Sunday, December 7, 2014

Bring on the Christmas season!

Thomas really loves peanut butter

It's raining!  It's raining!  We went for a walk

My helpers decorating the tree

Was looking foward to "ice" skating all day!  It's an iceless rink in downtown Martinez just for the weekend

Had lots of fun dramatically falling over!

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Thanksgiving week...no school!

Tea

Leaf-gathering at the coffee shop

And some running there too

Snacktime ...  a silly snapshot

She cracked the eggs for french toast herself!

Sunday, November 23, 2014

We celebrate Thanksgiving early

She looks like she's looking for the Ark of the Covenant with the Staff of Ra

More fun at the coffee shop

Sophia's birthday present from BabaJiji

Play at the park
Early Thanksgiving with Matthew ... who is not in the picture!

And it was Sophia's 5th birthday!

Monday, October 20, 2014

Terran and Tea get sick...last minute prep for us!

Carving the pumpkins before they leave

Father-daugher moment ... 

The last homework before the trip!  Working hard!

Visiting Miss Crystal at her studio to clean up the hair!

Sunday, October 19, 2014

Countdown to New Zealand!

Playing together nicely ... whew!

Trader Joe's pumpkin "patch"

At our favorite Sweet Tomatoes

Sibling cooperation

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Columbus Day weekend

Chloe, therapy cat. She always comes running when one of the kids starts crying

Choo choo!

Gleefully eating "Uncle Mike's Famous Maple Syrup" on his pumpkin pancakes

Picnic at the park

Hey -- four-way cooperation!!

Saturday, October 4, 2014

Pumpkin Patch Outing


"New" map from Baba and Jiji!  We added a post-it that says "Daddy is here" so we always know where he is!
Very excited about his new "Darth Vader Rides a Bicycle" t-shirt from BabaJiji

Just came back from half an hour at the Pumpkin Patch jump house.  WOW the dirt!
"Can I ride this horse?" 


Laughing Tea

Friday, August 15, 2014

Terran talks

Terran: "This is a cheeseburger."
Me: "Actually, Terran, it is a grilled cheese sandwich."
Terran (nodding): "It is a type of sandwich."  

Great sentence construction, little 2 year old!

Saturday, August 9, 2014

We get bored ... time for a picnic and the Lindsey Wildlife Museum


Picnic at Larkey Park

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Summertime keeps rolling on

Thomas and I play Scrabble ... Thomas does pretty well!

Candy Land

A walk down the Martinez Marina

We make the beds into bunks

Butterfly Sophia

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Just a week without Matthew

Thomas helps Matthew spackle our room; Téa is building up to crawling; Thomas helps out his cousin; breaking out the shaved ice maker from my youth; Terran wins three games of Candy Land in a row!