Making our ride to school a little brighter...

...having Butch along for the carpool... obviously, he and Jbird have a special connection as they showed up in matching outfits this morning

Father-son field trip

well, I guess they brought their team photog to the Wild Animal Park, too.

Invention Convention

Haven't you ever wanted to read at night and not get out of your bed to turn on the lights??? Well, duh! Get yourself some "Night Sight" invented by Jbird!


Nerds rule! Coincidentally, this is selling for the same price as last year's Scooler... only $5. Come on! Talk about recession friendly.

All in the family

Looks like C is going to be surfing right along with his dad and big sis

This is the life...

no complaints; being able to lay on the beach in February.... no one was ready to be in swimsuits {note jeans?? Jbird; a style icon}...(and, thankfully for pasty white me, we're not in Oregon anymore, where, when it hits 65, we're in tank tops and short-shorts) without a wetsuit (and yes, the dorky toddler wetsuit is completely baggy, yet he insists on wearing)... but we all loved spending the long holiday weekend at the beach..


life is simple sometimes.. watching the ships come in, with a trailer by the sea...lucky us.

Artsy fartsy

An awesome way to spend a day off, can't believe we hadn't been here before. SD Children's Museum (do not be turned off, as I was, by the boring name) delighted us all.



for hire at your next children's birthday party.. J took a balloon art clinic... got to get inside the monstrous balloon sculpture and learned a few tricks.

Valentine Factory

The finished product from Jaimee's sewing class.. my father-son-Lala boxers!
J's finished product poofball-google-eye valentines for her class!
Campbell's finished "abstract art".. add "GWUE" to a bunch of scraps.. I know. amazing.
Hard at work, the artists in residence


sew much fun! watercolors by the toddlers, vintage stamps from my collection