Ole!

My parents went through some of their old stuff this weekend. Fall cleaning or something like that. Some of their finds were a pair of old eye-glass frames and a pair of castanets. Of course, they have to give them to me...

Clickety-clickety-clickety-click...in my diapers.

Hey, I can wear 'em this way too.

Glasses and castanets. Ole!

Fall is here!

Fall is here. Clear skies. Cool, crisp air. Long shadows. Hot chocolate. Slight hint of cinnamon and spices. Scarves and sweaters. Cuddly little bear. Fall is here.

Maya and I celebrated the first day of fall by playing outside a bit longer.

She seemed to know today is special...

...because she was like this for a while looking very content.

She marked the beginning of fall by stuffing the last of the summer mint leaves up her nose. Hmmm..

Us

To my partner of 16 years, Happy Anniversary!

The Beach

Double circus act. Taa-daaah!

Budding gymnast
The big-girl swing.

The beetle and the snake

Maya is interested in bugs. So far she's seen big summer spiders in our trees, june bugs, lady bugs, butterflies, etc. So we got her a bug kit which included a bug catcher and a bug observation container.

Her dad caught a shiny green beetle this weekend and we put it in the container for her to see. I pursuaded her dad to let it go by the end of the day by telling him it had to "eat dinner".

This guy or gal we found hanging out by our front door. Maya grabbed her bug catcher and said "I catch it!!" I said no, you're not. It's about 12 inches long. I think still a baby. It may be the standard gartner snake. I researched the checkered pattern and the dark line across its head and it closely resembles a Sonoran Gopher Snake or a Bullsnake. If you look closer though, you'll see it resembles the checkered pattern of Louis Vuitton. Nice. We'll call our city's animal control to find out for sure. For now, it's under a wire mesh colander out front for my husband to see when he gets home from work.

Stories

Maya's been really chatty lately. She loves to tell us "stories" which to her makes total sense.Dad looked confused.

Brobee totally missed the plot.

Kidspace Children's Museum

My parents took me to Kidspace this weekend.

I got to paint.

I got to play in water.

I splashed water while my diaper sagged.

I pretended to be a spider.

I played with guns. Water guns.

Any kind of water spout will entertain me.

I got to drive an excavation jeep. Yay!

There were fossils in the back of the jeep. I don't know what fossils are, but my mom seemed excited about it. I think it's some kind of dream job of hers or something...

I saw a bunch of bug exhibits, but the Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches take the cake. They're really huge! Eew!

One more slide before we go.

Bye!