Climbing, Sliding and Seesaws!

We had one the best days at the park last week! It was a new park for the kids but one I had been to years before when I used to babysit my godson, Jake....9 years ago!! We're having such great weather these days, you can't help but find someplace to be just to be outside.

The kids learned a new playtime activity...the seesaw! We've played on other seesaws before but this one worked really well and they both actually could touch the ground and bouncy back up.
I think they had about 6 slides at the park...and they tried every one of them!

Arrrrr Matey!
At least they can say they have walked across the Golden Gate Bridge!

Cameron working on her career as a refrigerator repair man...
A picnic lunch to finish off a great morning.

Potty Tunes

I'm so proud of Cameron for how well she is doing potty training(Timo is a different story). She are virtually accident free everyday and she seems to love sitting and sitting and sitting and sitting....she will sit all day if we didn't motivate her off. Some people read on the potty and Cameron sings!

singing on the potty from Sara ko on Vimeo.

We saw a little outdoor band playing at the farmers market the last week and one band member was a double bass player. I had no idea what effect the guy had on Timo but the next morning Timo took his guitar, sat down, stood the guitar up on it's end and started strumming it like a bass player! Wow! I think we have real musicians on our hands!!

Pumpkin Patch #1--Lemos Farm

We just got back from a pumpkin patch today but I thought I should try to post our pumpkin patch from last weekend first. Tis' the season!!
We hit the pumpk capitol of the world to kick off our pumpkin season, Half Moon Bay. I wanted to go to the patches down there early because it's gets pretty crowed as October passes...and boy was I glad we went the first weekend...I can't imagine how much more croweded this place gets further into the season. It was pack on the Oct 2...including running into some of our friends from SF! We decided on Lemos Farm based on some local recommendation and it was perfect! It really caters to the kids and is basically a tiny assument park with some pumpkins!

I don't think they actually know that these little rides move if you put money in them...we've never put quarters in them so the kids are juts happy sitting and playing on them. Wonder how long we'll be so lucky??
We took the little train ride through the ghost town...and Timo got scared...I think because he was sitting in his Daddy's lap and Young kept making scary noises...bad Daddy! Cameron really enjoyed it and laughed most of the time...but it did look a little too scary for little ones...
There were tons of these rocking horses placed all around the grounds and I think Cameron rode everyone of them...
Oh yeah, I forgot, we were at a pumpkin patch! At last, the kids found the pumpkins...

They were selling pumpkin pie that looked soooo good, I couldn't resist! But, of course, the kids had to have something too so we let them pick out a Halloween cookie to eat on the ride home. We had hoped the cookies would be enough to keep the kids awake on the ride home because we stayed well past their nap time...but no such luck. They took two bites of the cookies and were out!

still no computer...

just letting you know our computer is still in the shop...will resume posting as soon as it's back, up and running again...

the Zoo!

Our computer crashed last night so I'm using our old, old, old dinosaur one which feels as heavy as a desk top one feels. I can't upload any of my camera photos on the old one because it doesn't have our camera software...which means I'll be posting about our activity this morning...the Zoo!

I didn't even take my camera because we've been to the zoo so many time...how many different photo can one really take?? And we don't ever make to any of the animal exhibits, just the playground, train ride, petting zoo and picnic lunch take up our morning. Good thing we go on free days, I would hate to pay for a ticket and actually not see any of the animals!!

We went with our friends Caleb& Evan Moy and Olivia Tafao with her one week old brother, Isaiah...he's riding in his mommy's sling. Gotta love the train ride!

Indian Summer

We had an little mini Indian Summer hit last week with 85+ temps outside! I tried to take full advantage of all the day and play outside in the water.
The kids are becoming quiet the pros at washing cars...

I just gave them the water hose and bubbles and let them go at it. Timo is so impressed with himself that he can push the sprayer now.
Even though they are potty trained, I put the swim diapers on just in case...who has time to go potty when there's water, bubbles and buckets? The first day they they were completely happy just playing in the water and bubbles and shovels. I think they have some of the their Chef Mommy in them...all they do is stir and "mix".
By the second day, they had moved on to the dirt from my now turned over garden. At this point Timo didn't even want swim diapers or anything on anymore...just happy making mud pies...and mixing in the potty (good thing it was getting some use!)

Academy of Sciences

It had been a few months since we had visited the California Academy of Sciences and it amazes me how much more the kids got out of it this time than just a few months ago. They are learning so much and changing so fast....someone please slow it down!!

We always start at the sting rays and shark pond and then head to the penguins.

The kids typically love spending most of their time in the Tot's Spot area, just playing with puzzles, puppets and on the ship, but this time they were asking to leave after only a little while...guess they are growing up! But Cameron is never too big for her diver mask! She would walk around the whole museum with it on if she could.

We visited the albino alligator...who was very active this time, making for much more interesting viewing.

The only thing Cameron wanted to do, really, was go see the fish. This was the first time we went to the touch and feel table to feel starfish, which they loved...but the hand dryer was much more interesting.

We wondered around to all the little portholes looking at big seabass, seahorses and then Timo started yelling "Diver, diver, diver!" I turned around and we saw the diver cleaning one of the tanks!


I don't think they would ever get tired of watching the fish...we sat in the viewing room which is basically this huge, floor to ceiling tank with bleachers and steps to sit on for viewing. Somehow this has become our snack time room...
Then it was back upstairs where Timo was surprisingly into all the skeletons...or the actual animal they used to be. He was most fascinated by the giant whale hanging from the ceiling.I guess it's time I look into all the story times, lectures, and tours the museum has to offer. The kids have always been too young to participate and seemingly uninterested (not a long attention span) but after this last visit...I think we're ready to learn more!

Conversations

Sometimes I wish I had a video camera with me all the time to capture the conversations that go on between Cameron and Timo. I didn't have one this morning but thought the it was so funny, I had to write it down...

We were getting in the car and Cameron wanted to snap her own car seat...no big deal, they do it all the time. But this time she got her hand caught in it as it snapped and it pinched her hand. Ah, she had a boo boo and was crying. I kissed it, rubbed it, tried to make it all better and got in the car leave.

Cameron was still crying and Timo leaned over to look at her and said "you got a boo boo Cameron?"

"Yes, I got a boo boo", she says as she stops crying.

"Oh no!", says Timo.

Cameron then begins to explain how it happened...as if Timo wasn't right there to see it. "I got pinched. My seat belt pinched me and I got a boo boo."

"Your seat belt pinched you? Just a little pinch?" asked Timo.

"No, a big little pinch, and now I crying" says Cameron as she musters up a few more tears for show.

By now I'm trying REALLY hard not to laugh...and Timo follows up with another "oh no!" (his new fav phrase...everything is Oh no! these days) He then asks, "are you OK?"

Cameron answers with a smile..."I OK, Mommy kissed it and it's all better now..."

Gotta love being a Mommy sometimes!