Antonio is currently fascinated with letters and numbers. He is asking for more sounds and words every day. And even if he can't say them he is eager to point out that he knows them... though this one he can say.....8.He has a cold thanks to me and my flying germs but who could tell with this smile...
In case you didn't know already, Antonio's daddy is kind of a dork. Here is Antonio trying out the one line I've written for my spanish language comedy telenovela.
Antonio also enjoys dancing to his new favorite balloon song. We can only hope that High School Musical isn't still popular in a few years when Antonio can sing along with the music.
Ay dios mio, indeed.
But Antonio didn't want to stay inside all weekend. He put on his boots and hit the town. He wanted to get to the lake, and he didn't want to wait for us to drive him. 
Grandma introduced Antonio to the local neighborhood kid statues:
The local neighborhood dog-with-a-lantern-in-its-mouth statue:
Then showed him the awesome surprise she had waiting for him at the lake. Green sand!
Even when he and cousin Elijah were just dipping their toes in the baby pool.
The entire family gathered around to watch the boys play.
And when I got done with my golfing, the two of us boys played in a different way. Antonio kind of enjoys being upside down. There's a pretty good chance he's going to be a trapeze artist when he grows up. That or a professional giggler, because he's pretty good at that, too.
Oh, and here's your first reminder. The Secret Life of the American Teenager -- Tuesday, July 1. 8pm. ABC Family.
Luckily, this toddler is a super star traveler...of course upgrading to First Class on Alaska Airlines makes it a bit easier.
After the flight, they got to come see where I've been camping out these past months in LA and meet all the family. He immediately took to Christine, who is long, tall princess, just like Havana -- except for the "long, tall" part.
Antonio's arrival in Toluca Lake coincided with the arrival of Wally and Charlie, two new additions to the family.
He's helping to train the puppies to share their food. They think he's one of them. He thinks he's one of them, too.
When Antonio's not swimming himself, he still enjoys the water activities. It' hasn't been all fun and games. He's learning some valuable things as well. For example, Zoe's teaching him how to set the table.
And he's learning that when he uses utensils correctly, he gets a lot of encouragement and praise. So he's been doing that consistently for the first time as well.
Antonio has made himself right at home here. It'll actually be hard for him to leave tomorrow.
On the other side of the Water Taxi is the Aquarium and Deb and Antonio decided to join so if anyone wants to come with him to see the fish come on down! Uncle B, you're invited....
Digging in the dirt.
And standing on the dirt.
It was a lot of fun. As pretty much every field trip with La La is. And then after the park, Antonio made his way back home, where Havana was a little excited to see him.
I told Antonio there are a lot of cool treasures to find at the beach like shells and dinosaurs. (sorry kid that left your dinosaur at the beach) 
Feet in the sand...
Feet in the pebbles...
Feet in the water...
and fade out....
Today, we went to U Village. The weather wasn't too hot, but Antonio felt the need to cool down anyway. Check him out. He was having so much fun.
So much fun. I think he may enjoy playing in the sprinkler this year.
