Tijuana Estuary

We met up with our hiking group at the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, fancy name for a small estuary next door to the Navy's helicopter landing pad. But it was nice to get outside just the same. And the kids had a great time spotting birds and even a few crabs.

Boys on the trail

Boys off the trail

My boy and his binoculars.

Hullabaloo

We went to see Hullabaloo play at the Lyceum theater in Downtown San Diego. It was such a blast, but I think Logan's favorite part was the trolley ride to get there.

Dancin' on stage

more dancin'

Lo(gan) and his buddy Ko(a) at lunch after the show.

Julian!

Lo and I took a modified camping trip to Julian. I'm actually not sure we can call it a camping trip since we didn't spend the night, but there was a campsite involved...

Anyway the point is that we did all the fun part of camping:

We played in the dirt with friends...

rolled in the dirt...

hid under the table with the dog...

played a serious game of tug-o-war...

got very, very dirty!

Then a trip to the orchard for apple picking, we made Matt sit in the back with the kids...

We rode an old tractor...

We picked apples.

And we sat by the fire.

Really a lovely camping day.

Mail from Daddy

Logan received a special package from his Dad today. He was so excited to get the mail and find something addressed to him

And inside was a book and a video of Dad reading the book.

Lo and I read the book and watch the video any time he likes.

Sophia comes to Visit!

Sophia came over for an evening visit so her Mom and Dad could go to a concert near by. Lo was so excited to have her over he could barley sit still.

Weekend trips to "Cabo"

Lo and his friends Sophia, Kaian and Koa have heading over to the neighborhood pool for some serious swim time. It is such a beautiful place the other Mommies and I have named it Cabo! Every time we go it feels like we are on a beautiful vacation. It is such a good time that even the Dads are now coming to party. And it is usually pretty empty except for our little group

Here is Julie and Sophia sunning themselves

Swimming in the "big pool"

Will (Koa and Kaian's Dad) in the pool with all the toys and all the kids

Matt (Sophia's Dad) and Logan

The girlies in Cabo. The two Julies and Stephanie.

Night Time Zoo

Lo and I are lucky enough to be members of the San Diego Zoological Society, that means we get to go to the zoo anytime we like!! So we decided to hit up the "night time zoo". The SD zoo is open until 9pm in the summer and everyone gets to see the animals moving around after all the San Diego heat disappears. It really is amazing how many ACTIVE animals we got to see.. Unfortunately I have zero pics of the wild life, just photos of Lo and I.... You'll either have to take my word or join us next summer...

by the Flamingos

and at the hippos!! We saw the hippo swim back and forth at least 15 times and all the kids followed him across the viewing area. Guess what they were ALL excited about??? The "tush" of course!!!