Just another January afternoon in Northern California

Who is that cool dude????


It's me, Ian!


Emma tries out her new bike

A wonderful way to end a brisk, sunny day

Don't mess with my chips and salsa

As Emma goes in for the picture, Ian gets very protective of his chip and salsa!

A fun afternoon at the park

This past weekend, we introduced the Hills to one of our favorite parks. This park has it all; a train, and merry-go-round, huge playgrounds and even a real plane to climb on.

Emma and O climbed a tree

Can you guess what Ian liked the best???

The train!

He also enjoyed sliding

We ended the day with ice cream at one of our favorite ice cream shops. It is so fun to have friends to enjoy a nice afternoon with!

Ian's got a New Car

Ian is really enjoying the warm California weather and one of his Christmas Presents...

This is Ian in his Cozy Coupe

He likes to start at the top of the driveway,

and lift is feet,

to go down really fast

It is also fun to push down the sidewalk!

Saturday at the Exploratorium

With our Virginia friends moving to California for the year, we have spent a few Saturdays introducing them to some of our favorite kid friendly haunts. The first place we introduced them to was the Exploratorium. Everyone loved all the hands on exhibits and we will be going back to explore some more!

Ian loved rolling things on the turntable

He is Daddy's boy

Playing in magnet dust

Watching a train go round and round

Sand experiments

And fun with mirrors

Making a tornado with Mr. B

Learning about waves

The xylophones were a hit!

Emma loved them too!

Optical illusions
We got a year pass to this museum to explore some more since this was only about half the exhibits!

We blinked and January was gone!

Happy New Year Everyone! It seems like just yesterday that it was 2010. We have had a busy January. We started off the new year with Fondue and Smores on New Years Eve. Then Dan I and proceeded to watch a movie in which I fell asleep by about 9:30 pm. (Don't be jealous childless friends, not everyone can party like us :)

Emma really enjoyed her smore

Ian enjoyed the graham crackers
Ian rang in the New Year by running into a door and getting his first head boo boo.

He then proceeded throughout the month to get another goose egg and a black eye. He is definitely all boy!

We also celebrated the arrival of a new baby to our friends!

The cake I made for a girls night we had to celebrate baby girl's impending arrival
We really have had a busy month with the arrival of Virginia friends who are living here for a year. Stay tuned for more of our adventures.