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!

April 2011 School Photo

Ryker is wearing an Avo original; it matches his eyes perfectly!

Easter in Ireland

Granda Rush had a major stroke last November and we had to move him to a nursing home.  Andrew's siblings, Anthony and Siobhan, came and Keelin turned 7.  We went to the beach at Mullaghmore to check on the house (it was destroyed by a broken water pipe).  We spent 2 days in Dublin, but I sprained my ankle.  We went to MANY parks, the Marble Arch Caves, stayed at the Belle Isle (on an island at the top of Loch Erne), met cousins and got to bed WAY too late every night.  It was a busy week!

The Spider is Gone

Ryker and I had the stomach flu over the weekend.  I tried to explain to him that we had bugs in our tummies and that was what was making us sick.   He slept next to me last night so I could quickly help him when he was sick.  He woke up this morning, smiling, and said, the spider is gone!  Spider?  Yeah, the one in my tummy.

First Bike Ride

One of Andrew's clients gave Ryker his first bike.  We threw the bikes in the bike of the truck and headed down to Redwood City where they close the road on Sundays.  Ryker was SO excited to put his helmet on and get on his bike.  He hopped on and off he went!