Pumpkin Patch!

Cal and I went to Half Moon Bay to see their famous pumpkin patches today. We met up with Shelley and her friend Heather and of course all of the kiddies. WOW. What an operation! We were there for about an hour, mostly coaxing Cal and Joey to hug a pumpkin or look at the camera, but there was a petting zoo, train ride, mini-tractor-things that the (older) kids could play on, and so much more. I barely escaped without buying a $1 slice of "the best" pumpkin pie ever made. Somehow, I resisted (but only after I succumbed to a Nathan's hot dog!).

Here are a few pics from the expedition!






The boys were much more into their bottles than the pumpkins!











Happy (almost) Halloween!

Brooke Bryand Photography on Daily Candy Kids SF!

I am so thrilled to share that I was included in Daily Candy Kids SF this week! Check out my blog post on my "work" blog:

http://brookebryand.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/brooke-bryand-photography-in-daily-candy-kids-sf/

Baby Food 101

So....most kids start eating "solids" (i.e. anything other than bm or formula) around 6 months. Cal started...then promptly stopped about a month later. Since then, we've been feeding him 3 meals a day and he may or may not eat a single bite of whatever it is we serve. To say it's exhausting is an understatement.

Then...tonight...I had a thought. Cal loves to drink water out of a real cup...he gets a total kick out of it and loves to blow bubbles and chug-a-lug...so why not throw some baby food into a cup and see if he'll drink it?? Like our very own Jamba Juice, I added a little water to Cal's baby food and he chugged away!

Granted, he also made a total mess while dunking his cracker in and flinging it over himself, but hey - I'll take it!


(and yes, that's my Dukes of Hazard cup that I grew up with!)