i want to ride my bicycle

Today our AP playgroup met at our old local park in Golden Hill. The kids were a little bit crazy this morning and they both have a runny nose so I think that might be part of the crazy. I was a little crazy too because I lost/left my cute jute bag with a Pyrex dish, the kids water bottles, some stainless steel plates and silverware at the party yesterday. I hate it when I loose things and I also realized that I lost my Klean Kanteen so ugh, anyway it really bummed me out this morning. My friend went to the park to see if it was there but it wasn't. So yeah it was a rough morning and I just wanted to get in the car and drive to the park but I decided to ride my bike instead. The kids were good and by the time we got to the park I felt better. There were a lot of people at the park but the kids had a fun time. A little girl came up to Porter and was trying to take a toy and he yelled "stop" and ran away. I went up to him afterwards and told him that I was really happy that he ran away. The ride home was a little but harder because it was windy but Liesl fell asleep so that was nice.

Hit the ball Liesl

a perfect day

Earth Day

Today we walked to Balboa Park for the annual Earth Day celebration. It was a nice day and the kids had a fun time. We hung out at in the Children's area for a while but the clown was really bad to we went to find some food. The food selection was okay but the lines were too long at the places we wanted to eat so I got a veggie wrap that was not very good. Jason got a tofu taco that was not very good either but then I went and bought some veggie quinoa chili from the Eco Caters that was really good and the kids liked it too.

park

This was taken on Liesl's birthday last month.

I could write about today but I think I would have more negative things than positive so I will just keep it to myself.
I hope this week is good and it is a little bit cooler than it was this weekend.

Sunday

Today we went to Morley Field for a Vegan potluck with some friends. All the food was amazingly delicious and we had a great time. The kids fell asleep on the couch when we got home and while they slept I updated my Etsy account. My friend Julia lent us her bike trailer so we hooked it up to my bike when the kids woke up. I took them for a ride around the neighborhood and they loved it. It was easy to pull when the road was flat but going up a hill was hard. I am going to try and ride over to 28th Street park sometime this week.
This evening I decided to make some Tamari Roasted Chickpeas and started removing the skin from the chickpeas I made earlier in the day. I was just going to do some of them but I ended up doing all of them because my sister told me that is what she read you are supposed to do. It took me a while but it was kind of fun!

A Dr. Seuss Book

After school today we went to Balboa Park to walk around and explore the cactus garden. The kids had a fun time finding lizards and wandering around. We let the kids run around where we could see them but, that was not very smart of us because Liesl somehow fell into a cactus and has scrapes and little holes on her chest and arm. I feel bad that she had to learn the hard way but, she was careful and didn't get too close the rest of the time we were there. Doesn't it look like a Dr. Seuss book?


Porter had just found a lizard and was calling my to come see it. This is his "why are you taking a photo of me when there is this cool lizard to look at" face.


Trail blazing.