Happy Halloween 2012!

Last year, Luca had no clue what Halloween was all about, but THIS year, he was ALL about it...our little costumed candy-crazed Captain America was bouncing off the walls until 10p!

HERE are pictures from throughout the Halloween season

Lightning McLuca's 2nd Birthday

For Luca's 2nd Birthday, we celebrated at the Petersen Automotive Center and BOY was THAT the right call!  Small group, just the immediate family and some friends with kids that we thought would enjoy the place, but it was a TON of fun!  Last year, Luca had no idea what was going on at his birthday, but THIS year, he was ALL about it! 

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Here is a video of the cake/singing...

And here is a snippet of the car races down the 40 foot Hot Wheels track!



Our Little Monkey at 2 Years Old

"Hey Mommy, I'm TWO...and I'm bringin' on the TERRIBLE!"  No more taking pictures in the rocking chair - this big boy is making his way up the adorable monkey growth chart that Uncle Paul and Aunt Erin got him for his first birthday!  But of course, the monkey is still his picture buddy!

 

October Photo-Ops

A night out at Los Alamitos to benefit Tony's cousin
Stephanie who was paralyzed 2 years ago.

A play date with Mimi at Giggles N Hugs
and the Century City Mall

Cuddling with his superhero pals watching morning cartoons

Breakfast with Daddy at Coffee Bean

CAKE!!!!!!

Uncle Paul scored MAJOR points with Luca when he let him DIG IN to his Lightning Mc Queen cake that Angela, Catherine and Aunt Velene 

made for him at the Lima birthday party, which was the first of several birthday parties!  Here is a picture of how spectacluar the cake looked before Luca got his paws on it! 

And below is a video of what became of it!

Lucky little Luca also got to celebrate with the neighbor kids and nannies that he pals around with on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  Raquel and Dorothy (the nanny for the twins across the street) through a little party for him with pizza and cake!  He is totally diggin' the birthday thing...!

Luca's First Announcing Gig

Think Luca has a *little* more fun going to work with Daddy than he would with Mommy?!

No, Mommy, I Can Do It Myself!

Beach Run 2012

Well, we took the last two years off, but hopefully Cat and I are back on track to continue our annual Manhattan Beach 10K run!  This year, we ran into Cat's friend Holly at the end of the race.  Unfortunately, our times were not correct, as we think we tripped the sensors as soon as we arrived (late) instead of after our stretching session and officially crossing the starting line, so I begrudgingly post our times here:

Catherine 51:30

Carly 1:05:26

 

But, the good news is that we should have NO problem beating these times NEXT year!