8/02 - It's a grape time to be Luigi

No toys today, just twins.  We are getting ready for vacation, so posts will be sporadic.  Watch our adventures on Twitter or Facebook!

"It's grape season, Mommy."

"Oh yeah!"

3/20 - Max and Ferdinand wish you a happy spring (and safe driving)

The nectarine tree is starting to bloom.  These blossoms don't smell as lovely as the plum tree's, but they sure are pretty!  If only the squirrels would leave us some nectarines...

Looks like Mr. Frumble is having trouble getting out of the BART parking lot again.  #ouch

3/14 - Army Guy sicks it up

So, sick sucks, yo.  I'd been wanting to catch up on my sleep, but not by being felled like a tree.  A gooey, sniffling, tree.  There's not much for toys to do on a sick day, unfortunately.

Here's an outtake from yesterday, where Army Guy was the third wheel in this dance.

And here is a picture of the baby pepper seeds we planted the other weekend.  If we get some baby peppers of our own, Lil' Guy will be very happy.

Now, go on.  Nothing more to see here.  Achoo!

6/10 - Weekend fun: Lake edition

This weekend, the twins were under some kind of spell, or perhaps I was being punk'd?  Whatever the reason, I was thrilled, and we had a great time.  We raked the yard and had picnics under the plum tree.

Lil' Gal was finally granted her wish (and mine!) to do the dishes.

We went garage sale-ing and got some new little toys.

And we finally went for a hike at the lake, which was even more gorgeous than anyone suspected.  We liked it so much, we went back on Sunday too!

my flappy baby birds  :)

5/08 - Blue Ball and the big blue sky

We are having such nice weather in the city this week!  Here, Blue Ball is tempted to race the taxis down California Street.

Blue Ball tried to phone home. The sign told him sternly this was not the time or place. So we’re sending this email instead.  Hi!!

Here are the flowers the twins picked from our garden for tomorrow's teacher appreciation event.  Lil' Gal picked the yellow one and Lil' Guy picked the rose.

5/06 - Weekend fun: loose tooth edition

This weekend, we went to the Clayton Art & Wine Festival to see our friend's band play.  I consumed no art or wine, but the twins enjoyed the bouncy house options and festival food.  Here they are with Erika, as we watched Eric and the Relyks play.

Lil' Gal's wiggly tooth was getting looser and looser, and she promised it would come out that night...  and it did!  We are up to 5 teeth out per twin!

Here is Hippo Grabber's friend Flamingo with a new addition to the garden.

And here is the Angry Birds drawing Lil' Gal did on the back of her homework.  Not bad, eh?

4/22 - Weekend Fun: Hot weather and Angry Birds edition

This was a hot weekend -- temperatures in the 90's.  (Didn't we just have hail last week?)  OK.  Time to bust out the sprinkler!

Lil' Gal's version of a car wash:

And we went to an Angry Birds birthday party!  Lil' Guy made some friends.

We also got our garden started.  Between "baby plants" and seeds, we're hoping to grow:  Italian green beans, red peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, strawberries, beets, carrots, Swiss Chard, and cauliflower.  They are all planted now and I was really happy to go to work and just.sit on Monday.