Palace of Fine Arts

This week Jim's cousins Joy, Janel and Chrissy are in town from Syracuse, so we headed to the city for a visit. We met up at the palace of fine arts and took a walk together enjoying the property and looking for swans. Our next stop was to the Presidio for a walk on the beach and views of the Golden Gate Bridge. Then we headed into sports basement for a little shopping (one of my favorite stores). We ended our afternoon driving up into the headlands. It was a short visit, but fun to catch up with Jim's family and introduce them to our crew.

Easter Sunday

This morning we started off our Easter Sunday by checking out what goodies the Easter bunny brought us. This years theme was summer. Lots of sand toys, side walk chalk and goggles for the pool. After everyone was dressed we headed outside for an egg hunt. We thought this would be fun and less intimidating for Emersyn. She was unsure at first but once she quickly caught on. She started picking them up and handing them to Jim to open. She ate her way around the yard one egg at a time. Lucky for us we filled hers with goldfish. After our egg hunt we headed to the Hilltop restaurant for brunch. There were eggs hidden along the path to the restaurant, so we got to have another little mini hunt. It was the perfect way to spend our Easter together.

at hilltop restaurant

Time to dye easter eggs

Tonight we pulled out the Easter egg kits and hard boiled some eggs. Mackenzie picked a tie dye kit and Finn picked a glitter/sparkle kit. We all had fun taking turns with the tie dye, especially Daddy! We decided to keep Emersyn away from the eggs this year. She was happy to play with a cup full of ice in her chair and watch everyone.

Heritage Patch part 2

Tonight our troop completed the heritage patch with some Juliet Gordon Lowe trivia and a fashion show of retired uniforms. They were so exited to show off the uniforms to all the Mom's!

 

Winter Art

Big Buddy art

I have a dream that people will take care of horses

Finn's pink pig

Horse on Grass

Swim lessons

Today the Mackenzie and Finnegan had their first swim lessons. They were both excited to get in the water and did great with the instructor. Today they worked on going underwater, making bubbles and kicking. After lessons they enjoyed a little time in the hot tub.

Rolling Hills Easter Egg Hunt

Today Jim took the kids to the gym for an Easter egg hunt. He met up with our friend Lisa and her sons Kyle and Colin. The kids got their faces painted, Finn was a puppy and Kenzie was a kitten. Emme was unsure about the whole experience so mostly wanted to be held. Jim had his hands full with 3 kids, Easter baskets and a camera, but he did a great job!

Colin, Kyle, Finn & Kenzie