Daddy's New Toy

Daddy got a new mower!

And helpers!

To mow our beautiful lawn!

Day in San Francisco

Today the kids and I spent the day in San Francisco!  We woke up, had breakfast and headed to Walnut Creek to catch the BART to San Francisco!  We had a fun-filled day ~ lunch with Daddy, visit the the Exploratorium, treats at the Ferry Building (they have vegan donuts AND chocolate sorbet!), visit to Daddy's office and a ride on the BART train too!  Mommy is POOPEDOLA, but we had a great time!  

Here we are waiting for our train

The kids got themselves all spiffied up

First we stopped by Daddy's office!

He didn't have much time, but he was able to have a quick lunch with us (Okay, I wanted to try this place at the Farmer's Market, but the kids wanted ~ ready? ~ Taco Bell!)  

After lunch the kids and I walked to the Exploratorium!

We spent a couple of hours there playing with all the neat exhibits

Still not finished seeing everything!

Here the kids are trying to make a dixie cup fly

Dough Day

This afternoon we made two types of cornstarch based dough ~ one with hand soap and one with baking soda and water.  The kids played with both and realized you can't really form the hand soap dough.  You can have a lot of fun breaking it AND letting it drip into a puddle, but if you try and make it into something it'll eventually turn into a blog.  The baking soda dough, on the other hand, is great for making into things.  They had to make a pot with part of the dough and made critters with the rest.  Later in the week we will sand and paint the pot ~ and I'm sure the critters will need some color too!

1 c. cornstarch with about 1/2 c. of hand soap makes a fun dough

You can't make anything but it feels really neat!

Making a pinch pot

"I'm going to make a cat"

Bailey's creations 

Gregory's

What's happening...

Summer is rolling along.  We've been busy with swim lessons for the last few weeks.  We have just a tad over four weeks left of summer vacation.  

Yesterday we learned a few stencil/charcoal techniques 

We worked in the garage to keep the mess to a minimum, but it was a little TOO HOT

Bailey's finished piece

Our first sunflower bloomed!  The flower is SO HEAVY it broke the stem!

Tonight Daddy went to help build booths for the Obon and the kids and I practiced dancing.  We met the Yamadas at the church.  Bailey is dancing with Anne

Gregory hung out with Gavin and Mrs. Yamada.  Daddy didn't get much building done.  He had a few choice words for me to add to our blog, but I'll just leave it at ~ They aren't very organized.  Hope sushi making goes a little smoother. :)

Reunion!

A year has passed and today it was time to get together with my girlfriends from high school!  We chatted from 11:30am - 7:00pm!  We ate lunch, had lots of desserts and had such a great time catching up!  While I visited with my friends, Daddy took the kids to lunch at Taco Bell and to see the movie Turbo (in 3D).  Fun day for us all!