Suzie's Farm

Last week Keira and I went to Suzie's Farm with our playgroup. It was a lot of fun! I had no idea that there is so much farm land and open space down near the border.

First thing after we got out of the car, Keira bolted down the farm path. I think she is a country girl at heart - or just doesn't like driving! We saw chickens and goats, and we got to take a big box of veggies home. Yum!

First Halloween party of 2012

Keira's first friend, Cora, invited us to her house for a Halloween party. All of Keira's friends from the neighborhood were there. The kids were adorable in their costumes!

Keira was a ladybug - it worked perfectly because she already had ladybug rain boots!

Keira's hair

I tried to put Keira's hair up in to one of my clips today. It will be fun when she has enough hair for me to play with! I think she liked having the clip in -- she looked like she thought she was fancy -- so adorable! She also loves playing with my jewelry.

Baby doll love

Keira is growing more and more attached to her baby doll. She feeds her, brings her in the car with us-- she also wants to bring her in the bath tub but the baby is fabric so we tell her the doll can watch her from the edge of the tub! She has 2 baby dolls, and so far she doesn't differentiate between them - will be interesting to see if she does in the future!

Sky show

Every year, one of the radio stations puts on a huge firework show at the stadium, and all of our neighbors go down to the end of the block to watch. Its a nice perk of living in this neighborhood!

Border fields state park

Matt and I want to start exploring more of San Diego, so we decided to take a trip down to the Tijuana river estuary. We took a few wrong turns and ended up at border fields state park, which turned out to be really interesting. I had no idea that we have a fence that goes into the ocean along the border.

We headed up to Imperial Beach for lunch, and it was really nice! I had never been there before. The beach was nice and quiet -- other beache are a lot more crowded on hot weekend days. We were impressed. And, it's really close to Coronado, which I also didn't realize.

Keira's preschool

Keira started preschool about a month ago, and it has been a rough transition, but now she loves it. We are both very happy! She is proud of the things she does at school, and I can finally get some work done without having to go to a coffee shop.

Her teacher, Miss Johanna, does a lot of art with the kids and it is fun to see what Keira brings home. She also decorates for the holidays -- even Columbus Day, haha! She had the kids make funny hats.

Miss Johanna sends her home every day with a "report card" of how much she slept, how much she ate, etc. I love seeing what Keira has been up to while we've been apart!

Cloud dough experiment

Yesterday, Keira and I invited some friends over to play with cloud dough. I read about cloud dough on a blog, and it sounded easy and fun so I thought I would try it out. All you do is mix 8 cups of flour with one cup of baby oil, and it's supposed to be a really fun sensory experience for toddlers. They can mold it and shape it and crumble it, and it feels silky smooth.

I would say that I was definitely more excited about the cloud dough than any of the kids, but it was still a fun experiment and it was nice to have the neighborhood kids over to play.