Amalia's first ride!

Today was Amalia's first ride on her pedal bike on the bike path. Naturally, she dominated it! She had a great time with no crashes. She can start, stop, turn and hold her line perfectly. She likes to race everyone and won't listen to Lisa when she is told to slow down, thats my girl!

Camilo's birthday

Only a couple of weeks late. The boy keeps growing. He is still 97% percentile length and like 75% percentile in weight. So a big boy! He had a good day... now if he would just sleep.

Opening presents with his sister

Eating birthday banana cake

Delicious!

Big birthday hug from mommy!

and another hug from big sister! She like to tickle me.

She is so silly.

But is serious some time.

first criterium in years

Last weekend I did my first criterium in years. It was a little local race and I did the men's category 3/4 race which went around and around in a 0.5 mile circle for 70 minutes. It was super windy and I swear I thought I was getting dizzy after a while. It was not a particularly special race except for one thing, Amalia cheering. She cheered for me every lap! At one point I started a breakaway and she got really excited. So I decided to leave my two breakaway companions and go solo. I was out there alone for ~5laps and Amalia was going crazy. It probably wasn't my best race tactic to go solo but Amalia loved it so I stuck it out. Eventually the pack caught me. I ended up around 5th place out of probably 15 starters. Not bad but not great. But I had the best cheering section!

Amalia's birthday

I am way behind on updates. The end of the semester has been crazy, especially with Lisa and I both teaching two courses. Here are some pics from Amalia's birthday. Her grandparents from Nebraska came to visit for a long weekend and we had her party at the local community center.

Porch sitting with the grandparents

Playing in the bubble machine at the party
Lots of friends came to Amalia's party
But she still liked playing with her brother the best
What you can't see is Amalia pulling him by the leg from behind
Camilo likes to sit in bean bags
more than on bouncy balls
These are fun to throw around
Super girl!
Amalia and her birthday cupcakes!

Pegoretti

Each of my bikes is designed and built by one man using his idea about what a bike should be. One of my bikes is a Pegoretti. This video captures the essence of what it is to ride a bike built by an artisan, in this case Dario Pegoretti. Enjoy!

day of rememberence

Today, 16 April, is a sad day for VT. Three years ago we lost 32 friends, students and colleagues. Today the university had a run in rememberance, 3.2 miles for the 32. 7000 people participated! Lisa did the run and Amalia joined her for the last 1/2 mile of so. Check out the video and you can see them around 2:14.

Easter etc.

Been an eventful few weeks. My parents visited last week and Amalia LOVED having them around here. Today was Easter so Amalia spent lots of time finding and hiding eggs. The weather has been great so we spent lots of time outside. It was also time for Camilo's first haircut. I tried scissors and then just went ahead and got out the clippers and went to work, much easier.

Reading books with Tom and Ana:

Collecting Easter eggs:

Before haircut:

After haircut!