Wednesday, October 26, 2011

La Piccola Scuola Italiana

Ada and Navi enjoy school very much. Ask them what they did at school and they will answer, 'Pasta, cereal, queso."
The teachers say they are understanding Italian and in the playground they are learning a lot of English.
Today, at pick-up, Navi and Ada were playing in the mud, the only two kids playing in the mud. Five other classmates stood around watching, laughing and saying, "Ewww, yucky!" Daddy Quique carried both twins to the car in their diaper and underwear.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Birthday Party Number 1

Sunday morning started with classmate Aidan's 3rd birthday party. Ada and Navi enjoyed making crafts and playing with the many child friendly sports equipment.The sun was hot and everyone greatly welcomed the ice cream cake. Navi and Ada preferred a cupcake at first until they realized the cake had ice cream.
Navi had a hard time leaving the party, it was nap time, but Ada was more than happy to go home and check out her goody bag.

Birthday Party Number 2

On Sunday afternoon the twins attended a second classmates birthday party, Lara. Her party was at a bounce house space. Ada was very shy at first and followed Navi everywhere.Navi did his own thing and explored everything on his own. He was not shy to step up and take his turn at games. Ada was too shy to take her turn at first. She eventually got comfortable and took a swing.
Their favorite bounce house was the giant slide.
During meal time, Ada insisted on sitting next to Navi, but it was first come first serve at the pizza table. It was really good for her to sit away from Navi and for Navi to have a little independence.

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Salinas

Hanging out at Abue's house, the twins had a lot of fun climbing the fig tree, they were waiting for their cousin Ximen's baptism party.To their surprise there was a jumpy house for them to play in.
Sadly Benji did not make it to the party, but there were plenty of other cousins to play with.
Ada and Navi enjoyed taking part in the bolo, tradition states that the godparents throw money into the air (coins) and all the young children collect. With Abue's help the twins collected a good amount of coins to put into their piggy banks.
Ada's paparazzi shot! Actually she was trying on Ximena's shoes and really had fun playing with them. Abuelito was right behind her to make sure she did not fall, the shoes had a heel.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Feels Like Winter With A Little Shake

The twins and daddy Quique arrived a little early to the Academy of Sciences today so they hung out in the Music Concourse of Golden Gate Park. Ada was very interested in watching the elders practice Tai-Chi.
Once inside the museum they explored exhibits they never noticed before. The touch screen visuals were a hit with Ada.
During snack time the twins awaited to participate in The Great California Shake Out, an earthquake drill performed statewide (8.6 million people participated). When the time came they seemed perplexed when everyone was down on the ground, they refused to participate. The best part of this was that there was an actual earthquake later in the day, during their nap - they did not feel it, but daddy Quique sure did! AND another earthquake in the evening, while the twins were sleeping once again.Check out Navi's howler monkey face.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Pumpkin Searchin'

Sunday afternoon the Lopezjones' went to a pumpkin patch in San Francisco in search of Navi and Ada's pumpkins for Halloween.
The twins were able to pick any pumpkin they liked. This was Navi's first pick.Ada found her, "pequeño" pumpkin right away. This was Navi's third pick.
This was Navi's fourth pick, eventually he settled on a smoother, rounder pumpkin just a little bit smaller than this one.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Double Birthday Party

Off again to Madera for another overnight for Benji and Alexis' birthday party.Ada, Navi and Benji had the bounce house all to them selves for two hours before the party started.Navi and Ada both took a hit at the piñata and managed to grab a piece of candy on their own.After the party settled down the twins and Benji had a fun time in the dirt.They each got a good scrubbing.
The next morning Navi was ready to go home, but Ada insisted, "Benji, Benji!"

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Hot Hot Hot

With warm weather in San Francisco, it was a little hot inside the house. After the twin's nap it was time for a walk around the neighborhood.Over the hill for ice cream. We sat down on one of the many stairs around our hill with a little surprise up in the trees.
A parakeet. One of the many roaming wild around the city.
It was a much better view of the bird and downtown from a top the stairs.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Little Helpers

When the twins were asked if they wanted to decorate the house for holloween they answered, "How-ween."
Ada and Navi were not really much help, but they had fun for the first 5 minutes when all the decorations were new.

Friday, October 7, 2011

From The Files

Ada at the kid's cove at the Academy of Sciences.
Navi loved using the binoculars that were just his size.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Madera, CA

The twins went to visit their cousin Benji and Alexis for an overnight. Abuelita, P'ete and Paloma were there too.Ada loved helping P'ete walk Paloma.

The evening in the valley was fun to be outside as the temperature cooled down.
Breakfast was all about cereal. Ada and Navi had two bowls, Benji did not quite finish his one bowl.
The afternoon was spent at one of the many parks in Madera. Navi had fun with Alexis kicking the soccer ball around.