Some Toys You Just Never Outgrow!

We've been pulling all of Noah's baby toys out for Chloe to use. Noah's reliving his past all over again.

John McCain Sighting Yesterday

We were just driving along the 101 when we got passed up by John McCain. He's such a down to earth guy - no presidential motorcade or anything!

And the walls came tumblin', tumblin'...down

Michael spent Saturday filling up a small dumpster and then we filled up a larger one yesterday!

On Top of the World at the Pumpkin Patch

We've been talking about a visit for the pumpkin patch for WEEKS! We drive by each and every day on our way to Marin, but have been waiting to go with Noah's school field trip. So bright and early, after meeting a friend for coffee and a chat, we headed out to the patch on a bright and sunny day that would reach to 90 degrees.

Noah had a blast climbing on the haystack, relocating pumpkins, poking at the rooster and posing as a scarecrow. About a half an hour in, I realized I wasn't seeing anyone that we know. Turns out that we were at the wrong Patch! And that there are 8 in Petaluma. Never did find the school, but had a great time anyway!

State of the union...

He loves to make Chloe laugh and smile. Chloe will be 6 months on the 17th. She is very fond of laying on her belly and is reaching for everything. She'll only eat food mixed with breast milk. She spits anything else out. So she's not eating very often right now. I've just been too busy to pump. I was curious to see what Noah was doing at her age. He was already crawling, sitting up on his own and pulling himself up in the crib and on furniture. I can't even imagine Chloe doing any of that! She still pretty much stays put.

Pack it in - Pack it out

Noah's new thing in the car is to question my sense of direction..."mom are we going the right way?", "this isn't how we get to school". He also loves to drive around our neighborhood and look at all of the "scary houses" that are decorated for Halloween.

I'm amazed by the shear volume of items that we load into our car on a daily basis! Since we've begun to drive the hour or so to Noah's preschool we leave the house at 10AM and return about 7 in the evening. So there are AM snacks, school lunch, a snack for the drive home and dinner to pack up each morning (or I'm learning, the night before), extra clothes for Noah and Chloe (it's in the 50's when we leave and 80's by lunch time right now), toys for Chloe, diapers for both, DVD player with movies for the evening trip, specification catalogs for appliances, kitchen cabinets, plumbing fixtures for planning purposes, measuring tape, stroller, baby carrier, diaper bags, the list just goes on and on! I remember when I used to leave the house with a wallet, phone and lip gloss! Life has changed so much.

1st Week Progress - Room for a view

Our realtor recommended a great arborist to come and help us clear the wildlife away from the house. Here is the After and Before: