happy tiger halloween!

It's a jungle out there --- and we boys are the boys to tame it!

First day of kindergarten!!

I am so ready, Freddie. Crazy little thing called school. 

Jared Lucas Weinberg! April 11th!

My new baby brother!  Here are a couple of pictures, hot off the presses....

8lb, 1.5oz --- half an ounce heavier than me...and 22 inches!  He's huge!  Check out the second picture, doesn't that red nose look like he was drinking a little bit of bourbon through that umbilical cord?  Mom, what were you up to?

I'm so happy to be a DOUBLE big brother.

Almost as important, I'll leave you with this picture, which captures my focus for the last month or so...

Yes, that's right --- I'm a t-ball player, and a New York T-Ball Yankee!

Love,
Spencer

happy birthday to me! and happy new year to all

It's official --- I'm 5 years old!  And thanks to GoDaddy, I now own my name's URL for yet another 5 years.  A big thanks to that lady who is the face of GoDaddy who wears tight outfits but never wins car races.  

So I'll update you on a couple of things.  First, over the new year we went to Cabo San Lucas in Mexico with my Aunt Belinda and Uncle Marc.  Unlike the rest of Mexico, we saw little drug violence there.  Other than that one time we saw two old people arguing over the last bottle of PeptoBismol on the shelf. 

Here are a few pictures of the trip:

Beautiful sunset on the beach!

Go Drew!  Looking cool in those shades!

A bit of snorkeling with Mommy and Daddy.  Man that water was cold!

Had to get some baseball practice in.  Guess who bought these shirts for us?

Drew and Daddy laughed all week!

Daddy playing defense while we played in the ocean.  Crazy undertow.  I don't think he liked it too much...

And Aunt Belinda joined in playing defense with Drew!

There I am getting sucked in by the undertow. Thank goodness for Daddy's legs!

Uncle Marc was so much fun on the beach!  Here he is drenching us after he helped us dig a big hole for us to play in.

Cutie petootie in the pool

Aunt Belinda, you're wet!!

I slid over and over again on this whale slide.

Splash!  In the pool!

Drew tried it too. He didn't like it as much :(

We had such an amazing time!

Drew started to play soccer this month -- here he is at his first ever soccer class!!  He was awesome.

OK, what else.  My birthday was a week or so ago, and I had an amazing party with my friend Ari, whose birthday is two days before mine.  Bowling party!  What goes with a bowling party?  Bowling cupcakes!

My cake at home with Mommy, Daddy and Drew

Me and Ari, birthday boys.

Drew had an awesome time bowling!  Even though he could barely lift the ball....

Launching the ball....and.....

Yum.

Strike!!!  No joke!

With Grandma and Pop-Pop after the party.

Oh, and did you know that Drew and I are moving in together?  We got bunk beds!  A few nights ago, Drew had his first night sleeping in his new big boy bed, and he did great.  And I love being up above him on the high bed.  So fun!

Love,
Spencer

Slumber party!

My brother sleeping in a big boy bed for the first time...on my trundle bed!!!

and one cute video of my brother....

Happy kid, eh?

re-emergence

I cannot believe that it's now been more than 6 months since I gave an update to my blog-reading fans -- who, at this point, understandably, consist of a bunch of Google servers doing keyword searches.  But let's see if I can at least post a few pictures that will be so unbelievably cute that the servers will notify Sergey Brin himself and Sergey will send out a google-wide email telling the troops to check out that cute 4 year old who can write with just a few grammatical mis-steps.

So what's gone on in my life since the last update.  Let me very briefly summarize, and then I'll post a few pictures to get you re-acquainted with my ultra-cuteness and the equally ultra-cuteness of my little brother:

- I finished my first year at my new school and graduated to the last pre-school class I'll ever attend, assuming they don't fail me for poor play-dough skills.  Now I'm an "Etzim" and loving it!
- My brother turned 2 years old -- he's now rapidly approaching 2 1/2 -- getting roughly a day closer each day.  Duh.
- I went to camp this summer across the street, and my brother went to the same camp!  We walked there together a couple of days a week (awwwww picture below).
- My family went to Yosemite National Park and we hiked all over the place -- I even went up 500 steps to the top of Vernal Falls, all by myself.
-  My brother started school, with the same teachers I had last year -- what a coincidence!
-  I started playing organized t-ball, and I LOVE IT.
-  I went on my first fishing trip with my dad and my friend Ashton and his dad, and it was so much fun!  Especially the part when we stopped fishing at ate sandwiches.
-  I've been learning to read, doing tons of math problems, learning to write, and generally representing everything that's wrong with type A Marin County parents.  No I'm kidding, I actually really like challenging myself, so it's really me forcing my parents to show me.  I'll bet by the time I'm done with high school, I'll be able to both read AND write.
-  We said goodbye to Elin, who went back to Sweden after a year with us where she truly became part of my family, and said hello to Malin (no relation), who is also from Sweden. We like Malin too!

Here are some quick photos to get you caught up....

OK, so you're almost caught up...I'm going to add some videos soon too!

Don't forget to vote -- early and often.

Love,
Spencer