september fun

septembers in california are my favorite. our september revolved around water. baths are always a favorite. 

we had our first rain in months so william spent the entire time outside puddle jumping and getting wet.

we spend a weekend on the water in monterey with grandma forrest and the riebens.

one weekend we went to the city to catch some america's cup action. look close and you can see the oracle boat.

to get out of some heat we went to half moon bay for an evening picnic and cooled down a little too much.

another weekend we had a great day at the beach in santa cruz. lucy loved the water, william wouldn't go near it but enjoyed jumping off the sand bar.

 

other accomplishments are the kids growing up. william transitioned successfully to a toddler bed. hooray!

and lucy has become one of the big kids riding cars with all the other neighborhood kids.

summer of fun part 3

we continued to enjoy the summer into august. thomas the train came to town so we went and took a ride as he pulled us through the redwoods. it was magical. 

in addition to the train ride they had train tables, bubbles, bouncy houses, steam trains. Little boy heaven part 1. 

we did a little traveling this month as well.

the boys did an epic hike in the trinity alps so grandma, cory and kristen and all the kids got together in folsom. one evening we took a trip to the lake and got really dirty and wet and chased the geese all over. little boy heaven part two.

and another week we piled 8 people into one car and drove to los angeles to visit grandma hayden. everyone did amazingly well on the drive. we visited kidspace and griffith park.

travel town in griffith park is full of trains. william didn't know which way to run first. he and cal loved climbing on the old trains. little boy heaven part 3.

while in los angeles we celebrated grandma's birthday with some chalk art. we love her and were so glad to spend some time with her.

it's also been really rewarding seeing william and lucy's relationship develop. most of the time they get along splendidly.