chitti chitti bang bang

we're off to see the wizard, err, to santa cruz...
after this stop in SLO.

Summer Solstice

This is the day of the year when all the Santa Barbarians come out to play - and everyone has a license to be crazy (or they always were but it is acceptable for today). I was soo excited to see these giant snails...

these jennies were cool, too bad mom didn't get a shot of the big buddha (jennie) bellies.
for some reason there were a lot of walking beds...

Bryce and Max

I had a playdate with my buddy bryce - this is me chasing and trying to tickle bryce. but he managed to stay one step ahead of me and out of tickle reach.







Then it was time to lean in for a hug...

favorite things,,,

"nails" that would be escargot to you grown ups. i find 'em and screach and do a little excited dance thing and get mom or dad to pick 'em up for me. then they usually throw em in the road. it is my favorite thing to do these days.

But this time we found so many that we put them in a pile and watched them crawl all over each other. mom says yuck... but i take her hand and insisit that she come find snails with me.

it's official

summer's here. mom and dad don't go back to work until august - yippee!

Hot Weekend of Play

It's been really hot for SB, almost too hot for this shaded playground. I took a tumble, after getting up too much speed, on this hill and was covered in oak leaves and dust. So I am careful to hold mom AND dad's hands this time.
i like the wabee (that's how i say water) fountain...
it was fun to play in... but today after my nap we're going in the pool!

Getin' Down at Farmers' Market

I was gettin my groove on at the market today and people started to stare -

but i don't care...

i was also covered with starwberry and green bean juice - yummy!

Pep play time

Happy Birthday Daddy!

we don't have any pictures of the party, yet. Just wanted to give daddio a shout out.

Grandma's Surprise Party

we had a big SURPRISE party for grandma birthday and here's everyone getting ready to hide behind the couch. When everyone jumped out and yelled "surprise!" I was sooo excited - mom doesn't know if she ever seen a reaction like that before. Grandma was funny too, she did a little jumping, running-in-place, hands on mouth scream. funny stuff. can't believe i didn't get that on film!

The next day the whole group went walking along the breakwater and to lunch for mother's day Of course I LOVED hangin with my older cousins. Here's Bonnie and Hanna, and Clyde(woof)

fun with toilet paper

When mom's away, dad and me play with this...

can u see the dragonfly?
daddy and me at an iv park. it was so pretty withthe poppies.
mommy and me.

disco toddler

daddy

raced his mt. bike while i napped. and mom enjoyed the view...

dad couldn't decide which jersey to wear, since he is not on a team or club anymore. mom voted for the old-school rock shox jersey with orange, red and black stripes (you may remember?) with the sleeves now cut off. it was that or the yellow 24 hours of winter park, but dad didn't want to wear yellow... sooo, here he is in his louisville stuff. so everyone here thinks he is from kentucky and say "louie-ville."

oh yea, and he is riding mom's bike - he-he.

pretty view and if you use magnifying glass you can see dad. we are at the firestone-walker ranch, of the wine/beer/tires and bachelor fame.

he got top ten, not bad for a "retired" racer riding a girl's bike.

Duck Pool

I have been saying DUCK! a lot. mom and dad figure it's because i have been around the lake often lately and had some close encounters with the geese and ducks - all very exciting. but now they know i was really just telling the future. i was explaining to them that they would awake early this morning to the sounds of something crashing in the backyard and look out to see a half a dozen mallards in the pool. really. they seemed to be enjoying the water of our swimming pool. several flew off and a few minutes later several more arrived. a pair stayed through the photo session and didn't get scared off until dad realized they were leaving a mess of poops behind on his newly cleaned pool area. has anyone ever seen this before???

it was a beautiful day in bakersfield for cousin Karen's wedding.

Ruby and i had fun under the reception table:)
sisters, Kyla and Ruby

Rocking the Wedding

Had lots of fun dancing with my cousins, at my cousin's wedding.

then it was time for a break, or is it break-dance? not sure, either.

The Hunt is On!

This hunting for easter eggs thing was a piece of cake.




pick it up, put it in the basket...













and break for a piece of chocolate! (dad taught me this one:)
i love the easter bunny. i followed him and tried to give him a hug and share my eggs with him. (never mind that my parents thought he was a weird looking bunny - he was super tall and skinny with skater shoes.)

How does your Garden Grow?

Bocce Boy

i think we are going to sign up for the co-ed bocce league at Arnoldi's

Watch Ellen Today

Thursday - and maybe you'll see my mom and grandma doing the hustle.

Celebrate Earth Day!

U-C-L-A!

For some reason I've been having a hard time uploading pictures, so we are just writing today. (even though we have some great pictures of me playing bocce ball last night) anywho, mom says The Shirt will be out of the dryer by the time i wake up from my nap, which will be just in time to get it warmed up for tonight's game. we're so excited for Scotty, and the whole team of course, for getting to the final game of the madness! i bet scotty is out of his head that they may be winning the championships tonight!! woohoo!!!