Presidents' Day Weekend

 Welcome Aunt Paula!

 Presidents' weekend we had a nice visit with Aunt Paula and Aunt Karen (who weren't able to go on their Egypt vacation and chose San Carlos instead)!

 Tiago enjoyed all of the attention and a gift to open (for no apparent holiday or birthday--how cool!)

 The sun peeked out for the afternoon, so we took the obligatory hike through Arguello park...

(Down at the bottom, Tiago enjoyed the play-structure...and...da planes!)

 Tiago kept great aunt Paula and great aunt Karen busily climbing on the play-structure and following him down various slides

 After such a nice hike through the canyon...

...it was time to kick back and relax! (of course, Tiago is unfamiliar with the term "relax" but he did enjoy the concept for a couple of seconds.)

"Camion de tio Pepe"

 Tiago contento estar con sus tios Fabio y Enzo

 Tiago nunca para de hablar de su tio Pepe desde recibir su regalo de camión para navidad, entonces fuimos a visitar a la familia para verles en el anio nuevo.  Tiago estuvo tan feliz y cómodo en la casa como si fuera suyo. 

Hasta que tomaba un montón de leche--algo que jamas le hace para sus papis!

Woah Nelly!

 It's a play date at our place!  SIX toddlers, THREE infants and half a dozen fatigued, frazzled mommies.  All in all, it was a success!

 (Tiago and Laila are pals, ever since he let her borrow his light-up sneakers)

 (The kids loved watching the dog through the windows, and noticed some other "nifty" things while standing at the windows.  For example, "Hey mom, these windows are made of cellophane and beat like a drum!" or "Check out the grating noise that my little toy train makes across these heating vents!" and, best of all, "Hey mom, they didn't even bother getting rid of this glass-top table or live plants--fools!")

 But, no harm came from the making of this play-date, and the kids, plants and windows made it out in tact.....although....

 ....Tiago ended up with a terribly high fever the following day (either he contracted a bug whilst drinking from someone else's sippy cup--they so love to do that--or someone else is gonna get it good this weekend).  Here's hoping that we aren't banned from future play-dates!