Lastly, The Birthday Dinner

The twins were excited for their birthday dinner.  They were going to their favorite restaurant, Poesia.  And uncle Brad came along for the fun.

After their dinner Francesco, the owner, brought out the twins some gelato with 3 birthday candles.  After the happy birthday song Navi blew out his candles.

 Ada got into her shy mode and got a little help form Navi blowing out her candles.

The best part of their birthday was walking home at night after dinner.  It is probably the first time they have been out on the street at night. Being winter it was dark early.

Ada and Navi had such fun looking at the moon, stars, and all the city lights.  Happy Birthday!!

More Birthday Fun

 After swim class Nonna joined the twins and headed to the park, their swim class is not at 9:30am so it leaves plenty of time for an outing afterwards.

At the Alamo Square playground uncle Doug stopped by to play, he lives half a block away.  Then Nonna, uncle Doug, daddy Quqiue and the twins went for pizza in the Castro.

Birthday Fun

Since Navi and Ada are 3, today, they started a new swim class.  A class where there are is no daddy or papa in the pool with them.  Just a swim teacher and four kids. Navi was apprehensive at first since papa Jason was not dressed to go swimming, but once these two twin boys jumped in the pool he followed.

 Ada could not get over the new arrangement.  She did not go in the pool.  She has promised to go in the pool next week.

Navi had so much fun and for the first time followed most of the instructions, well actually he did not follow any instructions he just did exactly what the other boys did.  Navi mimicked those twins to a T and had A LOT of fun doing it.

Daddy and Daughter Day

Papa Jason and Navi went off to Corte Madera early in the morning so Navi can spend the day with his N

nonna.  It was such a gloomy morning so daddy Quique and Ada went shopping.  The main stop downtown was the Sanrio (Hello Kitty) store where Ada may have been a little overwhelmed. She also did her first Bloomy's buy (a 75% off box of Belgian chocolates left over form the Christmas season).

 After a hard day of shopping it was off to a gourmet pizzeria where she started with fried sardine heads followed by a prosciutto and arugula pizza. Ada really enjoyed her day and only asked about Navi twice!

Monkeying Around

Navi and Ada enjoy swinging on the monkey bars...

Then out of no where Navi starts doing this. Ada's not quite there yet.

A Beautiful Day For A Party

On a Saturday the twins had a very intimate get together to celebrate their third birthday.  Benji made his appearance with his sister, Abuelos and TiaNanna.

 Noah also stopped by to help celebrate and eat hot dogs and lots of fruit.

 Elio spent the day celebrating as well.  Ada and Navi could not wait for the cupcakes.

There were a few gifts for each to open and had such fun showing and playing with their new toys with everyone at the party.

Il Cugino

Elio was is town for the weekend and he got to hang out with his TioQuique, so off to the twins' hang outs they went. First stop, the Academy of Sciences.

 Elio is still a bit young to fully enjoy the museum, but he did a quick run through of most of the exhibits.

To the kid's cove they went and again another quick run through.

So off to the Eureka Valley playground they went.  It was super crowded, but Elio had another thing in mind. He wanted to see The City.  We walked around the Castro district and everything fascinated him; shop windows, traffic, people walking, buses, road construction, he had a lot of fun observing the busy city.

After Elio's adventure it was time to pick up his cousins.  Unfortunately Elio fell asleep on the way there, but he has happy to wake up and walk to Ada and Navi's school, it was such a beautiful day.

 Elio had such fun walking with his cousins, he loved holding their hands. Navi and Ada were more than happy help out.

Hands On

 Every morning daddy Quique asks the twins what they will do at school, "pasta y cereal," they interrupt before the question has finished.  There's cereal available everyday, but not pasta. Anytime you ask them anything about school you will get the same answer, "pasta y cereal."

When daddy Quique picked up Ada and Navi in the afternoon they were no where to be found on the playground. They were in the art room playing with clay.  The teacher said they really get into it, stomping on it, slapping it, really getting their hands in the clay. She had fun just watching them.

Fort Building

When these two play fort they build forts that are not very fortified. They never last long standing up and always end up all over the living room.  In this case the wall fort made a very comfy place to sleep for Ada.  And Ada made a comfy place to Navi to sleep.

Rainy Day Activity

 Papa Jason wanted to take the twins to Ocean Beach today and check out the huge waves as a storm approached.

There was sand castle building.

 And sand drawing.  The twins had so much fun and really enjoyed it towards the end of the outing when it began to rain.

"I Want To Go Downtown"

Instead of watching Saturday morning cartoons the twins headed on the train downtown to the San Francisco shopping center.  First stop the bathroom for Ada.  Little did daddy Quique know that there was a family room at the mall for kids to hang out and play a little.  But with a big flat screen TV playing Sponge Bob there was any playing at all.

Moving on they rode the escalators all the way to the top floor, had a snack under the Emporium dome, and rode the escalators back down.

 At home it was project time.  The twins painted a small picture frame they had received in a goody bag from the art studio birthday party they attended.  Great way to make of a rainy Saturday.

Winter Clean Up

It was Navi's first professional haircut today and he did fantastic on the chair, not a flinch.  It helped that Thomas the Tank Engine was playing on the TV in front of him.

 Daddy Quique promised the twins a special treat once they got home if they did not cry during their hair cuts.

So at home they both were rewarded with a little parfait.

They're Back

Abuelita had so much fun with the twins over the weekend.  She bought them new pajamas, took them shopping for a new outfit and spent an afternoon at Chuck-E-Cheeses. TiaNana was there the whole time and  said the twins drove her crazy.  Before heading back home Abuelita and TiNana spent the afternoon at the zoo with the twins and sadly said good bye as they went down for their nap.

Salinas Weekend

 The twins spent the weekend with their abuelitos and Benji too.  They helped Abuelito rake up the leaves in the yard.

Instead of jumping on a pile of leaves they all decided to jump on Abuelito.

When a few family members gather in one spot the call goes out for others to join.  So in impromptu BB-Q was in order.  Julian and Xavier came over and this is what happens when you have a group of boys and let them run loose.  Really Navi - this is fun?

Sunny Days

 

First stop was Twin Peaks. The twins got an early start to their day and needed to waste a little time before reaching their final destination.

Then a quick stop at the beach to watch machines dig up some sand.

Finally destination: the zoo.  Ada insisted on eating her pain au chocolat, from Tartine bakery, in front of the penguins watching them being fed.