We spent a weekend at Slide Ranch in Marin, and we camped with other families on their land. It is a gorgeous place, and they have a bunch of different kid activities during the day, like milking the goats, making cheese, bread and butter, herb sachets… at night we had a bonfire and the next day we played at the beach and found a bunch of interesting animals. Definitively we’ll go back some other time.
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Last thursday we went off to an adventure with Moriah, Phil and the kids to Kirby Cove campground, right on the other side of the Golden Gate bridge. It was supposed to rain tons, but there would be possibly some patches of sun. Sure enough, we decided to go and how fun it was! It poured all night, it was one of the nights with more lightning in years, but during the times we were out we pretty much stayed dried. This campsite is awesome, you get there by car, beach right there and 2 amazing tree swings for kids. We had a fire and cooked hotdogs, smores (sp?) (the boys would have none of it!) and had fresh pancakes for breakfast. It was a lot of fun and I can’t wait to do it again! Pictures are from Moriah’s and our camera. Oh, and here is what the sky looked like that night. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2129246/Once-lifetime-picture-lightning-striking-San-Franciscos-Bay-Bridge.html#ixzz1s5C15Erz
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A 5 minuts amb cotxe des de casa, tenim aquest parc fantastic, el Glen Canyon Park. Ara feia temps que no hi anavem, des d’abans de les obres. Al F i al T els va entusiasmar escalar les roques, i nomes volien explorar i pujar amunt, ben amunt! Al final (o principi) de l’excursio te una placeta: perfecta manera d’acabar.
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A few weeks ago we went to Madison, Wisconsin for Sumner’s wedding. We only had the iphone for pics and didn’t take very many… but here they are!
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Owen has been going to practice with Loosechange this last months, they are practicing for the SF Hip Hop festival. When practice is early enough, we take the kids, and they LOVE it! I bring a tupperware with oatmeal and milk and cinnamon, and they just enjoy the show and the food. From time to time they get to run around and do some cool footwork. Oh, the vending machine is a hit too. All those buttons to push…
The show is next weekend, and the boys and I will go see it a the theater, how exciting! Go Loosechange!
Fin and Teo have already a favorite restaurant in SF. Nopalito! “
We just came back from Occidental where we celebrated Daidie’s 70th bday with all her friends. It was fantastic, magical, live music, dancing, amazing food and lots of love. The next day we met at Howard’s for breakfast and then went for a walk at OAEC. So beautiful! Most of the pictures are mine, but there are a few from Jim from OAEC, but they are so beautiful I had to add them. They are a bit out of order. Happy birthday Noni!
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We went again to the Sunday Streets in the Mission. TONS of people out, enjoying the good weather. So many people got Fin and Teo a little overwhelmed, but we managed to “skoot” some streets and get a slice of pizza at Arizmendi. Even the boys talked to a police men (which for some reason Teo is now afraid of…). I like this events.
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Finalment els nens ens deixen tallar-los els cabells sense plorar i rondinar. Aquesta vegada el papa ho ha fet molt be.
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Yesterday we had a great day. We started out with a pancake party with Moriah and Phil (and Soren, Matisse and Emi) and Dorota (and Kaio). they all came home and we ate yummy pancakes and the boys played together really nicely. Afterwards we decided to go on an adventure to Kirby Cove, a beautiful 1 mile hike down (and up later) to a beach with beautiful views of the GG bridge. The day was warm and beautiful. What a day!
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Ahir vam anar a fer una excursio a San Pedro Valley County Park. Es una excursio molt curteta, perfecte per nens. Passa al costat d’un riu, poques pujades, llimacs i animals a cada cantonada, bastons… Ens ho vam passar molt be, i tornant vam anar a sopar a un restaurant mexica.
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Our garden is looking quite bare… but we have a great crew digging everyday, and building a deck and starting a small vegetable garden. I think pretty soon we will have a beautiful garden out here…
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So uncle Rob came a few weeks ago for a visit. It was his birthday! It didn’t go exactly how we had expected. That same weekend we were supposed to go to Stinson Beach with some friends. BUT… Teo started having pain on thursday night at the abdmen and then the next morning… to be short, we spent most of our weekend in the hospital, thinking Teo had appendicitis… We could spend very little time with Rob or our friends… leaving the hospital Teo was sad we hadn’t been able to sing Happy Birthday song to Rob, we even had bought two croisants at the hospital cafe to put a candle on it! Anyways, what uncle Rob did do was give two great gifts to the boys, a rocket for the beach (HUGE success) and an art box, that we are going through quickly, it’s super cute. Thanks uncle Rob, and hope next time we see you is a bit more relaxed…
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Chez Panisse celebrated its 40th birthday over the weekend, and we went to a morning event where we were allowed to manually grind flour, touch the goats (they were supposed to be milked, but we didn’t see it) and eat some fabulous food made by the children from The Edible Schoolyard.
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It all went great. I only took pictures outside, one of these days I’ll take some inside so you get a sense of what it’s like. We all love it. Yey Sunset Coop! Will tell you more about it another day…
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And here are finally, the pictures from Wipi. There are a ton… just be patient. (the first pics are from Matt and Maureen, thanks!)
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Last week we took the kids to the Steep Ravine cabins, between Stinson and Muir beach. The location is amazing, just above the water. We made a fire (the boys love it!) and went to sleep with the sound of the ocean… They are just a few cabins, no water or electricity, they can fit up to 6 people. I definitively want to go back. We played at the beach during the day, went out for dinner, spent the night at the cabin, and went for a hike the next morning. It was really nice, really recommend it. The pix aren’t great, we forgot the good camera and these are made with the iphone.
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L’avi i la iaia van marxar la setmana passada. Ara el Fin i el Teo parlen molt mes catala que abans, quina diferencia! Encara costa que facin frases senceres, pero van millorant. Els dies que van ser aqui vam anar a Big Sur, Monterey Aquarium, Pinnacles Monument, Point Pinole, Sonoma, Target (he, he)… i l’Owen i jo vam poder fer algunes sortides de dia i de nit mentre els avis feien de cangurs. Visca! Us trobem a faltar pero per sort tornareu a ser aqui d’aqui a 2 mesos. I aqui van les fotos fetes amb la camara nova del pare.
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Fa dos caps de setmana vam anar a fer una excursio molt a prop d’aqui, al Tilden Park. Vam pujar el Wildcat Peak, just a darrera del Little Farm on anem a veure les vaques i porcs i els donem menjar. Va ser una pujada (i baixada ) preciosa, amb arees obertes, tancades, boscoses amb rius i ponts, i a dalt de tot una vista impressionant. Hi haurem de tornar.
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Owen is away to Chicago for one night and I got the boys these two silk clothes, which they loved. I took pictures of them wearing them and playing for daddy to see. See you soon daddy!
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Aquesta es la segona vegada que anem al Lawrence Hall of Science. Hi ha milions de coses per jugar i experimentar i no es tot tancat com a altres museus, aquest te unes vistes espectaculars de la badia i fins i tot te una cascada i una balena gegant. Hi seguirem anant.
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We finally have installed a new rug for the kitchen, what we had before was just falling apart. What I like about FLOR is that it’s super easy to clean (just run it under the sink) and that we can take it with us once we move back to our house in SF (and since it’s modular we can adapt it to any room). So far the boys love it and they’ve been playing with it and the boxes that came with it all day.
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avui he fet fotos just despres que es despertessin de la migdiada. El Teo no volia despertar-se, i el el Fin estava content com un ginjol.
Aquesta tarda hem anat amb les bicicletes a un nou parc. Son genials, ja no cal portar el cotxet enlloc i ens movem rapidissim d’un lloc a l’altre.
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Hem comencat unes classes de ball (ballet i claque). La majoria son nenes amb tutus i sabatetes de ballet i claque. Al F i al T els ha costat una mica seguir el ritme de la classe, pero ara ja comencen a deixar-se anar mes, i fer el que la monitora demana. El lloc on fem les classes esta enmig d’un parc on hi ha placetes, un llac amb anecs, una caseta amb cavalls i carrosseria, es perfecte. Avui he portat la camera i he provat diferents coses, algunes de les fotos son una mica fosques o clares, pero que hi farem… Clicka a la imatge per veure totes les fotos.
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| Classe de ball |
Here is daddy reading books to the kids for nap time. As usually, it puts him to sleep, not them.
Ara ja fa un mes, els pares i la Nuria van venir a visitar-nos. Tenim millions de fotos, n’he escollit algunes (moltes), les que ensenyaven mes els nens i algunes altres que em fan gracia. Ara ja planegem el nostre viatge a Barcelona. Fins aviat (per Cap d’Any)!
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| Pares a SF Agost 2010 |
Finally, the kids can ride their Skuuts. What a great bike. They really go fast on the hill down, and can go much farther than if we were to walk. Two weeks ago we went ALL the way around Cesar Chavez Park. It was beautiful, and they did really well. Here are some pics of the big boys.
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One post without pictures of the boys… We celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary… incredible! Noni babysat all day (thanks!) so we got to go to the SF MOMA (exhibit Calder to Warhol) , see the progress of our house remodel, lunch at Gather, and a wonderful bike ride in Tilden Park. Perfect! A full day without the kids… unbelievable…
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The last three weeks we have been going to the Outdoor Learning class at the Discovery Museum in Sausalito, and the boys have been able to observe closely squirmy worms, little crabs, geese swimming in the beach, “paint” the trees, water the plants,…. lots of fun! Here are the pictures.
Per Sant Jordi vam anar a fer un sopar a un restaurant de menjar catala (i espanyol) que hi ha molt a prop de casa nostra. El Finian i el Teo van DEVORAR el pernil. Pero aquesta no era la primera vegada que menjaven pernil, a casa ja han menjat pernil del que van portar els avis de Barcelona, i s’hi han aficionat. El que si que van menjar per primera vegada van ser els xurros amb xocolata, i al Finian li van encantar (i a la mare tambe!). Bona diada a tothom!
On May 1st we celebrated May Day at the Golden Gate Park and joined the Waldorf School songs and dances. It was really pretty, the boys really wanted to join them all in the dancing around the pole. Afterwards we made the little crowns and hide in the bushes.
pictures from Marta and Sandy
We took a trapeze class with the boys a few weeks ago. We had so much fun, and the best of all is that the teacher was catalan! bizarre… The boys didn’t quite get off the floor, but had a blast dragging themselves around and jumping on top of mommy attached to the trapeze. We’ll do it again for sure!
A few weeks ago we went to Glen Park with the playgroup. Katya prepared a fun game for the kids where they had to look for different things in the park and put them in the bag. Trevor, Fin and Teo were super excited about it. Lexi was just looking super cool with her rain jacket and enjoying the little stroller. After playing in the sand some of us went to cross the little river, exciting! Not very many opportunities to use the rain boots here.
Aprofitant que ha fet molt bon temps, vam anar a fer una caminada a Ring Mountain a Tiburon. Vaig llegir en un llibre que era molt maco i Tiburon no es massa lluny de SF (uns 25 min). Val totalment la pena! D’excursio no en vam fer gaire perque quan vam arribar a una roca gran que hi havia amb una vista, no es van voler moure mes. S’ho van passar de conya pujant, baixant, relliscant,… el millor va ser voler “relliscar” com si fos un tobogant amb una pedra al cul, com si aixo fos mes facil…(veieu el video, llarg). La vista es espectacular, i el lloc precios.
http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/pk/main/MCOSD/os_park_24.asp
La setmana passada el F i el T van tocar la neu per primera vegada. Una sortida curta per tenir una primera experiencia. La primera reaccio del Teo quan va tocar la neu va ser…:”Teo no like it” (mireu el video). Comencem be. Un cop ens vam installar, vam anar a fer unes baixades amb els trineus que tenien al lloc on ens estavem. Aixo si que els va agradar… A casa vam fer un ninot de neu miniatura i vam fer foc a la llar de foc… aixo tambe els va encantar. I s’ho van passar de conya anant amunt i avall les escales i investigant tots els racons de la cabana on ens estavem. Volem tornar a l’estiu al lloc on ens vam estar, era precios nevat i ens han dit que a l’estiu es encara mes maco i hi ha molts camins per explorar. Els vestits de neu ens els van deixar del grup de pares de bessons, on els pots utilitzar durant uns dies i despres els retornes per a altres pares. Fantastic!
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| Avi i Iaia San Francisco 2010 |
I aqui hi ha un album de fotos que han fet els meus pares, que esta molt millor que el jo he penjat a picasa. http://www.mypublisher.com/?e=OHm3Q8zJl3Tax7JlahyJ6DL5GHHVHjtq&showForm=true
We bought a bike trailer almost a year ago at a twins consignment sale, but until today we had never used it. At the time the boys hated getting in the stroller or car and then it was too cold to take them out in that. So today we decided to give it a try, and it was so fun! We went to the Golden Gate Park, and it was a real success. We passed by tunnels, fields of flowers, lake with duckies, a waterfall… I am looking forward to the next trailer outing!
Fotos i video d’ahir a Rodeo Beach (molt a prop de San Francisco) on els nens van estar jugant a la sorra i amb l’aigua.
Avui la Noni ha vingut a la classe de gimnas i tothom s’ho ha passat super be. Els dofins i la piscina de pilotes sempre tenen molt exit, pero el tren encara mes (encara que en video el teo fa una cara d’avorrit que no s’hi veu). L’exercici del superman era nou, hi s’hi han estat mes que cap dels altres nens. Llastima que no he fet cap video de quan es pengen de les barres, ho fan molt be.
We visited our friends Catrine, Scott and Bianca to have a swedish breakfast (pancakes!). It was so much fun. Elliott brought a 6 feet inflatable elephant, and Calle taught the boys how to say ROCK’N ROLL!!! (with Calle’s jacket on) Now this is all what they say ALL the time, ROCK’N ROLL!!!
