Let's go camping!!!!!!!!

For Mother's day weekend we decided to try something new and take the family camping!! We went with the Cukjati's, one of the many great families in our negihborhood, and headed up to Rollins Lake in Colfax. We originally booked the trip for both Friday and Saturday night, but after remembering what a horrible sleeper Miss Olivia is when she is not in her crib, I decided 1 night would be enough for us this time around. So we packed the car up and took off Saturday morning, got everything all set up and then spent the day down at the lake. Cole had so much fun playing with his friend, Enrico and we had so much fun watching him. It was all about dirt, bugs, worms, sticks, fire and water! After spending the day in the sun down at the lake, we headed back to the campsite for cocktail hour, dinner and smores (and more dirt for Cole!). The night went pretty much as expected meaning all 4 of us ended up in the same bed with Olivia up crying most of the night, but overall we still had a great time. Jim woke up Sunday morning and made us a yummy Mother's Day breakfast of eggs, bacon, hashbrowns and bear claws! Overall, a great trip, but next time I think I will plan for another weekend so that on Mother's Day, I can RELAX!!!


All packed up and ready to go.....

Cole and Mommy hanging out at the lake


Our home for the night


Enrico, Marina and Cole

Daddy and his #1 camper


Olivia rockin' the bathing suit.....check out those thighs :-)

A family outing to the zoo

Jim took a much needed Friday off from work last week and was able to join us on our trip to the Sacramento zoo with our playgroup. The weather was perfect and we had a fun day and I very much enjoyed having an extra set of hands to help me out while we were there. We spent about 2 hours looking at all of the animals (and yes that is all the time you need at this zoo. It's not exactly the San Diego Zoo) and then we enjoyed a nice lunch and got the kids home in time for a long nap.
We didn't get many pictures of the animals, but we did get a great family shot with everyone actually looking at the camera and smiling.



Daddy with his little princess

Cole's First Trip to the Dentist

Cole getting his x-rays

Wearing his "cool" shades" so the light doesn't hurt his eyes

Say cheese!!


Last week we took Cole to go see the Dentist for his very first time. He went to see Dr. Peterson in Rocklin, who also happens to be our neighbors Uncle. Given that the nightly tooth brushing routine is always a battle in our house, I was not looking forward to this visit. BUT, he ended up doing a great job and sat very still while they took x rays, cleaned all 20 teeth he currently has, as well as put vitamins on all his teeth. I bribed him with a lollipop at the end of the visit if he did well and the dentist also let him pick from the prize pack at the end of his exam (he picked a pink plastic dinosaur....go figure?) All in all, a great first visit and the dentist said his teeth actually look very clean for a 2 1/2 year old. Yeah Mom and Dad!