Hot weather = Creative energy release

On one of the very few hot days that we had this summer we spent our afternoon making obstacle courses with our pillows. Jaedyn and Ashlyn had fun jumping around on the pillows and Ashlyn did some interpretive dancing with Lambie. Jaedyn decided to re-coin the term "pot head" by using my head as an example.

Meet Willy....our pet inch worm

One lovely morning while we were eating breakfast Jaedyn spotted the tiniest little inch worm dangling from our single sunflower. This little guy was super cute and Jaedyn and Ashlyn were both fascinated with him. He lived with us for a few days and then the sunflower died so Willy was released back into his natural habitat. :)

Solana Beach w/ the Oswalds

We haven't had the best summer for beach days here...(GASP! I know...it's San Diego...crazy right?) We have this rather annoying thing here called the marine layer. So many days we jump in the car at our place where it's 95 and on our way to the beach there's that gray blob hovering over the ocean. Well, not this day. This was quite possibly the best beach day of the summer. Toastie warm, but not too toastie and 2 of the nicest, most polite children that played with our little toddlers the entire time. Fantabulous!

Blazing hot weather = Beach Bound

Courtesy of Jaedyn's photographing skills...



Jaedyn spent most of the time playing in the water by himself...he had a blast.



No, you are not dreaming. Yes, the water is green. It's an algae bloom.


Thankfully Ashlyn has a healthy fear of the water (a little too healthy actually).

This is pretty much how she feels when she gets too close.

Safe and sound in a nice big hole.

There are a few things I love about California beaches...the fact that they are free and the fact that you can always find plenty of sand to sit your bum on.


And a word from the beach bums themselves...

And back to the zoo...again

As Ashlyn attempted her favorite monkey swing on this elephant tusk I was very much hoping that the creators of the elephant kept in mind that there would be 20lb blond monkeys swinging on it...eek!

Jaedyn, pretending to be a seal. It never fails...EVERY time we visit the zoo and he tries to pop his head up through the hole he bumps his head.

Not exactly the look I was going for....

It's all about the Mission day....

We busted on down to our old neck of the woods last weekend and visited the Mission for some delicious eats. I honestly don't think there's anything more delicious than their french toast, and I'm pretty sure that Ashlyn and Jaedyn would agree with me on that. We then hit the road and headed west to Mission Bay for some fun in the mucky sand.

A box and some blueberries

Miss Ashlyn has enjoyed the freedom of helping herself to whatever fruit is on our kitchen table. On this particular day she enjoyed stuffing blueberries in her mouth.


A box and two bananas ready for a ride!