Peter is TWO!

On April 21, Peter crossed the line from babyhood to toddlerdom.

We celebrated with a birthday party at McLaren Park in San Francisco. We joined forces with Mateus, who turned two on April 19.


Many of his little Bernal Bambino buddies were there:

Yasmine, one of the few girls in the group.


Rosa, our closest neighbor and Peter's favorite shrieking partner.

Milo and Carter, "fishing" with moms.

Paxton, the most diligent trash picker upper EVER!

Ella visited all the way from Montclair...Oakland in the House!

Tai wanted to be sure the photographer wasn't after his cupcake...

Ah, yes, the cupcakes. Peter and Mateus still haven't quite gotten the hang of blowing the candles out.

But they got the general concept.

And were happy to finally get their hands on the frosting without a pesky flame in the way.


Things got interesting after a few drinks...that's Danya of Incredible Vocabulary Fame there on the left. Tai is knocking one back as he moves in. Smooth...

Peter was more interested in T-ball.

All in all, it was a very happy birthday.

And yes, I know I am WAY behind on posting photos of Peter's trip to Prague...they are coming! I'm also going to figure out how to post a video of Peter playing the ukelele. The kid's got talent!

Kite Flying Adventure

The boy returns tomorrow after 10 days in Prague with his daddy, and in anticipation I have decided to finally post some pictures of our recent kite-flying adventure, made possible by a fun Christmas gift from the Drews!

A few months ago, we went to Ocean Beach to teach Peter how to fly a kite. First, Martin put the supercool plane kite together. This part was pretty boring for Peter.

But then he realized that this thing actually FLIES THROUGH THE AIR!!!

Unfortunately it does not always fly through the air. Martin makes some adjustments after a crash.

Evidence that it really does fly through the air:

Erika hadn't flown a kite in...hmmm...at least 3 decades.

But she remembered enough to teach Peter how to do it.


He even flew it all by himself!

It was a fun day for the whole family.