Safe in Her Own Room

Sometimes Josie likes to have some time to herself, away from the destructive power of her sister, Evie. She'll go in her room and close the door, and play with all the toys that Evie would otherwise chew, swallow, rip up, or flatten.This time, she was quite productive with these valuable minutes... she made a blanket fort (in the background with the pillow gate), lined up the parking lot of vehicles, set her dolls out and sorted through her legos (the small ones she's not usually allowed to play with because Evie might swallow them).

Pretty in Pink

Evie in her hand-me-down raincoat.

Dress Up Fun

As you may know, Grandma Carolyn has made Josie a couple of rockin' tutus this year. They make pretty wild hairdos, too...

Day in San Francisco

Stow Lake

Crafting at Sarah's house

Grandma and Evie

Japanese Cultural Festival in El Cerrito

Spam masubi, nori and shoyu trex mix, wasabi hot dogs, kite-making, origami, and fish prints!

Beach Time

Construction Workers vs. Fire Fighters

Road Trip to Southern Oregon: Day 6

Packed up our camp at Castle Crags and drove to Redding's Turtle Bay Exploration Park. We watched the wildlife show in the outdoor arena, but after the Red Tailed Hawk flew up into a nearby tree and refused to come down (and subsequently canceled the show) we checked out the indoor exhibits. We ended the trip with a visit at Papa and Gma's in Sacramento for fun in the sprinklers and dinner, then the last leg home that night.

Day 6:

Hot day in Redding

Is Josie as big as the biggest bat in the world?

Evie couldn't get enough of the water play area 

Checking out the aquarium at Turtle Bay

Road Trip to Southern Oregon: Day 5

Left the lake in the morning, and headed to Ashland for our first break. Checked out the Ashland science museum "ScienceWorks", where we ate lunch. We all loved the giant bubble room, and Dan and Josie had a good time flying their paper airplane in the flight exhibit. Evie tracked down every germ in the facility and made sure to stick it in her mouth for good measure :).

Before leaving Ashland, we grabbed food for our camping dinner at Market of Choice (I just love that name!) and made our way to Castle Crags for another night of camping near Shasta. We opted for a campsite up the hill from the freeway this time, and it was definitely an improvement. There was still some daylight left in the day after we arrived and set up camp, so we took a walk around to check things out.

Day 5:

This photo is Evie in a nutshell 

Fun with funny mirrors at the science museum

Dan investigates the geodesic dome nursery (2 of his favorite things!) outside the science museum

Josie climbing the "spider web" outside the science museum

 Back at Castle Crags

Posing in front of the campground amphitheater screen 

Road Trip to Southern Oregon: Day 4

Went to the lake again (but forgot the camera). Josie and Dan got a chance to try out Angie's paddle board. Auggie went for a little ride, too! Celebrated Gary's birthday with cake and candles back at the house.

Day 4:

Pool party

Sunrise from the cabin 

Dan = horse 

Poor Dan...