Story Time with Miss Leyba
Please join us for story time! Miss Leyba loves reading her books aloud! Not only does she like to sit in our laps for story time, but she frequently reads aloud to herself (and to anyone else who will listen!). She is especially partial to reading in bed, something David and I are quite fond of [...]

The First Second Birthday Party
What do you do when all of the kids in your play group have birthdays within three months of each other? (Yes, Miss Leyba is the youngest!) Hold a group birthday party! Thank you to Christina for the inspired idea, to Lien and her family for hosting the shin-dig, to Eveline for procuring the pastries and for [...]

2010 Birthday Party Preview
It dawned on me that if I started working on my to-do list for Miss Leyba’s second birthday party now, then I might actually get it all done! We’re planning a very small party: just Miss Leyba and her three closest girl friends (and their parents too!), and possibly some grandparents. The theme? Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry [...]

Busy visiting and eating
We love an excuse to throw caution to the wind and eat at a lot of really good restaurants. And what better time to not exercise restraint than when family comes to town?! I mean, who can resist not one but two trips to Screaming Mimi’s for ice cream?! And an excuse to eat sushi too. We had [...]

Winter Garden Preview
Our winter garden is doing wonderfully. We’ve had warm, but not hot days (think 60s and 70s!) and cool, rainy evenings. The lettuce, cabbage, spinach, and kale are thriving. Okay, the reason it’s really doing so well is probably due more to the huge amount of composted manure we added to the garden and the thick [...]