Camila and her “vintage” dress

Here is a picture of Camila in a dress I wore when I was about 18 months old.  Note that I was not able to button it in the back and if she were to stand up it would not have covered her diaper. 

I look pretty but this bib thing is WAY too tight mom

Now what are these long pieces for?  My brothers to pull me around with?

A boy(s) and his kite

Kind of hard to fly a kite on a not very windy day.  But we tried...

Thanks Uncle David for letting us use your shark kite

 

AAAHHHH!!!  Attack of the shark

Balloons and ITZ pizza

Joaquin is always drawn to the race cars

Who knew one long, skinny balloon could be so fun?

Although looking at the picture, Marco's balloon looks like an unmentionable it was really a flying mouse

Camila enjoyed the cars as well

Marco is getting pretty good with his basketball skills

 

gotta love Skee-ball

Happy Father’s Day

Wish I could have had Camila in the photo too, but it was naptime for her. 

Swimming at Grampi's

     

The faces of Camila

Happy Girl

Trying to look innocent while doing something bad, like coloring on furniture

Mean girl saying NO, you can't have this

 

Mad girl when Marco tries to keep her out of trouble

Thank you Nonni

My mom (Nonni) sent this awesome gift box to the kids that was filled with all kinds of goodies

Marco and his shark goggles....I think they are upside down

Me and my stylin frog eyes

wow, Quin's eyes must be hot.  They sure do let off alot of steam

Hector will probably kill me for this one, but I just had to add it in there

Do you see what I see?  Yep, that is our new tree man the boys are leaning on

Apparently Tree Man is thirsty.  Thanks for taking care of that Marco

   

I Love me some watermelon!

Yes, we love watermelon.  Well, except for Hector.  He is not really a fan of it

Overhead shot of them drinking the juice with a straw

UUMMMM tasty

Finally Camila get a try

Now she is happy.... because she has it all to herself

thumbs up over here

 

Outside fun

Notice the nails.  Unfortunately we only got one hand painted.  Maybe next time I can be faster and get both hands before she runs off

OK mom, let go of my hand already

Yum, it tastes kind of good

trying out the poppers and watching Camila closely so she doesn't put one in her mouth

the best concentration come with the tongue sticking out

they also love their water balloons

 

Yay for videos

I finally figured out how to easily upload videos to my blog.  These were taken back at the beginning of May, and there is still one really funny I just can't seem to get on here.  But when I do, I'm sure you will be laughing at it too.  So enjoy these for now. 

  

Swimming Videos

Swim Lessons=Huge success

The boys just completed 2 weeks of swim lessons and I think we are ready for a water-filled summer.  Marco has had lessons in the past, but none like these.  At the end of the 2 week session the instructor assured us that both boys would be swimming and jumping off the diving board and swimming to the opposite end of the pool. I was a little skeptical at first because although I was pretty sure Marco would be able to do that, Joaquin has never had a lesson before in his life. But he did great and on the last day he even dove off the board into a hula hoop and retrieved a toy off the bottom of the pool. 

Joaquin getting ready for his decent.

And there he goes!

Marco was not so sure about the diving part.  I think his brain just goes into overdrive sometimes and he gets himself all worked up.  But he did jump off and swim down to the bottom

And Camila was just happy to sit on the side and watch.  She is not a huge fan of the water right now, but we are working on that.

Marco doing the backstroke

The swim class.  Too bad Marco is hiding behind the instructor.