Tuesday...

after that long weekend, today really felt like a monday! i will probably be off all week now.

Ira set up a table with bracelets for sale- just like down in the city yesterday....





We painted, with watercolor paints, crayons and pencils...


Ira has been into blending colors and creating actual scenes.. Its fun to watch her art progress...


she mostly puts the sky way at the top and the grass way at the bottom- leaving a huge space in the middle- today was the first time that she filled in the whole landscape. so cool. I love how she put branches in teh tree and roots into the water. She said this is one of the trees lining the lagoon.






charlie rose had a special on Henri Matisse that we watched today... It was a little more than what liv cares to watch, but they showed enough paintings to keep her somewhat interested.

liv brought me a stack to read... 2-3 is the best age for eric carle books.

whenever we get to this page she says, "look! macaroni and cheese penguin!"


emers likes the books too.


i swear I am not paid by mariposa- and I certainly do not get anything for free from them!!! lol

But let me tell you how delicious these crostini were! you would NOT know they were gluten free.

Mariposa is in oakland- must go find them and hug them.

we topped them with olives and cheese....



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Labor Day

We decided to do some exploring downtown... We parked by the ferry terminal, knowing we would end the day with a ferry ride.

It was hot in the city! We wore tshirts and sunscreen and loved every second of the warmth.... But I have to admit- the sun got a little too intense at some points...

First stop- City Lights....
I think it fair to say that this was a very special, highly anticipated moment in both mine and jareds lives.




The poetry room...
I felt like we were in church. I was nervous to let the kids play- or rock in the chair.



Liv and I sat and stared out this window... She was counting laundry items and birds...I was trying to picture it all those years ago...imagine the scenes that window has seen.








The childrens section was in the basement... I think our home collection is larger.... But not richer- there selection was fantastic! Very hard to find titles, special editions, etc etc... Spent quite a bit of time down there. They strategically placed the feminist literature in the same small area. :)


This is the door...




















This is the only picture I took in Chinatown- it was insane with busloads of tourists.... We kept stopping in doorways to stay out of their way.... Thought it appropriate to snap a pic!


The pyramid...


Ira held the baby and walked almost the whole 3+miles....


Ferry terminal...
Mariposa- home of delicious and magical gluten free foods.
We need to get the frozen pizza next time...


Boccalone for Jared....


Ira saved a worm from it's death...


Ferry to Sausalito....





Sausalito...


The return trip was CROWDED- we had front row seats and it was beautiful...


Embarcadero center-








Liv painted the night away while we made dinner...


During our before bedtime walk liv fell asleep holding her net... She would. Not. Let. Go.


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Dessert...

We made a raw dessert that was delicious- kind of like an ice cream pie...

Crust was almond meal and raw honey and coconut oil, filling was purée frozen banana with a little cocoa powder.... Then topped with two cans of full fat coconut milk- put in the freezer and then
Mixed in the food processor with vanilla extract and agave syrup.

It's so delicious...



We also made vanilla coconut milk ice cream.....
We haven't tried it yet.....

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Love three day weekends...

Double Saturdays are too fun:)

Today Ira had some allowance to spend- she's been saving up. She will ask me "can I do some work and make some money?

She went through the line on her own and everything... Getting so old.

She got a new zhu zhu pet... I think the blue and black one...




And some bracelets...



When we got home I found these flower fairy wall hangings I bought in Tucson..... Never hung them there- figured no better time than now...


Then, because I love hanging things on the wall, we hung some of the girls' art in the kitchen.



Emers in the playroom-