Hannah's Birthday

The kids met at Natural Bridges Beach in Santa Cruz for Hannah's first birthday party. Tuk came down with a cold so she missed it.

The bigger kids enjoyed the tide pools.

Hannah is so cute. She's wearing Kit's old jacket. It seems so small now.

A delicious cake from Kelly's French Bakery.

Kit picked a pink butterfly cookie.

Sophia had a chocolate macaron.

Then we went to pick strawberries.

We had a nice day.

Mother's Day

An old favorite pic of Tuk and Kit.

Kit presented Tuk with a lovely mother's day card she made at school. She was very excited and proud of her work.

We took Tuk to a delicious Dim Sum brunch.

Kit had a fever so she spent much of the day snuggling up with Tuk. She had a difficult time falling asleep. Kit and I pretended we were camping in her room. After two hours she finally fell asleep on the beanbag.

Pinnacles

Kit and Sophia look forward to their Saturday hikes. This was their first time hiking at Pinnacles. It was a lovely day.

We started up a forested trail.

And climbed up some rocks.

Then we entered the caves.

They thought the caves were fantastic.

Breno and Sophia existing the caves.

Time to drink some water and share a snack.

After some more hiking it was lunch time.

We had lunch at the reservoir.


Afterwards they looked for tadpoles in the water.

Posing for a photo.

Then being silly.

They were both quite silly.

Hanging out together.

Nice hike. Where should we go next time?

Piggy Banks

Kit has been saving coins in her piggy banks. They've become very heavy. She's excited to be taking her coins to the bank. We've been talking about it for quite a while.

She had fun with the coin counter. The credit union had a $10 new account bonus and gave her a new piggy bank as well.

Rose Garden

Today's playgroup outing was to the San Jose Rose Garden.

The roses smelled lovely.





Kit helping Hannah walk.

Then she played chase with Bryan.

Enjoying a push-up ice cream.

And they took turns playing a game on the phone.

Aquarium yet again!

Kit has been wanting to take her grandma to the aquarium for a long time. Started with the otters, Kit's favorite.

Went through the jellies to get to the hammerhead sharks. The sharks are tough to photograph.

Seahorses are lovely.

Kit asked for a photo with her grandma by the seahorse.

Turtles!

Penguins.

It was a lovely day.



She enjoyed sitting here and watching the fish.

She touched several starfish and other critters but liked the texture of the seaweed the most.

She discovered this great octopus cape.

She wore it while riding the rocking fish.

Here is a shark! Kit asked to stay for the last feeding of the day.

A nocturnal wolf eel came out, what a treat!

We brought home cioppino, clams and artichokes for a wonderful feast.

Artichokes are such fun to eat.

Krispy Kreme

We took Kit to see the Krispy Kreme factory store. She thought it was interesting how doughnuts are made. She says they are way too sweet to eat.

Next we went to a sale at REI where Kit found this fantastic ski jacket. It was greatly discounted after only being used for their catalog photo shoot.

Stopped at the farmer's market in Sunnyvale where we enjoyed a picnic lunch. Kit has a fresh strawberry drink.