BMX biking

Waipo and Waigong is going to a Chinese party in Calabazas park today and they have areally cool BMX track there. Maya wants to try it out so I drive back home to pick up her bike. 

Maya quickly gets the hang of it and starts riding the berms for increased speed and goes over even the big jumps. 

With daddy running along she dares clear the series of 5 big jumps too all by herself 

This was lots of fun and we'll be back again soon for more BMXing!

Baking again

Maya, Luca and daddy bake chocolate chip cup cakes. Both Luca and Maya help get all the ingredients, measure and mix it all together. 

We carefully select colorful cupcake cases and everyone helps pour the batter in the cup cake form. The wait is sooo long. 

Almost done!

Luca keeps saying "Kiiikoo, Kiiikoo, Kiiikoo" which means cookie. 

Yummy! And definitely approved by Luca and Maya:

Maya trying Wushu for the first time

Maya is trying Wushu (Kung Fu) for the first time today. She is a bit shy at first but really seem to enjoy it after she warms up to the teacher. Maya is a natural athlete and really quickly catches on to the patterns and movements. She loves jumping, running, kicking and moving around. 

They practice stretching and the names of different positions. Towards the end of the class Maya is having LOTS of fun and doing all the moves with enthusiasm...lower stance, horse stand, lower kick, snap kick, punch etc. 

New Year's Day hike

Out for a nice hike and picnic at Rancho San Antonio on New Year's Day. When we arrived we saw radio controlled air planes and Luca was in heaven. Luca is completely and totally into cars and air planes now. Even when it comes to clothes he only wants to wear stuff with cars and airplanes on it. 

He's got a favorite pair of socks that are orange and blue stripes, any other socks is a big fit to get on him. Funny that a two year old already has such a strong preference.