New hair

After many months of arguing every morning when it's time to brush hair, Melanie finally agreed to get it cut! Mom was about to force the cut, so I'm glad that she wanted to get it cut. Here is a picture of her before we got it cut...it was super windy outside.

And here she is afterwards...via a cell phone picture

This morning it was SO much easier to get ready for school without the usual drama of untangling hair!!

Flower Fields

We went down to the flower fields in Carlsbad this week. It was a bit colder than I was expecting, but we had a great time! What a beautiful place. The kids had fun running around to all the different stations to get their passports stamped. Although I got lots of random pictures, I thought this one summed it up the best *LOL*

Santa Rosa Plateau

Went a couple weekends ago to check out the vernal pools and had a pretty good time. It's just beautiful out there. We even went back today to check out another trail and visit the "new"seum (visitor's center). The kids have so much fun going on the trails. Brooklyn even walked for 75% of our hike today.

The first time out we decided to head out to the Adobe houses and although it was fun, the trek back was torture because our 2 and 3 year olds were too tired to walk. But it was fun while we were there. The younger kiddos like watching the squirrels and trying to sneak in to the barn. And poop was the highlight of the day. Everytime we spotted some we had to stop and talk about which animal left it behind. They were also fascinated by the fuzzy caterpillars all over the trails.

Here are some pics from our first hike. I totally forgot my camera today.








P.S. I will totally upload these and send you the link Amanda :o)
P.S.S. Melanie did NOT pick that flower that she's holding in one of the pics...strictly forbidden to pick flowers while on nature preserves ;o)