First Day of Kindergarten

Little Chef

This evening Peyton surprised me by making dinner. 

She set the table complete with a lavender and potato vine flower center piece, 

tropical place mats (scrap-booking paper), a freshly picked rose at each seat, 

and served this delicious, home grown, hand made- completely by her - gourmet salad. 

Before we began to eat she explained how she picked the lettuce, purple podded pole beans, peas, 

Lemon Cucumber and Violet Jasper tomatoes from our  garden. 

She peeled and slice the tomato and cucumber and shelled the peas all by her self. 

She added some store bought artichoke hearts, carrots and dressing. 

The final touch was the poppy seeds (little black specks not to be mistaken for pepper), 

which she got from the Pepper Box poppy seed pods also growing in our back yard. 

I had to sneak away quickly and google to make sure Pepper Box poppy seeds were edible. 

Good news is, they are. :-)

What a lovely and delicious surprise. 

J.T.'s 5th Birthday

Camera Practice

I've been trying to learn how to control shutter speed, create depth of field etc. on my camera. So I took the kids over to Sonoma State and played around a bit. 

These are a few of the shots. I still need a lot of practice so I hope they don't end up running the other way when the see me pull out my camera. 

Speed Racer!

Casini Ranch

Our camping trip was a good time filled with lots of friends, river play, wagon rides a scavenger hunt, yummy food, games, campfire time and.........

the best of all, J.T. learned to ride without training wheels thanks to his friends Stella and Noah who let him borrow their bikes. 

Breakfast Is Ready!

Kale, Chard and Tree Collards for breakfast? Sounds like a meal from Mars to me.........

Bananna, orange, pineapple, mango and strawberries too.

It looks like a meal from Mars!
Just add a little whipped cream to make the green more appealing.