Back to school

Kristin is back to school now, and every day it's a struggle to get her out of bed. We make sure it's lights out by 10pm, but no matter what, during the week she literally needs to be dragged out of bed. Then comes breakfast, which takes her about an hour to eat. Don't get me started on her not drinking milk. Come Saturday and Sunday though, she's up at the crack of dawn, drumming, playing her toy piano, running around, jumping, being as loud as humanly possible.

Farmer's Daughter

We celebrated Kayla's birthday yesterday and took her to a farm where she could pick her own fruit. She was in absolute heaven. Ever since she was a baby, she's always been a semi-vegetarian, and enjoys eating fruits and vegetables way more than the 'normal' kid. Selina found a few farms, but only one was pesticide free, the Farmer's Daughter Produce in Brentwood, CA. You could literally pick and eat right off the trees. She had a blast.

After the farm, we headed to a new park that just opened near our house. They both spent most of the time on this weird spinning contraption.

Surfed on this skateboard thing...

Kristin is a little more adventurous and climbed this rope structure and did some wall climbing.

Little 4 year old...still can't believe it.

After the park, we headed to Simply Fondue, where Kayla had a little too much fun with the chocolate.

She's such a goofball, just like her big sis.

hap-PIE Birthday

Little munchkin turns 4 today. I can't believe how quickly they grow : (

This was just 4 years ago.

It's so hot, you could.....

Kids love summer.

Day off

For the first time in what seems like ages, I had a Saturday off to just spend with the kiddos. Just the 3 of us. Selina is at work, no shoots, no Chinese school. Awesome. The day started off with breakfast with mom at the local bagel shop. Mom went to work and I took the kiddos to the farmers market. Came back home, and as usual, they run upstairs and wreak havoc. Kristin always seems to be the noisy one.

"WHAT TIME IS IT?????"

"IT'S VUVUZELA TIME!!!! BBBBBBRRRRRRRRRRRRR"

Then she gets ready for her big performance, which always consists of wearing her Fancy Nancy shoes and one of their many princess dresses........

and then scream and sing at the top of her lungs.

Then she starts acts like a monkey.

Kayla is much more of a chillaxing kind of kid.

But she always ends up getting hurt somehow.

And yes, our floor is constantly like it appears below. Strewn with random toys that they strategically place for me to step on : (

I like this drawing board from Ikea, and so do the kids. Makes for a multipurpose learning/drawing tool.

Lunch time! Lunch today consisted of fruit from the farmers market, cheese omelette, and garlic naan.

Kristin is carboholic. She loves breads, any bread, all breads. It's always the first thing she eats, and is always asking for seconds.

Kayla is the vegetarian of the family, loves fruits and veggies.

Hope everyone has a safe and happy 4th : )

I got a new camera for Fathers day!

Still trying to figure out where the compact flash card and batteries go though.

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Kristin is so creative. She made this 'camera' from scratch. Comes with all the necessary parts too : )