July Flies

Lots of work an lots of play has kept us from blogging lately. Since the last post, we had a birthday for Devon. We stopped for a cookie after swimming on the 20th to celebrate. Of course fiona decided that we should make cupcakes too, pink ones and brown ones.

Fiona still spends lots of time wrapping and putting animals to bed, she has horse fever at the moment and mostly gets around on a hobbyhorse. Who knows when this will end. We have a few places the hobby horse can't go: in shops eating establishments, on the deck of the boat (only in the cabin), also not allowed to go to school. It actually is a good thing because I think that I'm carrying her less because riding the horse is so much more fun.

Swimming is still going on mondays and wednesdays. Fiona loves all of it except jumping in...she used to jump in but somehow she's worried about it now. Oh well.

We're looking forward to a trip to Utah in August, and I'm switching around my job to try some different nursing in intensive care. Will keep you posted on how that goes.

Love
Louise

Mum's day off

We had a great weekend this past one, our friend Dina came to town again, so we did all the fun stuff that we never do unless someone is here from out of town. this included a trip to the boardwalk where Fiona got to ride on the ferris wheel for the first time, and had another go of the carousel, which was great because it has horses and anything with a horse right now is better than breathing, better than life, better than anything really. She takes her hobby horse Scarlet (she mispronounces as "scar-lick" which is cute in a grotesque way) all over the place. Anyhow from the top of the ferrris wheel fiona spotted a green plane and really wanted to fly so what's a mum to do...

So after the weekend I just had to make it to tuesday as I had been planning a day in San francisco to see the King Tut exhibit. I had a great time in Golden Gate park and went to the De Young and the Cal Academy. I saw lots of amazing things and walked about unencumbered...I saw parents dealing with emergent toilet stops, tantrums, strollers,and sticky snacks, but I was carefree with a small purse, ate in the museum cafe and for the drive up and back did not play "i spy" or sing children's songs. It was a very relaxing day and I look forward to another one sometime soonish.

Here are some of the things I saw, Couldn't take pictures of King Tut (sorry) something about a curse...

New Lucy (some random chick) standing near old Lucy at the Cal Academy

Big Fruit--De Young

Precolumbian Sun God-De Young

Precolumbian Rain God--De Young

Stelae (name plaque) of a mayan queen (10 feet tall)-De Young

Views from the 9th story of the De Young

The cal academy

Conservatory of flowers--I love that place!

On the rocks

Here is a picture of us at a field site (across the street from Devon's parent's house) for some family science. Fiona was there a couple of years ago. She was much more obliging then. This year she wanted to bring her hobby horse and was fidgety, wanted to go home to play etc etc etc. But it was a beautiful morning, animals were counted and as soon as Devon and John get to analyzing the data and writing it up I'll let you know what they found.
Love
Louise

New Chicks

Here is Luna tolerating the new baby chickens. Fiona is enjoying them and calls the brown one Butterfly and the black one Sunshine. Right now they are living in the porch, when they are a bit bigger they'll get to be outside but for now Luna has to put up with the indignities of having chicks around.
Love
Louise