Brendon's 4th B-day at Little Gym, Milpitas, 5.23.10

Brendon, one of the kids from Julian's school, had his 4th bday at the Little Gym.  All the kids had a great time and of course Julian tried to steal the bday boys' thunder by being his cute and silly self and drawing all the attention on him.

Waiting in line to knock over the "cake"

Ju's turn to push the "cake"

Great job!

1st Time Rock Climbing and Bowling, 5-22-10

We took Julian to City Beach -- It's a place where you can do indoor sports and they have a bar/restaurant.  It's a pretty neat place.  We did a trial run with Julian doing the "rock climbing".  He was a little scared, but ended up liking it.  We decided not to buy a full session after the trial because Ju was just a little too short and was having a hard time reaching for the rocks.  The fam will definitely have to come back once Ju grows a few more inches.

Since the rock climbing experience didn't last that long, we took Julian bowling.  He had never been and I'd have to say, he did a pretty dang good job for his first time.  Jeremy ended up winning the game, BUT ONLY because Julian stole my ball TWICE and threw me gutter balls.  Otherwise, I would have won.

Getting ready to climb!

You got it, Babe.

He couldn't reach and fell -- he was a little scared, but tried again.

Time to bowl!  Shoes in family!

Here it rollllllssssssssssss...

I'd say that's a pretty good roll, Ju.

The real champion of bowling...

Final scores... J-Julian; LM-Little Mama, April; BD-Big Daddy, Jeremy

Wall Climbing and Baby Banz! -- 5.18.10 & 5.21.10

Julian started screaming, "MOM! Come here! 'Wook' it!". So I ran to the bathroom and saw him "crawled" up the door frame -- butt naked!  Grabbed the camera and got some good shots.  Of course we can't put his nakie butt on the website, so I made him go get some undies on and do it again. Haha.  I remember doing this as a child and thought it was so much fun.

Spiderman!

Baby Banz!!! (Click 'Baby Banz!!! See Ju's picture and buy some!) 

So my girlfriend from high school works for Baby Banz and has been sending Ju glasses since he was a baby (click 'baby' and look at the bottom 3rd row to for Ju's pic)... We just love them because they are comfy, super cute and they actually protect their eyes.  It's really a great company, and I think every kid should have a pair... Anyway, here's Ju modeling his.

We <3 Baby Banz!

Sulphur Creek Nature Center, Hayward -- 5.17.10

Our class went to Sulphur Creek Nature Center and Julian LOVED the hands on experience there with all the animals.  Anyone who knows Julian knows that he is great with two things -- babies and animals.  They also have a "rent a pet" program where you can "rent" one of their animals for a donation of $20.  It gives kids who don't have pets the opportunity to take care of one.  Think we might actually do this in the near future.

So, how the field trips work at our co-op is if a child wants to go their parent(s) have to come.  I REALLY enjoy this rule because it gives me a chance to really enjoy the experience with Julian without having to take care of another child.  Plus, it motivates you to go because you don't want your kid to be the only one missing out on all the cool stuff.

Julian and Teacher Marsha.. and Flash the turtle.. or maybe it was Speed or Spike, haha.

Right after the Sulphur Creek instructor told us the turtle was really slow, he crawled REALLY fast towards Ju.

Grace's face says it all... No thank you!  But Julian liked the snake.

Oh! I loved this little guy.  He was extremely soft.  Think we might rent him as our pet.

The kids getting their worms to feed to the chicken and make her jUMp!

Ju surrounded by this girlfriends.. No seriously!

KING of the... err.. fake rock...