Busy, busy...

I've been working on these little wallets - I started out making one for Sofia and then decided to make them for all the birthday parties we've got around this time of year. I'm on number 5 right now. They're fun and pretty cute, if I don't say so myself :)

What on earth?

It's our new garden art - Chris' creation... we're thinking about training a bougainvilla on it.

Summer Fun

Here Maia is painting while at our Wednesday playgroup.


We took a bus ride with our friends Cooper and Claire. The kids got lollipops from the busdriver and had a lot of fun. We rode to "Gardens of the World", a free garden to walk around and enjoy, right here in Thousand Oaks.

Sisters

Chris was trying to get a picture of the girls and got some cute ones, but ....
I just couldn't resist putting this one up... "OK, put your heads together," says Chris.

18 months

18 months tomorrow

Finished Wrap

And in a strange twist of globally warmed fate, it is overcast and drizzly today, so I can wear the wrap today!

Oh, the nature!

You have to trust me a bit when I say that there are about 15 quails underneath the bird feeder in this picture. Then there is the one sitting on the wall standing guard. No really, I read that when a group of quails are pecking around for their food, there are guards that stand around looking for cougars or Rockys.

The hooded orioles are coming very often these days to the feeder. I saw four females at once in our tree yesterday. They finished a batch of sugar water in 4 days. Food must be getting scarce.

Then today, I saw a whole flock of bushtits come and sit on the mulberry tree for about 20 seconds and then off they went. Those cute little buggers.

And THEN, I saw a cute little rabbit hopping along the grass, awwww, how cute. Look Maia, a rabbit in our yard... Hey wait, he's headed for the tomatos... You get out of here! You stinky little fuzz butt!!!!

Who are these people?

We like to say "progressives". But call 'em what you want, flaming liberals, pinkos, commies, hippy dippies. And what are they doing in my house? We had a dessert party for people associated with moveon.org to hear a conference call with Senator Barack Obama and personality Al Franken (former SNL). It was great fun - 38 people! We did not know most of them but some turned out to be close neighbors, so it was nice to meet them. Some were friends and work associates and some came from as far as Ventura and Oxnard. And Sofia... what a character. After the call, when people were mingling she went around to all the guests and asked, "Have you seen the playhouse? Would you like a tour?" Makes me all fuzzy inside.