Super butterfly girl

Izzy went to her friend Haley's "Superheroes Chocolate & Vanilla" birthday party today and she came home with handmade capes for herself and Ethan. She also came back as a beautiful butterfly:


Gumbo decided to try out Ethan's cape:

Running for chocolate

Mama did the Hot Chocolate 15k this morning with Ragnar teammates Alexis and Michael. Challenging course, but the chocolate fondue at the end made it worth it!

The kids benefited from the chocolate run too -- they enjoyed Mama's unfinished chocolate fondue.

Mission Impossible

When Koko came down recently, she brought a really cool model aircraft carrier (complete with fighter jets, helicopters, etc) to build with Izzy. It has what looks like a gazillion pieces yet there are only 7 steps in the instructions. I'll be impressed if it's fully assembled by Izzy's 7th birthday. Here is what we have so far:


Almost a squadron:

SD Half Marathon

Mama ran the inaugural San Diego Half Marathon, which started and finished at Petco Park. The finish included a half-lap around the stadium with fans in the stands -- I think all half-marathons should end that way!
At the start line:


With the Sanchez brothers:

I survived the climb up Washington!

Happy birthday, Gumbo!

Although there is some intra-family debate over the age of our beloved Gumbo (Marc says she's 10, I say she's 9, Gumbo says we're both wrong), we celebrate her birthday on March 12th -- the day we rescued her 7 years ago. Happy birthday, Gummies!