Gardening
Checking her blackberries
June 22, 2013
Misc
Hats
A pink Mexican Mariachi hat
Doing homework with her mariachi hat
And now doing homework with her Cal baseball hat
Color Bubbles
Flying Kites
March 17, 2013
Garden
November 23, 2012
From the Garden to the Kitchen
We made pomegranate juice using the pomegranates from our tree.
Making apple sauce using the apples from our neighbor's yard. We finally found an apple tree to replace the one that died.
This year we got olives from two of our olive trees. The kids and I picked them and cured them. It was a lot more work than I expected.
We picked nearly 8 pounds of olives.
Harvesting the corn
We grilled it, added to salads and made a variation of this soup.
Adding coffee to her blueberry and raspberry plants. Our strawberries produce so much fruit that we couldn't keep up with the plants. The blackberries were amazing.
Checking on our citrus trees.
Our lime and lemons trees produced more fruit than we can use. I will be researching ways to use for next year.
September 15, 2012
Another Animal Army
September 10, 2012
At the Park
April 28, 2012
Paletas
Winston and Penelope made their first batch of paletas and they came out very good.
Sunglasses
Trying a new pair of sunglasses.
Poppies
This is what Penelope has been doing with the California Poppies that grow in our front yard.
April 08, 2012
Flower Arrangements
Penelope enjoys making flower arrangements with the flowers from our garden. For the past month she has used the tulips, crocuses, and daffodil that they planted a couple years ago. This week she decided to use the different varieties of lavender growing in the front yard along with California Poppies and rosemary.
April 01, 2012
Playing
March 10, 2012
Playing
Pictures of Penelope playing in the backyard and looking for oranges to pick.
April 23, 2011
Borough Market
February 13, 2011
Ski Trip
This year Penelope ate less snow
When the instructor wouldn't let her go down the bunny hill on her own she got mad.
Pictures from day 2 courtesy of Winston
January 08, 2011
Dancing
Penelope and Winston continue to listen to the Nutcracker song every night for at least one hour. They get an excellent workout reenacting the battle (video) between the mouse king and the nutcracker.
September 03, 2010
Dressup
June 28, 2010
Skuut Bike
June 21, 2010
Making Hot Chocolate
Penelope wanted to make Mexican hot chocolate but instead opted for eating just the chocolate bar.
May 04, 2010
Picnic
Winston and Penelope enjoying a nice meal in our clean backyard. My dad was up visiting and did a major clean up of our front and backyard with some help from Andy and my brother-in-law. The weeds are gone but unfortunately we are not having any nectarines or peaches this year. The trees have a fungal diseases, Taphrina deformans, which is causing the fruit to fall off the tree.
March 23, 2010
Goggles
Penelope insisted on wearing her googles while she ate an entire box of blueberries. Unable to see she dropped the box of blueberries three times and then cried when she discovered that Winston was under the island eating her berries.
February 25, 2010
Skiing
Penelope had more fun eating the snow than skiing.
