Showing Tio Matias, Bay Area's Best

 OK, well, for most people, you come here to see the Golden Gate Bridge, hike through Muir woods, take an Alcatraz tour or go wine-tasting.  But, ask any 2 and 1/2 year old and...it's all about the parks.  Add some animals, maybe see some trolleys (or even the muni) and it just doesn't get any better.  First on the list was Golden Gate Park and the Planetarium.

 Tiago mustered all of his energy to resist his nap during our late-afternoon field-trip (even crying out in the car, "I dont want to be tired!") in order to see it ALL.

 ...We checked out aquariums...

 ...gigantic indoor rainforests with butterflies and macaws (the camera lens fogged up in seconds)...

 ...a living roof...

 ...and across the bay in Oakland...it was a little scarier....

 ...Tiago and tio Matias had to put on their ferocious lion faces (of course the lions were just sleeping in the background)...

 ...and parks...

...and more parks...(literally moments after arrival at SFO to moments before departure we went to parks)

Matias visits Family

 While tio Matias was in town, Tiago was happy to skip out on day care to show him around NorCal to visit various family.  Some family members, tio Matias hadn't seen in years...and we hadn't seen in months.  Above, we visited great grandma Emily (Tiago even scored a cool stuffed elephant--now named "Elly"--out of that visit)...

 (Funny how, at each stop, Tiago was able to somehow either earn himself a new toy or plaything)  At tia Gabriella's place Tiago played a ukulele, drew a picture using an oversized pencil and climbed on a rocking chair that doubles as a step ladder to a slide!

 Which is much more exciting than meeting a new, adorable, family member--duh.

(above is tia Gabriella's little bundle of joy)

 Tiago even convinced some of our family to drive all the way out to see us!

 (yep, he's charming, alright.)

(Above, tio Matias re-united with cousins Fabio and Enzo, now high school juniors!)

Presidents' Day Weekend

Well, it's been a busy new year with lots of work and little play.  But the G-Unit had family come visit over Presidents' weekend and we took that opportunity to PLAY!

 Tiago took his family to his favorite "castle" the Malibu--Mini-Golf castle!  And, in case you were wondering, in Tiago's world, everyone deserves a hole-in two (basically, if you don't get that ball in the hole within the first shot, our little guy will walk that ball over to the hole for you).  No need to thank him, it's his pleasure.

It was a great weekend!  I only wish we had taken a picture of our game night "Apples to Apples" where aunt Megs spanked us all like a silent ninja (in fact, there she is behind the fence--taking intel, scoping us out for our gaming weaknesses in mini-golf)!