burritos

Tonight we had Lucha Libre burritos for dinner. Thanks to Spike for introducing us to these! We all love them. Here's Aaron dive bombing into his burrito. Yes, he pretty much ate half of a burrito (minus the tortilla). 

Sooo close

Soooo close he can almost reach it!

Aaron at the park

Aaron has been getting some good morning park time lately. He loves climbing up the stairs, playing in the sand, swinging and going down slides. He's almost master the turn around and go feet first on his tummy move for the slide and going down stairs. 

Bath peekaboo

Aaron was playing peek-a-boo with me in the bathtub the other night. He sure loves his peek-a-boo!

Kyle's 100

From Kyle's 100th day of school. 

"When I am 100 years old, I will take 100 photos total on 20 types of monkeys." How very specific. And not surprising that he will always love monkeys. 

"If I had 100 dollars, I would use it to buy 100 monkeys." Simply amazing, $1 monkeys! 

Emily's 100

For the 100th day of school, the kids wrote a cute little journal about many things 100. Following are the cutest ones from Emily's journal. 

"When I am 100 years old, I will have 100 stars dancing." I love the picture of her with her cane and her fake teeth. Still wearing a dress and wearing lipstick. 

"If I had 100 dollars, I would buy a blue ribbon bunny."

Ronald Reagan Library & Museum

After a fun morning with Mike, Mary and Mason, we headed to the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum. It's hard to not be inspired by all that Reagan was and his legacy continues. 

This was cool seeing the teleprompter. And of course getting to be the presidential speaker!

Recreated Oval Office with actual furniture from his Oval Office. Note the jar of Jelly Bellies by the lamp. 

Air Force One

Boarding Air Force One! It was used by 7 presidents up to George W. Bush, though the latter took a token flight on it to be the 7th president on it before the plane was retired. We couldn't take pictures inside, unfortunately, but it was a nice plane. Sure would be nice if regular planes were as comfortable. 

A snack after seeing the plane. And chocolate cake. Apparently Reagan had a chocolate cake on board each flight just in case it was someones birthday or some other celebration. Smart man. Good taste. 

The library also had a Disney collection on hand for a temporary exhibit.

Dinner at Umami Burger afterward. Great burgers. Recommendation came from Giada de Laurentis' opinion on Best Thing I Ever Ate. 

Space Shuttle Endeavor

Right after Kyle and Emily's basketball game, we headed to LA to see the retired Space Shuttle Endeavor. Wow, was it amazing! It's huge and small all at the same time. It's flown millions of miles and has been to outer space. Outer space!!! Crazy! And wonderful to have seen the actual craft close up. Unfortunately you can't go on it to really see the inside, but it makes sense that they don't allow that for security reasons as well as upkeep. 

Lunch stop on the way. Kyle's pastrami sandwich that was as big as him. 

Endeavor

Under the Endeavor

By the nose

Basketball

Kyle and Emily's basketball season is nearly over, but they are having fun. The other day, I took Kyle outside to shoot some hoops and teach him some dribbling moves. (Emily was at a friend's house.) I taught him a spin move and he was a quick study. He was so happy to use it in practice and the game. He gets a big smile every time he does it. Some times it's more successful (maintains better control) than others, but it sure wowed the other kids because defense at this age consists of standing there in front of the dribbler and then the dribbler stops at the defense. But with the spin move, Kyle can keep going and the kids don't know what to do with it. 

Emily gets to dribble the ball down court from time to time. She is so giddy when she gets to dribble. Here she is trying to get a pass off after encountering the defense.

Softball

Spring training has begun! Emily is playing softball this spring with the girls, all 6 years old and younger. In the picture below, she is the one in all pink fielding the ball. 

Aaron's real haircut

Aaron got his first real haircut today. I know he technically already had his first haircut, but that was all they did then - cut a hair. And cause ScreamFest 2012. Today he went to the military barber with Jeff and Kyle. Jeff was hesitant to take him there among all the people who go there for a nice relaxing haircut. But Aaron was awesome. He watched Kyle and Jeff go first. Kyle gets in the zone when he gets his haircut. You can talk to him, but he's not there. He's just off somewhere, probably thinking of monkeys or tennis or Miko. So he was a good example for him to see. 

Aaron sat still for the most part, though he was interested in the comb and the buzzer, but otherwise he was great. He also was holding a lollipop though he didn't really know what it was until we were walking out and he put it in his mouth (wrapper on and all) and discovered it tasted good too. But it kept him occupied and he didn't cry or freak out at all - well until we took the lollipop away for the car ride home.

Before

During

After

Baby Giggles

Whenever Aaron sees Jeff in his office, he lurches for him and wants to play with Daddy's computer and electronics. Well today he got to play Baby Giggles. He had a blast and was laughing and shrieking at the monkeys throwing bananas at him and the penguins sliding down the ice slide. He was also just so happy to have his hands on a computer keyboard. Jeff came over to watch and take a picture and Aaron gave him big smiles of joy. Jeff nailed it when he said, "this is probably what Aaron thinks I do all day at the computer." 

Flu

And once we left the batting cages, early I might add, Kyle got the flu (Monday evening). And then 2 days later, Wednesday evening, Aaron got it. Then 5 hours later (wee hours of Thursday) Emily got it. Jeff and I have been spared so far. I sure hope it stays that way. What a fun house we were this past week! Pajama days and games and shows. 

About shows, Kyle was watching a Curious George and he says, "this is my favorite not-true show." So I asked him what his favorite true show was and he replied, "Super Bowl X-L-V-I-I. I liked it because it was real and exciting and the 49ers almost won in the end." He reads something and just seems to remember it. He wasn't going to forget that XLVII and that is how he refers to the game. 

Games and gatorade

Water and Cheerios

Aaron wants to play games too

Yogurt for some probiotics for Aaron. 

Walker

Aaron walking around with his walker again

Batting cages

Kyle and Emily are starting baseball and softball this spring. So I took them to the batting cages for some fun. They both really came along once they got calibrated to the pitching machine. (The pictures are from 2 different places about a week apart.) It is going to be a fun spring filled with lots of baseball and softball for us! 

Cute

Standing

Aaron gets around with his walker and is also showing signs of good balance. He hasn't tried to take a step yet (unassisted) but will walk along the couch or something he can hold on to. He has been standing and letting go though and balancing. One time he let go and was standing by himself and was so happy he started clapping. I finally was able to catch him on video just standing. 

Trouble

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