Photo Update

Long Beach





Cookie sales

Learning about birds at the local nature center, including making our own bird call device. We also met this friendly snake.

Gardening 101

I've mentioned before that we have gone to volunteer at a non-profit community garden in the recent past. Here are a few photos of us that I snagged from their website. I really must try to remember to bring my camera next time, but as you can see we all work pretty hard while we are there ~ painting signs, moving dirt, harvesting veggies, collecting eggs, etc.

From the Science Files

Today we attended a fair put on by the Science and Technology Education Partnership. Considering the fact that we are doing the Animal Kingdom and not physics at the moment, I went with the intention of simply instilling the whole science-is-cool/fun/exciting attitude in my girls. It was a decent (not great) event but we all had a fair amount of fun. It helped that we were with friends and we had a great meal (from Simple Simon's) in our bellies. There were alot of schools there though so we had to fight the crowd, which is never fun.

Birthday Adventures

Sea World, Ramona, La Jolla, Julian

Mission San Luis Rey: Oceanside, CA

Yesterday.

Belmont

We had a family day in Belmont Shore today. Had lunch at the Shorehouse; took in some art at the museum; and, of course, no visit would be complete without touching the sand and harrassing the seagulls.
If anyone is interested, the teacher's supply on 2nd Street is having a retirement/going out of business sale and many items are 75% off. We ended up snagging 10+ books and games for under $30. Somehow, getting a great deal doesn't make me feel as giddy as it used to.

Snow Day `08

Our annual Christmastime jaunt to the local mountains... Not too cold today, thank goodness. Also glad that my kids are just like me when it comes to snow play: ie, just enough and not a minute more. Then warm up in the local cafe. ;)

We'll never live here but...

we can always visit, no matter how long the drive!