Fun in the Summertime

This past weekend we attended the annual Lew Family Picnic at Vasona, an over 30 year tradition! We arrived early in the morning so I could enjoy a hot breakfast, compliments of my parents (aka Papa and Pasha!) and Aunt Sandy, then T and my Dad went off to the park. We then rode on the train and ended the late morning with T's favorite, a Carousel ride! It was a hot day making it pretty exhasuting for my little man, and by noon he was asking to go back to his Pasha's air-conditioned house, as he hates to be "Shwetty." We also visited his great grandmother, or Bok-Bok, where she spoiled him with her home-made pizza and Trader Joe's cheese puffs! While he kept bust playing with boxes of buttons and rocks, my Mom and I picked up around her apartment, overall it was a nice visit!

Last Friday, we met T's Auntie Jenn and his cousins from Tracy at Twin Lakes Beach for a sun-and-fun-filled beach day! Mitch and T had a blast looking for treasures along the shore, helping me build sand castles, and splashing in the waves! Thomas was a little more hesitant and unsure about the sand, as it was also a super blustery day, so he hung out in the beach tent mostly! After we had had enough wind burn for the day, we headed home to our place for playtime and pizza!

T found what look like shrimp, that jump out of the sand, and they have really long red antenna. They don't look like typical sand crabs so I'm not quite sure what they are, but he spent an hour playing with them before his cousins arrived!

Holding his shrimp!

Sunbathing!

Last week after swim class, we also had the pleasure of swimming in a new pool at my good friend Shelley's parents' house. T enjoyed diving in and showing Shelley his swimming technique! We were treated to a delicious lunch of chicken fajitas and we really enjoyed our visit that day.