The Duck Pond and Ben's New Moves

This weekend we went to the duck pond at McKinley Park. Anna seems to be heading in the animal lover direction so she just loved feeding the ducks and thought it was great that about 30 ducks and geese chased us around the pond once they knew we had food. Ben wasn't as amused as Anna and took a nice snooze =).

Afterward, Anna fell asleep with daddy on the couch ... how sweet =).

Ben is officially crawling and is now starting to pull himself up to his knees. Here you can see how proud Ben is to be pulling himself up.

And here's Ben after sissy comes to help.

They kissed and made up =). Ben doesn't see that Anna has his toy though! That sneaky big sis!

Playing in the Rain

It looks like the rainy season has already started here in Northern California. Jason spent hours on Saturday trying to find a pair of rain boots for Anna. He finally found a pair in her size after going to Target and a few stores in the mall. Needless to say, the hunt was worth it because Anna loves her new rain boots =).


Benjamin has really been paying attention to Gracie lately. I don't know if Gracie is the sweetest cat on earth or just lazy because she doesn't move when Ben crawls towards her.

Happy Halloween!

Yesterday we went to a fun little pumpkin patch here in Sacramento. Anna and Ben had fun being pulled in a wagon. Anna especially liked watching the pigs eat watermelons covered in mud and also had fun climbing hay stacks. Today Anna's class went trick-or- treating around to local businesses. It was pretty cute to see!

This scarecrow was made at Anna's school. She visits "Anna" several times throughout the
day =).

Standing in line to trick-or-treat. Anna's holding her friend's mom's hand while I was pushing Benji in the stroller.

Anna and her best friend Maddie. Maddie's arm is in a cast =(.

Can't forget about baby Yoda =)

Jason in Action

Jason brought home a photo of himself from work a couple of days ago. Although Jason talks about what he does at work it's still not always easy for me to imagine him in action. Maybe he can revise this blog and tell us what he's doing here =).


Here are a couple of photos of Anna playing in the leaves over the weekend. You see, we really do have a fall here in Northern California =). Anna also made a new friend ... Mr. Ladybug.




We all went out for frozen yogurt on Tuesday evening. I can't remember the last time we were all together on an outing!

Benji's favorite was Daddy's vanilla and chocolate swirl. Anna was sitting on my lap and after she mixed ours together we had vanilla, pumpkin & chocolate frozen yogurt topped with caramel, gummy bears and whipped cream!

Hello, Hello, Hello!

Hello everyone! Jason and I have had a busy week. I worked long hours on Sunday and Tuesday and Jason seems to be doing nothing besides working lately. Hopefully we'll find some family time to spend together soon. The weather has been absolutely gorgeous here so it would be great to take a day trip somewhere if we can. Here are few new things going on with us:

Jason interviewed at both Stanford and UC Davis this month for a fellowship in advanced laparoscopy/ minimally invasive surgery. Doesn't he look nice dressed up in his suit? He'll find out at the end of next month where he matches.



Anna seems to be loving school more and more. When I picked her up from school today and Wednesday she wasn't ready to come home because she was too busy playing with her friends! It's so much fun watching little preschoolers socialize.




Ben is saying "mama" now! Okay, so he probably doesn't say mama intentionally but it's still fun to hear him say it. Anna didn't say "mama" until she was two so I was a bit surprised to hear it from Ben so early. I love it!

Ben with Grandma Lana

Ben is quite the eater! It seems like if he's awake he wants food! Baby food doesn't seem to be cutting it anymore. The other night Anna and I were eating lasagna and Ben went crazy! I gave him some and he actually did well with it.

Ben's first piece of lasagna. He looks so serious =).

Notice the frown on his face after I took it away!

Ben has a great teacher!

Anna the Baker

Anna and I made snack for her preschool yesterday. We made banana muffins with a light cream cheese frosting. I think this was the most serious Anna has been about baking. She had her little spoon and mixed the batter intently!

Anna was very proud to share her muffins with her classmates and her teachers reported the muffins were a hit =)

After I was finished with muffin duty I changed my clothes and jumped in my limo with Devona and my mom =). We went to the Celine Dion concert last night which was actually a Christmas present to my mom last year. My dad was so sweet and had a limo take us there in style!

Fall is Finally Here!

It was only 46 degrees this morning when we left for the zoo at 9:30 AM. We think it felt especially cold since it was in the 90's last week! I had to go search for a jacket I had packed away for Benji since I still have mostly summer clothes for him inside the house. We had the zoo to ourselves because most Californians think 46 degrees is too cold to be outside =). Anna was excited to see most of the animals at the zoo but I think she may have been equally excited when she saw ducks at a pond when we were driving there!