Easter Graces

     
I got ahead of myself and apparently left these out of the last round.  They don’t really belong here but I wanted to show them to you anyway.

         
Once we got home from church on Easter Sunday, for some reason Logan wanted to practice “typing” . . . then he wanted to practice taking pictures.  (The slightly fuzzy flowers were from the farmer’s market.)

                    

 

 

 

 

 

The rest of the afternoon’s activities and artistic endeavors were decidedly more traditional.

                             
                             
Both the kids really got into the egg decorating this year, which was lots of fun even if the stickers didn’t really stick onto the eggs as well as they should have (read: they didn’t stick at all).

The finished product.  You’ll notice one of them didn’t survive the process.

                             
Sleeping beauty.  When I snapped these, I was actually moving around her room in an attempt to wake her up so that we could go the neighborhood potluck and egg hunt, but my typically light sleeper was out cold.

            
All of Logan’s buddies were out . . .

including this lovely lady who might just be Logan’s best bud at this point.

   
Once Naomi was fully awake and her belly was full of snacks, she was ready to jump into the fun.  “Who, me?” she asks.  Yes, you Naomi-chan.  Peek-a-boo!

                             
The kids had a moderate haul, which was okay by me.  Although we did find two more eggs still hiding in the tree line more than a week later.

I know Easter was a while ago, but I hope yours was good as well!

Old Faces in New Places

Visiting season has commenced and the California residence of the Wildes is open for business!

                 
Your welcome will inevitably look something like this because, you know, my kids are simply starved for someone to read to them.

      
With a little luck, you might get to see some of these sorts of shenanigans early in your trip.  (Notice the lotion smeared on Naomi’s pants and shirt and on the mirror.)

But don’t worry, we’ll get you to some place that looks like this very soon.

                        
Alternate views of the same location.

     
A visit to the pier and the Pacific makes for a simple and sweet introduction to the local area.

                        
Accompanied by your favorite California-dwelling kiddos, of course.

   
There was early morning fog most mornings that Erik and Rach were here, but it generally burned off by mid-morning and stayed clear the rest of the day; it seems as though that’s pretty typical because we saw the same thing at the end of the summer when we first got here.  By the way, that’s Casa Romantica up on the hill; you may remember it.

                     
Are you aching for some sunshine and ready to check ticket prices yet?

All I’ve Got

I must be failing as a mother (or photographer or blogger or something) because that’s it for this week!  Life is good here though; hope everything is going well for you too!

It’s What We Do

New playground!  Pirate ship/island themed.  A pretty good one, really.

The jeep might only fit in loosely with the theme of the rest of the playground, but the kids didn’t seem to mind.

                        
Tick-tock, tick-tock!  Our new read-aloud is Peter Pan.  Watch out Hook, that croc is coming to get you!


Peter Pan deftly leads his Lost Boys through the obstacles, but starts to look a little ill on the spinny thing.

I don’t even remember what was going on here but she sure is cute!

                   
This “experiment” is suggested in the back of one of Logan’s books and he was asking about it, so I picked up a batch of daisies at the farmer’s market.  Unfortunately the ONLY food coloring I could find was the gel kind which, apparently, can’t really be absorbed by the flowers.  Still, they’ve looked nice sitting in their colored water all week.

               
The animals got sorted into enclosures and habitats, then we had snack time at the zoo.  From the stairs, you can see the whole of the zoo with the bird cage, the bear pen, the wild animal park, the petting zoo (divided into pets and farm animals) with Logan in it, and the water tank.

                         
                            
Photo session upon receiving Naomi’s new quilt!

                           
We attempted some potty training this week and while Naomi was very willing to give it a go, I just don’t think we’re there yet.  We’ll try again. 

We interrupt this broadcast to bring you an important message--Logan saw Mommy working on this (while overseeing bath time) and wanted to do his own typing.  So, with Mommy only pressing the shift key as necessary, Logan typed this: Logan Jacob Wilde Naomi Adelle Wilde Heidi Marie Wilde Jacob Herman Wilde

 
Appropriately enough, here’s my sunny little computer master himself.

Naomi wasn’t playing to the camera that day, but the sunshine still loves her blonde hair and perfect cheeks.

And, sometimes, this is how we do it.