Santa Cruz summer vacation late post

at the beach next to the house

I just realized that we haven't posted anything about our summer vacation. We rented a house in Santa Cruz this year with a few other families. It was a week of relaxing at the house and cooking and eating lots of food. We had fun playing in the sand at the beach and visiting the board walk. The water was too cold for swimming, and the little guys are too young of course. The kids were more interested in playing in the sand anyway. We saw dolphins off the shore and schools of fish with flocks of birds trying to catch them. Maybe when the kids are a little older we can go back and make bonfires on the beach.

 on the balcony

Junior mostly played with KS since DT was still trying to get used to the sand.

face full of sand

Junior and KS

DT still had fun though. His girlfriend FL came for part of the trip.

DT and FL

future MIT grads? - Jr, KS, and FL

Junior turns 3, DT starts running and talking

 The big guy is now 3! We had a small party at home with close friends and family. One of his favorite birthday presents is his first ever set of big boy legos. He knows DT can't play with the small legos yet, so we set up a lego playing station for him in the garage. He can spend over an hour straight in the garage just playing with his legos.

DT is getting faster on his feet and more articulate with his words. He now runs around the house. He especially loves to run out of the bathroom naked after his bath. He also starting to string words together. When Junior runs to the bathroom to pee, DT says, "Gco gco (big brother) pee pee, chao chao (stinky)".