kinder love

some camp fire kinder group photos:
 

poor lizzie had an ear infection the night of this event, a national art contest, but most of my kinder group attended and had a great time! this kinder group is really coming along, even with a bumpy start.

enjoying being 10

 
ok, so wearing the 3d glasses with the lenses punched out is the new trend, in case you didn't know... (the kids are even wearing these at school!)



loving my girl and all the growing up that's going on around here (shhhh....
oh and my new favorite band. please check them out! i am so happy to find something new to listen to!

10 years ago

I didn't know how annoying (and fantastic) hearing "mom, mom, mama!" was.

I didn't know how to diaper (or hold for that matter) a baby.

I was scared to death of breastfeeding...

I thought i knew EVERYTHING about parenting (i worked for 5 years in a psych hospital on the children's unit teaching behavior modification to parents while studying for my psych degree)

I thought i would only have one child.

I was thoroughly enjoying the roller coaster science project of being pregnant AND...

I met the most amazing creature who finally put me "in the club" that i wasn't sure i wanted to join: parenting or more specifically: motherhood

 

i guess this is the new "look" for the season (outfit was a gift from our glamorous neighbor)... we had a great time seeing alice in wonderland in 3d, WOW! i really loved the movie and i highly recommend going to a movie as an easy birthday party option. a bit pricey but as easy as it gets!
happy birthday emily! a decade of love! thank you!

bandit

 

out and about

enjoying the rain, this has been a super rainy winter and i have loved every second of it.
 

we took a trip down to Oceanside yesterday, there is a lookout stop along the way. the hills were all green with the beginnings of wildflowers, some orange and yellow. i have said it a million times but winter is the best time to be here in california, i just love the green when we get it.

 

we met up with friends and spent the day chatting about guitar lessons and ukulele's and then headed over to the "making music museum" which was very interesting to me. i have the background in piano, but even after just a few months of guitar lessons, i am fascinated by guitars now.


i see guitar books in my future


for daddy


the kids had fun and i was impressed with how well behaved all the children who were playing instruments were, even with display guitars being handed back and forth


we visited Los Cerritos Wetlands on the way home, i missed a cool art show with wetlands photos on display. just completely forgot to go last night, ugh!


oh well, so more guitar practicing today, lessons and then house cleaning i guess. boy, weekends sure go by fast around here.

santa catalina

 
golf cart adventures




we took a tour of avalon via golf cart and one of the best treats was the visit to the wrigley memorial and botanical gardens












we drove around and around for 3 hours and saw the gardens, the casino, divers diving, kayakers kayaking, cute houses, luxurious pads and eucalyptus groves to die for. i highly recommend a golf cart drive when visiting avalon


this house rocks and has the killer pool!!




the folks who live here are soooo dang lucky, i just can't say enough about how lovely our winter trip to catalina was. if you are ever in the los angeles area, forget the city and take a fast boat to santa catalina for a real treat. for all you locals, forget about that expensive trip to the mediterranean and check out avalon in the winter, best and cheapest time to go and well worth it!