Heat Wave!

Recent Adventures

Can we just pop into the ice cream shop for a quick peak?

Santa Cruz sun, fun, and merry-go-rounds!

Lemos Farm in Half Moon Bay. We finally made it!

Nina riding her Sassafras!

Memorial Day picnic at Foothills Park.

Yep, summer is officially here!

Pink Dress

A couple weeks ago, we went to the Stanford Powwow. Nina picked out a new pink dress and apparently has been wearing it ever since as it is in every single picture for this post.

The Stanford Powwow.

Lunch at the mall.

The San Francisco Zoo.

In other news, apparently Nina is just about potty trained. She had been showing occasional interest for a couple of months. Then, the second week in her "big girl" classroom, she demanded to wear underwear. Last week, she was accident free! Woohoo!

LKP

That time of year has come again. Two weeks ago, Nina moved up to the next classroom at her daycare from the Teeny Kids Place to the Little Kids Place or as Nina calls it her "big girl" classroom. Transitions are filled with mixed emotions. She is excited to be with the bigger kids, doing new activities (they get to use scissors - Nina's new favorite!) and having bizarre little conversations with her new peers (Nina asked me "why?" the other day. I am fairly certain she has no idea what it means, but she hears it a lot from the other kids). On the other hand, she very much misses her old teachers and the friends she left behind. If you ask who her teachers are she still names the four from the previous room.

The soundtrack to Nina's life will no longer be provided by Daniel, the beloved morning teacher.

Visiting the new room, Nina already knows who to curry favor with.

Beach, of course

No visit from Grammie would be complete without a trip to the beach, no matter how cold the water is!

Grandparents

Grammie and Grandpa came for a visit last month for a fun-filled week. First up on the agenda was coloring Easter eggs! Nina was game for an Easter egg hunt the next morning.

And with just a little help managed to find them all! Eating them... not so interesting.

Easter lunch at our new favorite place in Los Altos.

Nina very much enjoyed spending the week at home with her grandparents. She definitely remembered Grammie from her visit last fall and won't let her out of her sight for the first several days. She was slightly more wary of Grandpa at first, but they bonded over a walk to Walgreens that possibly involved the purchase of a pink beany pig.

Grammie, are you feeding Nina chocolate for lunch??

A highlight of the week was Mirko's birthday, more specifically Mirko's birthday cake. We lit the candles a couple times and must of sang the birthday song 50 times. She loved it!

"Happy Birthday, Daddy!"

Bike

Just to update the official record, on Monday, May 4, Nina rode her bike all the way to the park and all the way back! Wow!

New Loves

Coupla pictures from the weekend showing off Nina's new loves.

Balloon penguin bracelet made by the ubiquitous Palo Alto balloon animal guy.

Dora bike!!! Her feet can reach the pedals (barely), but we've yet to see any unassisted forward motion.