Radishes!

Tonight after bath time we checked out our garden and decided to pluck some radishes! Everyone was excited about the transformation from seed to radish (which reminds me that Owen showed me the tadpoles today at school and they have tiny legs now..very cool). Woody pulled out a bunch to allow for better growth.

Our next door neighbors have dozens of rose bushes lining the streets (they live on the corner of two streets) and they are blooming so beautifully now and smell wonderful. Maya, the sassy little thing, likes to run full steam ahead down the sidewalk as we scold her not to do so! She thinks it's hilarious to not listen to us. If she wasn't so adorable I'd probably get really mad.

La playa

We went to Canon Beach yesterday. We started off bundled together on the blanket trying to keep warm (me) and trying not to touch ANY of the sand (OM..mostly O). But O stays true to his slogan, 'slow to warm up', and after about 30 minutes he and the sand became best friends. He LOVED the sand and told us repeatedly how cool it was. Yay! 

Star got to come too! She was so happy. 

Woody took them down to the water to look for shells. They were equally intrigued by the horses walking about and the horse poop...

Afterwards we got lunch at my new favorite hamburger joint: Five Guys Burgers and Fries. I was starving but I really do think it was the best hamburger I've had in years. I highly recommend it if you're anywhere near one. Simple menu like In-n-Out and totally kid (& dog) friendly. O was jamming to the "classic vinyl" tunes playing overhead (must have been satellite radio).

I start my new job tomorrow, yay! I hope to keep up the blogging to at least every two to three days. Wish us luck:)

Oh yes, and one more of Maya and her accessories: ALWAYS a baby and also modeling a sun hat and colorful bag:) [And you can kind of see the 1st coat of paint on the front door...]

Farmer's Market

It's sunny...I couldn't be happier. And sunny days coupled with free time to work in the yard, paint front doors, work-out, bake rhubarb crumb bars (see Catherine Newman's blog in my list: I substituted whole wheat flour for regular and cut the brown sugar back a bit, oh, and used butter spread for most of the butter quantity..so good:), and spend lots of family time at the farmer's market (and NOT write papers, study, and read research papers:). Owen sampled almost everything there, danced a jig and he and baby sis shared a orange-rhubarb gelatto. (Michael, if you're reading this, I think of you EVERY time I see and eat gelatto:) 

O and W's ears...

My angel:)

This photo of me and M walking away is here b/c I wanted to comment on how these shorts I'm wearing use to be my dad's jeans, then my jeans, and now my shorts. Levi's are built to last!

Owen drinking lemonade his way...

This is soooo baby sis when she's annoyed:)

Enjoying gelatto...

Hard to believe O got this hat two years ago...

Potty time

So far we haven't had many times where sitting on the potty actually resulted in an empty bladder, but she does enjoy her time there and likes to read books as she sees her big brother do.

Getting on hats and shoes to visit with some friends...Maya usually brings at least one of her babies with her.  

Holding hands.  I don't even ask, they just do it:)

OM helped me tape up paint samples for the front door.  Initially I wanted to replace it but I didn't like my options and decided reducing and reusing would be better for us anyway.  I saw a cool design magazine that had a beautiful room with a door made out of drift wood and decided our front door, with it's carved out designs, might look great painted a drift wood color and with replaced hardware.  

My friend Debi gave me a good idea for bath time.  From time to time she takes out all of the regular bath toys and gives her kids kitchen gadgets.  So I gave them whisks, chop sticks, the garlic press, the gravy ladle, turkey baster etc. Owen told me over and over how great the new toys were.  Thanks Debi:)