Today we visited the Marin Headlands. It was a gorgeous day and the waves were the biggest we've ever seen, due to the earthquake that struck off the coast of Chile.

Then we headed over to the marine lab at the Headlands Institute where Isabel did a little more research for her class project and we checked out some tidepool creatures.

Gabriel's class has been learning about the culture, customs, values and beliefs of the Japanese people. Today Alan helped the kids make seaweed salad while I tried my hardest to teach them how to use chopsticks. It was a cute way to spend the morning and the salad turned out delicious. One of the boys told his mom he had "weeds" for snack!

We spent the day at San Francisco's Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception. It was so much fun!









I love this series of photos. We were watching an up close cow eye dissection. You can see how utterly disgusted Isabel was at first.

All the fat and muscle were cut away so we could see the eyeball.

She was still put off, but interested in the explanations about the workings of the eye.

She couldn't help but be fascinated by all different layers. Here she is looking through the lens and seeing the instructor upside down and backward. Isabel learned how the mind works with the eye to make an image.age of the world

In the end, she thought it was pretty cool.

Gabriel just wanted to play! So, we did and had a great day.

What great weather we've had recently! We had a super nice time hanging out with our buddies today enjoying the sunshine.

This morning the kids were busy making family Valentine's Day cards. Then we went for a sweet walk where Gabriel climbed trees and Isabel found so many ladybugs.

You can't tell very well in the photo, but Gabriel was very proud of the girl and boy dogs he drew next to the painted hearts and flowers.

My friend and her children made a big batch of valentine cookies for their beloved library staff. I thought it was such a great idea I decided to copy her!

Isabel and Gabriel helped Alan made up a batch of cookie dough using my friend's delicious recipe (www.lifewithgirls.com). Then I stepped in and helped with the frosting. We didn't make very many (mostly due to my burning the first batch) but we had fun and it was a nice way to celebrate Valentines Day.

Alan took the kids fishing today. They didn't catch anything but had a great time nonetheless.



Isabel took the camera and shot some photos of her own: