The cake

At our joint birthday party for Diaz (2 years) and her cousin Luca (3 years,) it seemed evident that sugar is a magnet for children. You would have thought that Diaz had never tasted cake before in her life, as the countdown went something like this:

1) We lit the candles and sang happy birthday
2) Diaz blew out the candles
3) Diaz calmly bent over the table and buried her face in the cake without a bit of shame.





A couple other pictures from the Diaz vs. Cake extravaganza are here.

Something like an Easter brunch

Easter Sunday. For us, it’s a good excuse to be around family and friends; this year we spent the day in Santa Rosa with the Shillings and Company. It was “brunch time,” but mostly we ran around and played with all of the kids.


Pics here.

Making good use of the garden

This Easter, we had a couple of Diaz’s friends from school over to ransack the nicely kept garden for plastic eggs. While the adults ate, drank, and snapped a thousand pictures, the kids collected their loot.

Chocolate was had by all and hyper-activity ensued! Pics here.

A week in Sin City

Don had to be in Las Vegas for work-- so why not bring Diaz, Kelly, and Kelly's whole Family?

pics here.