Friday, February 22, 2013

Calling for Zoe



Lev has been saying a lot of words lately.  This video was taken in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago.  He was calling for Zoe in the playground for a couple of minutes before I even got the camera out.  Other words that he says lately are "up," "apple," "bath," "ball," "hi," "cat," "dog," "Dad," "Mama," "milk," "agua," "ice cream," and "shoes."

American Girls


Zoe and Lilia love to visit the Grove in LA and to go to the American girl store.

Big boy

Stroller for 3

Gymnastics


After months and months of asking to take gymnastics Zoe finally was able to start.  So far she loves it.

Sweethearts


Happy Valentine's Day!

Tour


Zoe's school was closed for the day recently so she got to come to Lilia's school for drop-off.  Lilia was very excited to take Zoe by the hand and to show her the "sensory room" part of her classroom.

Sushi boats


On a day off from school Zoe wanted to go to the restaurant where sushi comes around on boats.  Lev loved it too!

Valentine card for Catherine


"Dear Catherine, Happy Valentines Day.  I love you because you are a great teacher.  Love Zoe."  Zoe chose to make her Valentines Day homework assignment card for her assistant teacher Catherine because most of the other kids were making their cards for the lead teacher Lili.

Monday, February 4, 2013

Snaggle tooth

Sisters with ice cream

What could be sweeter?

Al fresco dinner in the Mission

We had a nice time dining outside in the Mission on a recent warm night.

A big mess

Zoe really got into a very messy art project at a friend's birthday party.

Out on the town on a school day


Zoe recently had a morning eye doctor appointment on the other side of town and we took the opportunity to have lunch together afterwards before she went to school for the afternoon.  The only problem was that all she talked about was what her classmates were doing and how much she couldn't wait to join them!  So much for mother daughter time.

Little Star

Peter Pan

Zoe recently went to a production of Peter Pan with her favorite theater pal at our all-time favorite small local theater -The Berkeley Playhouse.

Green ribbon


Lilia was very proud to earn her green ribbon in swim class recently.  As she likes to tell everyone it means she can swim with nothing but fins on.

The birthday of the trees!

Playground fun

Lev loves anything that bounces up and down, the swings and his favorite is the slide!  Lots of fun at the playgrounds these days.

Cutie!

Field trip to Pilar Point

I had the great pleasure of being a chaperone on Zoe's recent class trip to the tide pools at Pilar Point.  It was a gorgeous day!

Sunday, February 3, 2013

The Little Farm


Lilia really loved feeding celery to the animals.

Saturday, February 2, 2013

All Aboard!


We had a great day in the East Bay -we visited The Little Farm and the railway in Tildon park and had lunch in Berkeley.

The Lorax Park


Lilia calls Dolores park "The Lorax Park."