fun picnic dinner

it was so nice out today i decided to pack up a picnic dinner and bring the kids to the park!

instead of using a spoon, tortilla, or chip, quinn uses her baby doll's foot!

yummy!

kissy kiss. love love love these kids!!

young 5 here we come!!

so after a long and grueling 10 months of indecisiveness, jesse and i have finally decided to send ryder to the young 5 program at his preschool this fall, instead of kindergarten. we are all just thrilled, and a huge weight has been lifted from our shoulders. thank goodness the nightmare has ended.....well, until we have to start all over again this november:)

the invitation

ryder just loves blowing bubbles, so we are having a bubble party. large bins of homemade magical bubble solution, lots of different wands, good food, beverage, hopefully some sunshine and lots of laughter.

i still can't believe my little boy is turning five, where did the time go?

ryder's birthday wish list

ryder decided he would make a video to share all of his birthday wishes. i think he has re-shot this video atleast 4 times because he keeps thinking of new things to put on there! oh, and right after he recorded this one (which i said was the final one) he remembered he really enjoyed playing with his cousins Nintendo DS!

ps. we are getting the bike!

whats up doc

we went for ryder's 5 year old check up, can you believe it....FIVE!! everything looks good. he is healthy, smart, silly, and 100% foodie! his doctor asked him what his favorite fruit was and he said, "well, right now i am into plums" so then the doctor said, "oh, well i am really into cherries at the moment" and ryder says, "oh yeah! cherries are totally awesome!"

he just cracks me up!

fourth of july-night time (burr!!)

as the sun went down so did the temperature! we just added more layers and ran around waiting for the fireworks to start. it was definitely worth waiting for, and the kids just loved it!

golden gate bridge from crissy field

the girls all bundled up

the last few minutes before the show

ryder loved this!!

ooooooo.........eeeeeeee........aaaaaaaaaa:)

fourth of july-day time

as cold as the day was, we packed up the kids and all our super fun outdoor gear and goodies and headed to 'crissy field' to picnic with some friends!

ryder with the girls (this is eloise, our neighbor)

playing pasta toss! can dinner be any more fun:)

these two are up to no good, as always!

we had these guys all playing tag....bet they didn't think that was going to be part of their celebration.