Happy Birthday Gus!

Today we celebrated Gus' 5th birthday!  They celebrated at gymnastics which the kids always love.  They did one thing today that they had never done.  I am not sure what to call it but watch the video and you will see (Mason decided not to give it a try).  Here is Anna:

And Olivier:

Gus had a great time, enjoyed ringing the bell so everyone would yell "happy birthday Gus!"  Best wishes to you Gus!

Birthday Treat, Creek and Cows!

As a special afternoon treat today for Matt's birthday we went to get cookies for afternoon snack.  We also went to check out the creek after all the rains we have had.  It has a good amount of water going through it.  

 In checking the creek we found a cow that was kind of hidden called Brewster.

 And then we went to the other side.  We took photos here back in January 2012.

And one last cow before heading home, Marilyn Mooonroe.

Early start to Valentine's Day!

Tonight we gave the kids some goodies for Valentine's Day knowing that tomorrow was going to be a busy day (and they got some clothes).  

We had a special treat for Olivier.  He has been wanting a "big bear" for very long time and he was so excited!  He carried it around loved on it and insisted on sleeping with him tonight.  It is a very full top bunk!

Look at that smile!

Lots of love!

Mason got a book of origami instructions and paper.  He was very focused.

He made the tulip and stem, then made the piano.  He was so proud!  Anna got some ear buds and we put some music that she would like on Matt's old iPod nano.  Between her books and the music we may never hear from her again!  :-)

Father Daughter Dance Time!

Matt took Anna to the local Father Daughter dance today.  He knows that Anna is full of energy but after a period of time dancing she is hard to keep up with!  :-)

Happy girl!

Strategic Thinker!

Today Olivier got an award at school for being a strategic thinker.  He was surprised and very excited!  

Keep thinking that way Olivier (especially in your school work)!

Family time

Today we enjoyed some time together without the craziness that seems to have surrounded us the last...oh three months!  We went up the coast to see the elephant seals.  

There were some dark clouds but no rain.  

 This male was making sure we knew he was there.

 We also saw what looked like two younger males fighting.  We made sure to remind the kids they don't get to bite each other when they fight!  :-)

As boring as it would seem, the kids really do love seeing them and would have stayed longer but we were hungry!  :-)

After eating lunch we visited the museum at Hearst Castle.  Then we stopped in Harmony.  It is very small (as you can tell by the sign) and they had four of the cows for the kids to see.

It was a nice Sunday to spend some time together!