Thursday, September 09, 2010

Mt Diablo State Park

31/5/2010 - We finally made the trip to Mt Diablo State Park - we had been talking about going there for ages! There is an incredible view from the vista point & the visitor centre is pretty cool too!

We wandered away down to the picnic area for a hike (a walk with the kids, really!) and found some wind blown rock structures. Here we are in a cave playing hide & seek.




Swanton Strawberries

29/5/2010 - More pics from our trip to Swanton Upick farm and our fun time at the beach after our lunch!

Swanton Upick Farm

29/5/2010 - Over in Santa Cruz my friend discovered this Upick farm right by the beach. So when the strawberries are in season what better way to experience them.

Strawberries fresh straight off the plant - yum! There were lots of big ones which the kids enjoyed & of course, we did too! In the store where you pay by the bucket load we found strawberries in chocolate & other tasty treats! Holly found a huge whale - my little chocolate faced environmental warrior!

Maker Faire

23/5/2010 - Another wonderful year of the Maker Faire - I found the Lion Brand Yarn demos with a massive intarsia giraffe. We also found amigurimi animals which inspired me to start crocheting! So now I am enjoying crochet as well as knitting.

The kids had a lovely time with the Legojeep making a bunch of lego sculptures & adding it to the many already hanging on the car - lots of fun for all!



Harley Farms Pescadero

25/4/2010 - Goat cheese is simply divine & especially when it comes direct from the farm. We wanted to visit the baby goats so what a great excuse just to buy goat cheese. There was goat cheese with cranberries, herbs & many other delicacies - so what did we do next? Grab some fresh olive bread & had a picnic on the beach! There we found a great little windbreak that someone had made :)

That same weekend we scored an iPad to play with even Holly had a great time with the slideshow in iPhoto!



Oh Yosemite!

3rd to 10th April 2010 - For more of our images go here... Over Easter we finally made our way to Yosemite National Park! It was just amazing! It snowed when we visited which was just the most beautiful experience as we had never seen anything like that in our lives. I really want to explore some more of Yosemite someday!

Easter Egg Hunt @ Preschool!

1/4/2010 - Man too many celebrations at once. Next comes Easter soon after Holly's birthday! At Ashwin's school there was a Easter Egg Hunt for Eggs with yoghurt covered raisins inside. No chocolate, the parents can deal with the hyperactive children at home!

Holly's 2nd birthday - yipee!

28/3/2010 - Holly's party was a cat theme! We enjoyed a cat cake - inspired by Mack our cat. And lots of tasty snacks like Hob Nobs & pretzel sticks on Liberty of London melamine plates (scored from Target!).

We also had to celebrate Holly's actual birthday the 30th, so I baked fresh strawberry whole wheat muffins & had two candles - Happy Birthday little Muffin :)



28/3/2010 - Holly's 2nd Birthday Party!





Party at Alum Rock State Park

21/3/2010 - For a 3 year old little friend - our neighbour! It was a Bob the Builder theme & the kids got their hats to build & paint & of course eat tasty sandwiches & cake.

As an added bonus that day we discovered a Native American Indian Festival at the park. We enjoyed the drumming & the costumes.




Arbor Day Celebration

13/3/2010 - Arbor Day is something I have seen only in Snoopy cartoons - here we are in Palo Alto planting a tree. The gloves were a tad big for Holly though Ashwin got to meet a snake which he enjoyed.

28/2/2010 - Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge