Each season brings its gifts and challenges-- winters are dark and cold but we celebrate our favorite holidays and take our family vacation in January; summers are hot and dry, but they are also hot and dry; fall is fire season but also Andy's birthday; and spring is, well perfect, at least until allergy season hits full force in May.
The past two weeks we've enjoyed that famous Bay Area weather we always like to brag about to our folks out of state. And after an exceptionally wet winter, our city is bursting with life. Gregg and Julian made two raised beds full of veggies and companion plants in the front yard, plus we planted sun flowers from seeds and a bunch of herbs for cooking. Aside from one sad basil plant, we've had lots of success and Julian even got to eat some Kale fresh from the ground today...and liked it! A small miracle considering he won't touch leafy greens on his dinner plate.
Blowing kissing to the garden gnome
I was one lucky mamma who got to go on two hikes back to back with her kiddos. Once around Lake Anza with just Jules and Andy in the ergo, and then the next days we hiked in Wildcat Canyon with the whole fam and our friend Kenneth and his pup Tallulah. Along the trail that takes you to the old Sanitarium, w finally got our first family photo with Andy, which took a lot of patience on Kenneth's part in order to get at least ONE child to look in the right direction.
Wildcat Canyon
Searching for the forest spirits along Lake Anza, Tilden Park
To culminate our celebration for new life, we had our first Easter egg hunt in the garden and also made the most colorful dyed Easter eggs.
Applied color theory
Andy's first Easter with Grandma
Family Egg Hunt 2019
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