Toy Story 3!

We had our first movie experience as a family today. We took both boys to see Toy Story 3. We were a little unsure if Zack will be able to sit through the entire show seeing that he is no where near the TV junkie his brother is. He totally surprised us. He got antsy twice, where I took him outside thinking we will just play outside until the movie is over. Once we got outside the theater he insisted on going back and then would be happy for another 30 min or so.

I thought it was a great story, just as good as the previous two - the scary bits did not seem to bother the boys. Aiden kept talking about Andy being a big boy and Zack loved the garbage truck...go figure!

Sonoma Weekend

The Harvetts & Montoyas enjoyed an active weekend in Sonoma wine country. We rented a nice house on a farm just outside Sebastopol and on Saturday morning enjoyed a tour of the farm, it's horses, chickens (whose eggs we had for breakfast), goats, vegetable gardens, etc. We were even treated to some ice cream made from the goats' milk.


On Saturday afternoon the dads and big boys went to Infineon Raceway for some NASCAR racing action. We watched a 64-lap race, and Aiden & Josh seemed to have longer attention spans than last year... they could sit still for about 3 laps at a time ;-)


On Sunday morning we visited a few wineries and fortunately the ones we picked had decent dirt, rocks, bugs and wine making implements that kept the kids occupied and out of trouble. On our way home we decided that now would be a good time to transition Zack from his crib into his big-boy-bed, especially since we are expecting quite a few visitors and will go camping a lot this summer. As I write this blog post Zack is soundly asleep in his own bed for the first time. His fathers day gift to me!

Daddy does Mount Whitney

I left the boys alone with mommy for 5 days as I took to the Sierra Nevadas to attempt the summit of Mount Whitney - the highest mountain peak in the USA excluding Alaska. There are many more photos available on Facebook. Aiden & Zack were very glad to see me come home and they greeted me in the garage with the question "what toys did you bring us from Mount Whitney?" Well, I brought them each a rock, a "spork", and a souvenir Mt Whitney T-shirt. They seemed to approve of the gifts ;-)

Zack is beginning to show more interest in watching TV and we caught them once holding hands while watching Curious George.

Summer!

We visited the Sacramento Zoo for the first time this weekend. The boys loved the chimpanzees, beautiful birds and the reptile house. Aiden has discovered the wonders of maps after our visit to Discovery Kingdom last weekend. He can spend hours looking at the maps of the places we visited and rides we went on. The Sacramento Zoo map has pictures of each animal you see, as you move through the zoo...which makes it even better than the Discovery Kingdom map. :)

Zack has developed a strong opinion about the shirts he and his brother wears. It has come to the point where Aiden needs to get dressed first, so Zack can decide which shirt he wants to wear!