Park of the week #7

We had a really busy week last week so we didn't get a chance to go to a park.

We made up for it this evening.

We headed to Webb Park in Rancho Bernardo.

It is a private little park that has a cute little lake full of ducks and turtles.

We packed a picnic dinner and ate surrounded by all of the ducks.

Then it was time to go and feed them.

The only place they don't like you to feed the ducks at this little lake is right in front of the Pearl restaurant.

Turns out turtles like bread and tortillas as well as the ducks.

Emma is all about posing for pictures. She cracks us up!

The pros: fun place to feed ducks and see water turtles.

The cons: no playground or bathrooms.

Happy 2nd Birthday Andrew!

Yesterday evening we wished Andrew a very Happy 2nd Birthday.

He looked a little worried when we all started to sing...

and then lost it!

I guess he is not a huge fan of attention.

I hope he enjoys it a little more at his big birthday party this weekend.

Bate's Nut Farm

Once we got home from OC this afternoon Emma, Abuelita and I went to Bate's Nut Farm.

They had really cute 9 week old piglets, so cute!

We fed the animals and then headed inside for some goodies for ourselves.

I love Bate's, and I am getting so excited for the pumpkins that will be there soon.

A little getaway

I have had a really busy past few weeks at work, so Emma and I decided we needed a fun little getaway.

We decided to tag along on Doug's work trip to Orange County.

Yesterday morning Abuelita dropped us off at the train station.

Emma was so excited to ride the train again.

She even had her very own ticket.

Doug picked us up at the station near the office and we headed to lunch and then checked in to our hotel.

We stayed at the Anabella again. We love it there.

While Douggie went back to the office, Emma and I went to the pool for a bit.

Then we walked over to Downtown Disney and did a little shopping.

And a little stuffing our faces.

After Douggie got off work we headed to visit some old friends and have Dinner.

The Amin family recently moved to OC and we were so excited to see them.

Tried for a good shot of the 4 adorable kids, but no luck.

Emma is kind of obsessed with making funny faces.

Then this morning on the way home we stopped and visited Uncle Andy at his office.

It was great to see him.

This little getaway is exactly what we needed.

Emma and I had so much fun together and we were happy that Douggie could join us some of the time.

Some projects around here.

Emma picked out a sun catcher from her potty prize box recently.

Emma had such a great time painting it.

And look how beautiful it turned out.

She had a little help, but she felt like such a big girl while doing our art project.

A few weeks back the iron, Douggie and Emma's table got in a fight.

The poor table lost.

We wanted a new table for Emma, with lots of fun colors like her old one.

I had the hardest time finding the perfect one but I did find this plain jane from ikea.

With 3 crazy colors, chalkboard paint and some love from daddy and mama, it became this...

Park of the week #6

This evening we headed to Jack's Pond Park in San Marcos.

This was our first time there and we really liked it. I am sure we will be back there again sometime soon.

This is a fun little park that has a nature center, playground, trails and a pond.

It was such a quiet park and we practically had the whole park to ourselves.

Park of the week #5

While we were on our camping trip, we went to Eastview park next to the campground.

This park was perfect... is was just a short walk away and it had both a play ground and a splash ground.

The funniest thing about the park was Raven's little friend (a complete stranger).

He was pretty smitten with her and kept coming over to her and grabbing her hand to take her to the slides.

He even took off running after her when it was time for us to go.

We had so much fun at the park, and I would gladly go back if we are ever in the area.