Everyone needs to go here!

Over the weekend Ben and I took the kids to check out Mt. Tamalpais. It's just over the Golden Gate Bridge a ways and off of Highway 1. Hiking wasn't really on my agenda, (seeing as how I feel like my legs aren't connected to my body and anytime I walk I feel like I need a restroom), but of course I got outvoted. It was beautiful. Only pictures can describe how beautiful it was and even they don't do it justice.

P.S. The second picture down you can see where I decided to stop while Ben and the kids went on. It looks like I hiked a long way to get to even that point, but really the car was parked just a bit down the hill.

Beach Days in February!

Many of you have heard me complain about how wierd the summer is in San Francisco. Well, I guess I can handle a wierd summer if I get days like these in February. We are fully taking advantage of the sunshine.

Happy Valentines Day!

While I was growing up my mom always made holidays special for everyone, including Valentines Day. Even when I was old enough to care about not having a Valentine I still loved this holiday because I knew my mom was brewing up something special for the whole lot of us. I could always count on the dinner table being deliciously decorated with goodies and Chinese take-out, I loved it. I just have to say thanks to my mom for accenting my life with these thoughtful acts of love. I love you. This year for Valentines day I tried to follow my mom's example, fun decorations (table runners and paper globes), yummy treats (our favorite chololate cake), and Chinese take-out (yummy).

Relaxation Exercises

Poor Benny! I can always tell when school is getting a little to overwhelming for him. Yesterday he came home unexpectedly early and in desperation announced that he wanted to try to go surf for an hour. The kids and I went along to watch. A good time was had by all. I'm so glad that we live next to the Pacific so that Ben can release a little school anxiety.

Child Labor!!!!

Last week I emabarked upon a much dreaded task, making spaghetti sauce!! Why do I hate it? This task requires using my 'not so great' can opener to open a bazillion, (is that a word?)cans of various sauce additions. It's drudgery. The positive outcome is that I can just pull out delicious spaghetti sauce from the freezer whenever I need a fast meal or when I'm just feeling lazy. However, I made a delightful discovery! Elias loves opening cans!!! He seriously gets so excited. So suddenly this horrible task is quite enjoyable. Do I feel bad about using his innocent excitement? Absolutely not, he gets free room and board and at least 1 night a week of delicious spaghetti. Everyone wins!