Swim Lagoon - splashing good fun!

We went down to Castro Valley today and enjoyed a morning at the Cull Canyon Swim Lagoon. I've been wanting to check it out for a while now: it's a sandy-bottom chlorinated swimming area. It's got sandy beaches, and a "dock" for jumping off of.

My childhood friend Rhea (better known in these parts as Gallagher-the-horse's owner) and her fiance are visiting and so we took them down there with us.

Overall it was great. The only issue is that it was a tad cold (weather report says it got to 67F in Berkeley, 74F in Castro Valley), but still lots of fun.

The girls enjoyed their new all-over swim suits, although as you can see Clara insisted on wearing what she calls her "baby" swim suit over the other one.

Photos: Clara, Sofi, Molly; Clara "swimming"; Rhea, Clara, & Molly; Clara splashing fun.

Via Nova Camping

Last weekend was the annual preschool camping trip. This has been one of our favorite camping trips over the past three years, and it just keeps getting better. This year we camped at a group site in nearby Tilden. I loved watching the kids play and run freely in the open field. And being spitting distance to the Little Farm. We forgot the camera, but between Zach's fancy new phone and other parents we got a nice little set of pictures.

Nona Camp - Lawerence Hall of Science

with Park and Ivy, grandkids of one of Nona's Grams

GRID Picnic Pinata

Friday Adventure: MOCHA

One of our Friday Adventures this summer was taking the bus to MOCHA with friends. Molly liked the art, Clara liked the play area, we all liked the bus.

Cherry Picking

On Memorial Day weekend we enjoyed a fantastic trip out to Brentwood to pick cherries with our neighbors/friends. They led the way to a delectable treat - cherries cherries everywhere! Clara clearly enjoyed them and by the end of the afternoon had pretty much learned not to eat the pits. Molly enjoyed picking them, pitting them, and talking about them but did not eat a single one ("I don't like fruits with pits").

At the Races

We enjoyed Family Day at the race track in Albany. Pony rides, bouncy house/adventure course, DJ, balloons, oh, and some horse races, too.