On Friday, the guys played golf and the ladies went to get their nails done. Vincent and Hayden even spent some time out by the pool and shook their booties a bit.
After the guys got home from golf and the girls went out to the nail spa, the kids woke up and wanted to go outside. So we went out back and Hayden and Vincent wanted to put their feet in the pool. It was pretty cold, but our feet got used to the temperature after a little while.
Then that night we all went to El Encanto Mexican restaurant in Cave Creek which is a great small artsy, touristy town about 15 minutes north of us. The food is great but the coolest part about the restaurant is that they have a duck pond in the middle of the restaurant. We had to wait a little for our table so the kids fed the ducks and loved it. We were even treated to a couple of songs by a great Mariachi at the end of our meal. He took a liking to our youngsters and the feeling was mutual.
On Saturday morning we ate a feast of a breakfast which included, scrambled eggs, potato pancakes, bacon, toast, and belgian waffles with blueberries and whip cream. YUM!
Then we packed up the kids and went to the Stillman Railroad Park in Scottsdale. This is one of the coolest parks in the city as it is train themed. There are huge decommissioned engines, rail cars, and cabooses all over the place. Plus, they have a brand new model train building that has all different sizes of model trains. Vincent and Hayden really loved it (and so did Matty and Vinny, their inner boy may have come out).
Also in the park they have a little train that goes all around the park on which park guests can ride. We went on the train and the kiddos loved that too.
Hayden and Vincent also went on the Merry Go Round and played in the giant playground as well.
After the park we went to In and Out Burger, which Vinny loves and must get every time he comes west. However, after tasting a Double/Double Animal Style one more time, he proclaimed that Five Guys Burgers was now at the top of his best burger list. Matty agreed and it was settled for the world.
When we returned home, the kids played around before going to bed. It was good to see Hayden and Vincent get some quality time together as they did everything together from throw balls back and forth, to pushing each other in the wagon. They were great at sharing and taking turns, amazingly enough.
Stella and Ellie also played together. Stella is 3 months older and much more advanced physically, but she took a liking to Ellie. She expressed her love this way:
That night we had more guests join us as Afton and Ashley came over and our good friends Heather and Fermin Moreno were in town from Seattle. We then had another feast for dinner: a blue cheese lettuce wedge salad with crumbled egg and bacon bits was the first course, then the main course was chicken marsala and vodka penne with sausage. Savannah was smart enough to suggest dinner at 8pm so that the kids would be in bed and we could peacefully enjoy it. It was great. For dessert we had silcilian sundaes: freshly baked chocolate chip cookies topped with ice cream, chocolate sauce, and whipped cream. Sensational.
After dessert we played some games and it was a magical evening with great people. We are happy to share those kinds of nights with the ones we love.
The next day was Sunday - the day of the baseball game. We were on our way to Salt River Fields at Talking Stick - the new Spring home of the Colorado Rockies.
It was a gorgeous day for baseball and we were going to see Ubaldo Jimenez, one of the best pitchers in baseball, pitch. It was a fun day as we had pizza, garlic knots, and ice cream at the stadium. Matty and Hayden were even selected as fans of the game and were on the Jumbotron! (We narrowly beat out Vinny and Vincent, most likely because Vincent was wearing Yankees gear and Hayden had a Rockies shirt on)
The Rockies won, and after the game, the little tykes decided to start their own journey to the majors by running the bases, on the little kid field of course:
It was another great day to keep our string going. That night, Hayden and Vincent decided to have a dance party to Vincent's favorite song, Dirty Bit by the Black Eyed Peas:
The next day the Lecce family packed up and went back east. What an amazing time and what memories. Enjoy the videos above and the photos below.
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