River Poppa's 75th birthday in Shenandoah

 

Washington DC

Cupcakes!

We made LOTS of cupcakes for Ryker to take to his class.  He decorated them with frosting, sprinkles and jelly beans.  He loves black jelly beans.  Strange kid.

Ryker's 4th Birthday Party

We had Ryker's birthday party a little early.  We rented the indoor play space at Upper Noe Valley Rec Center and invited his whole class and all of their siblings.  It was one big playdate!  Ryker dressed up as Buzz Lightyear for his Rocket Ship themed party.  We'll have another, small, family party on his "real" birthday (June 15).

Weekend in Monterey

We went down to the Aquarium.  There is lots for the kids to play on, but the exhibits (particularly the
sharks!) are much better at the Baltimore Aquarium.

Downtown Monterey has a great park, Dennis the Menace Park. It is really big and has lots of slides and climbing things, a huge rope bridge and a big steam engine.  We stayed for a couple of hours even though it was a little chilly.

Laguna Seca Racetrack was also having a big Ferrari weekend. The team was staying at the hotel with us. Ryker got to sit in 3 cars - one was hot off the track (#4)! - and all the big guys were really jealous.  The cars went super-fast!

Vroom! Vroom!

Lisa's boyfriend, Josh, has a motorcycle and even though Ryker thinks the name "Josh" is very funny, he really likes his bike.  Josh even let him get on and go vroom! vroom!

Chocolate Monster!