Ranier Silliness

Re: November holidays

Here are the boys having a sleepover in their playtent on Thanksgiving night. They both slept! And then paraded around singing first thing the next morning.

Beloved Nana & Papi came to visit for Thanksgiving and a great time was had by all. Here they are with the kids on our back deck. And the lovely couple...

Our little family:
Here's superboy:
We took a trip to the carousel for the Christmas Fantasy. FUN!



Then they got to sit on Santa's lap. Ranier's favorite part was the candycane he got from Santa.
Here's Ranier at his first birthday party! He went to his friend Walker's party at a kid-gym and he had a great time!
Sitting with friend Cecelia.

Our Thanksgiving table...trying out our table actually for the first time in 2 yrs.
Dahrius and Ranier had an early Christmas, as Nana & Papi brought lots of books and toys, including stacking robots. Cool!

Post-Thanksgiving dinner walk with all the grandparents
On Friday we had an outing to SF, where we tooled around along the water, then saw the lighting of the tree in Union Square. Fun adventures on BART, trolleys, and a few shoulder rides, as well.
Bay Bridge rainbow.

The kids LOVED all of the extra attention and stories.

Re: Halloween, and fall visitors

Here we are in our spooky duds: a spider, a wizard and a witch!

Enough pictures already!! We're ready to trick-or-treat!!!!

Dahrius' pumpkin below. He carved it himself! Ranier says, "That pumpkin is mad."


Ranier wanted a ghost pumpkin...


It was a busy Halloween, with a parade and block party at our friends' place. Here are the 2 wizards, Dahrius and Avi (aka Harry Potter) and little Ranier tagging along.


First candy of the night, at Maman's house...

See my arms?

Wizards can do magic...
...and have mysterious capes

At Cragmont Halloween pre-parade.

The Parade:
Liam (Luke Skywalker), Dahrius and Ernesto (skeleton).

Milan (karate boy), Dahrius and Saiyana (Pocahantus)

Our neighbor, Emma, as my little pony.


Earlier in the month we had a great visit from Oregonian friends, Cindy and Jim and little Juliette! We went for a hike in Tilden park on a cool day.




No more hiking...

Ranier was very sweet with the baby.


Bath bums...
Post bath fun!

Congratulations on 9 wonderful years!

We love the photos - and just want you to know that October 21 was clear, sunny, with no sign of rain in Tucson! As has been the entire month....guess 2000 was pretty special!

Love, Mom and Dad

Re: anniversary night-out

We went out to dinner for our anniversary...this photo was actually a dinner out a couple of weeks early. but we had a great time. The boys had their first sleepover at their grandparents' (Maman and Baba) and apparently had a fun time! Below, they are enjoying a bath in the "big tub". Thanks, Mina and Monty!!