Garden: Week 14

 Our 1st cherry tomato!  Elena made an edible salad with a nasturtium flower  :)

Preschool Spirit Week

 It's Spirit Week at school!

3 Weeks of Swim Completed

 Just three short weeks ago, Elena began her first session of swim lessons and today is her last day.

Emma's Birthday Bash

 Elena's first girl only party and it was out of this world!  The slack line (above) was a huge hit.

Day Trip to LA

 On our way up to see the LA Galaxy, we stopped at a beach in Dana Point.  Cute beach with a lot of stairs and a steep ramp to go down but it was worth it.

Garden: Week 13

 Here is my garden update for the past week.  It looks about the same with a few little things going on.  Above Elena is checking out our Golden Bell Pepper plant.  The Green Bell has two growing on it.  They sure grow fast, can't wait to eat them :)

Climbing Monkeys

 Tonight we met up with friends to explore the world of rock climbing.  I've been exploring rock climbing options for Elena since she loves to climb so much.  All the lessons and camps are for 7 and up but in a conversation with Nicole, I found out there is no minimum age at the rock climbing open gym.  So here we are...Elena and Nicole chalking up :)

Garden: Week 12

 Whew!  It was a hot, hot dry week and the garden felt it.

Motor boat, Motor boat...

 We have been talking about swim lessons for some time now...today Elena finally took her first swim lesson. The teacher, Ms. Sam, started by taking each kid into the water, spinning them while singing "motor boat, motor boat go so slow.  Motor boat, motor boat go so fast.  Motor boat, motor boat run out of gas."  A familiar song to Elena, learned from Grandmazona.

Day of Celebrations

 Happy Mother's Day...and Happy Birthday to Carl!

Garden: Week 11

Garden update...At week 11 we are doing great.  Can you spot the new blooms we have in the garden?

9 Month Old Charlie

 Just lounging around on his 9 month birthday in underwear!!  Adorable, eh?

Garden: Week 10

 After not seeing the garden every day for a week, it feels like everything has gone wild.  I am continually amazed by my mess of plants.  Not only are weeds everywhere, some grew taller than my knee.

Elena's Preschool Open House

 Elena's preschool held an open house tonight.  Her teacher picked Dr. Seuss as a theme.  Above are truffula trees.  The kids mixed their "grass" and created the trees with patterns.  Aren't they just the cutest?  Ms. Amanda is an awesome preschool teacher.

A Visit to See Family

The kids and I spent the past week visiting my family in Illinois and Indiana.  It was one of our shorter trips, the weather was far from spring but it is always nice to visit family.  I wasn't great at taking photos but here are a few.

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