Enzo's 2nd Birthday

The day after Thanksgiving, Enzo got his new birthday bike from his grandparents and I got a new bike for Hanukah.  We rode our bikes everyday that weekend, which was great since it got very cold and life got very busy right after that.  

For Enzo's birthday weekend, Jen and Sarah came to visit.  Here are the little scamps drinking milk together.  They had so much fun together and Enzo just adored Sarah.  Whenever she was out of sight he would say, "Where's Sarah?"  (Though it sounded more like "Ware Rah-Rah?")

Grandpa Gary came for a surprise visit as well though I'm a really bad daughter-in-law and I didn't get any pictures of Baba and Enzo together.  Enzo's birthday party was a bike party where all the kids were invited to bring their bikes to the rec room at the park and decorate them.  Here's is the invitation that Jake made:

We had a big craft table with different materials to decorate bikes.  This was Jake's idea and it was a hit.

My attempt at making a bicycle wheel cake!

Here's a very short video of Enzo at his party riding his decorated bike and helmet: http://youtu.be/hkPOcMqh2vQ.

Enzo got so many presents this year, mostly because his birthday was right after Hanukah.  We didn't let him open them all at once so we still have many unopened presents that were sent to us through the mail.  We are letting him open them slowly so we aren't too overwhelmed with all the new gifts.  So, if you sent us something and you haven't heard from us it's probably because we haven't gotten to it yet.

We've also had a run of bad luck lately where we all had the stomach flu, my grandma Helen died and we went to the funeral in Modesto and we've been having stress and complications over buying a house in Bonny Doon.  We are looking forward to saying good bye to 2013 and to start anew in 2014.  This has been a very difficult year for us and it's not ending a good note.  We don't even know what we're doing for Christmas yet - if we get the house we'll be moving in by the 1st and if we don't get the house we'll be going to Los Angeles for a few days with Jake's dad and brothers.  Stay tuned!