Throwing rocks and keepin' cool

What's great about Las Madres is that almost every time there are friends available to have fun with. This day we put together a playdate to take a nature walk at Rancho San Antonio and Lara & Lia and Elaine & CJ were able to join us. First we let the girls walk about 1/2 mile (which takes forever because the kids are not about the destination, they are about the journey) which leads to a completely shaded pool of water that the kids love to wade into and throw rocks. I tell you, what's more fun than throwing rocks into the water with friends? Not very much!

San Jose Children's Discovery Museum

We have have a membership to the San Jose Children's Discovery Museum. Our membership allows us to bring a couple of people with us for no extra cost. Our friends Ashley and Vander have only been to the CDM a couple of times so we thought it would be fun to go and have a playdate together. We started in the Wonder Cabinent, then made our way to the bubbles and followed up in the water area. They offer smocks but I'm not sure why because they are pointless. The kids get soaked either way so we didn't even bother. I think the water area was Vander's favorite. He was there forever! Sabrina was there for awhile and then we walked around to other areas of the museum. I brought a blanket and for lunch we laid the blanket down outside of the museum and we ate lunch together.

 
Here Sabrina is using her kung fu powers on the water.

Visiting the Percheron Horses

Recently we drove up the Santa Cruz Mountains to visit big giant Percheron horses. They are similar to Clydesdales and are they HUGE!!! I don't think Sabrina even made it to their knees. The horses are very gentle though and are used during the Christmas season to drive Santa's sleigh and such. Sabrina was very brave and fed the horses and when the owners asked if the kids wanted to sit on the horses Sabrina was all over that. She gave the horse a hug and was really excited. There were dirt paths and when Sabrina was bored of the horses we walked around the path. A really nice way to spend the morning!

Mommy I'm a fish!

The title of this post is what Sabrina said to me this morning.  This has been the summer of the pool. I don't think I've been in the water this much since I was a teenager. We've had a great summer so far. Sabrina loves loves LOVES the water. Anything about the pool. She can go swimming everyday. I haven't seen her get tired of it yet. At the beginning Sabrina would hold onto me and wouldn't let go. Over time she has gotten more and more brave so I bought her a swim vest. Now she swims all over the pool and loves putting her head in the water and just going! She goes around all day saying "Swimming! Swimming! I wanna go swimming!!! Swimsuit! Swim diaper! Swim vest!!" She can be in the pool for over a hour and a half and she's still going strong.

Cousin Michelle's bridal shower

At the end of June we drove down to L.A. to help celebrate our cousin Michelle's bridal shower. She is getting married on August 15th. I am a bridesmaid and Sabrina is going to be a flower girl with her cousin (Michelle's niece) Hannah. Jerry is going to walk the two girls down the aisle. We would love it if they held hands and could walk themselves, but since Sabrina is two and Hannah is one that's doubtful, so Jerry is going to help.


The bridal shower was held at a country club and it was so lovely. It was hosted by my mom (Michelle's aunt, her mom and my mom are sisters) and two more of Michelle's aunts on her dad's side. They did a wonderful job. And the presents! Michelle definitely made out :). Now she's got to learn how to cook with all her fabulous new gadgets! Jerry bought Sabrina towards the end of the party, but in time for delicious cupcakes. Which as you can see she thoroughly enjoyed.

What we do during the day

Sabrina is a very busy girl. She needs something to do everyday, usually twice a day! One thing we do every week is library storytime. Sabrina loves Miss Nancy. It's a combination of stories, nursery rhymes and songs. Sabrina really digs it. We started going to storytime for the 2-3 year olds and sometimes they have an activity after storytime is over. This day we made fish hats. Sabrina colored and put stickers strategically on the fish and I stapled it all together. She was really proud of her hat! Later that day she proudly pulled it all apart. Oh well, she is only two. She still asks about her fish hat, and I tell her "you ripped it apart, remember?" and she says "oh yeah..."




                           Here we are with our friends Henry, Bettie & Quade at Lincoln Glen park in Willow Glen. Going to the park is always more fun with friends! Lincoln Glen is a great park to go to during the summer because they have two water areas, great on hot days.

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you...

 Here's the video of everyone singing Happy Birthday to Sabrina.  It's pretty cute.