Monday, December 10, 2012

Big Bear

 We went to Big Bear this weekend,
in search of snow, and...
this is all we found!  
It may have been machine-made, and icy, but...
 We were there with our sweet cousins:
Caitlyn, Ryle, Caleb & Eliza,
 and we couldn't have picked better company!

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Botanic Gardens: Our New Favorite Place!

Claire and Maya, a friend of mine and her adorable daughter 
(who calls the girls "Charlie and Lola," a nick-name we've come to love &
honestly, probably part of the reason we've been calling their soon-to-be-little-sister "Charley.")
 Thanks to Claire and Maya for introducing us to the Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens.
We took daddy back there with us to show him our new favorite place.
 They provide you with nets for catching tadpoles...
and binoculars for looking at the tadpoles up close after catching them.
We mustn't forget that after all of our tadpole fun,
we have to return them to their pond, so they can go home to their mommies and daddies!

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Nola's Co-op Christmas Program was today.
 She shined on stage, but had a bit of a hard time figuring out where the audience was...
That didn't matter to her most loyal fans:
Payton and Daddy
(and Mommy, too!)