our trip to turtle pond

the famous turtle pond we smuggled these guys home...

for juni & avery

day at the glen

festivals are rad. especially ones that have kiddie rides!!

This was the highlight of Chloe's day for sure! She has been dying to go down one of these slides FOREVER... but she's never been tall enough. She measured up this time and insisted on going down the first time all by herself. I was totally freaking out, paranoid that she would fly off the slide or something. But she didn't. She loved it...
Then she begged to go down it again and this time invited mommy along for the ride. man, those slides are fun!!
sand in a bottle
baby oinkers
llamas hold a very special place in my heart... he he he

coastal clean up day

chloe and i got up early on saturday morning to take part in the coastal clean up day. we went with brandi and bodhi to the marina in berkeley to help pick up trash. it was super!

my dancing prancing soccer player

chloe sure loves soccer... although she doesn't really play the game. she just sort of prances around and screams a lot. but, man, she has a great time and everyone gets a kick outta her vibrant and happy personality... ha ha ha!

come watch her play... i guarantee you will laugh until your sides hurt : )

seems like a lifetime ago...

me and clay

oh hells yeah!!

ode to a worm

I'm standing up on my soapbox for this one...

I received this email last week from a parent in Clay's class:

"Subject: "Gay Day"

Dear Friends: This is an issue that is pretty much going under the radar, and I think we all need to make this telephone call. This is real. I just called. It took less than 30 seconds. It is just a recording and pressing 2 to say NO. Please read it!! AB 2567 has passed the California Assembly and the Senate and is awaiting Governor Schwarzenegger' s signature or veto. This bill will set aside May 22Nd as a special day to celebrate the life of homosexual politician Harvey Milk in the public schools. Harvey Milk will be honored in the same manner as our Founding Fathers and Martin Luther King, although the only thing he is actually known for is being proud to be a homosexual! If you haven't heard about this bill it is because the liberal media is downplaying this bill so that it will pass. PLEASE CALL GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER AND MAKE YOU VOICE HEARD. The Number to call is : 1 916-445-2841 Please forward this to as many people as possible.

Legislature Passes Bill for 'Gay Day' Celebrations in California Public Schools By Peter J. Smith August 8, 2008, SACRAMENTO (LifeSiteNews. com) - California public schools soon will be planning 'gay day' celebrations every May 22 unless Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoes the legislation. Thursday the California Assembly approved AB 2567, which designates May 22 as 'Harvey Milk Day.' The 43 to 26 vote occurred on party lines with Democrats for, Republicans against. Earlier this week, AB 2567 passed the California State Senate on another party line vote 22-13 - Democrats for, Republicans against. The bill will require all public schools to 'conduct suitable commemorative exercises' in commemoration of the anti-religious, homosexualist agenda of the late San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk. According to a Senate analysis of the bill, 'This bill requires the Governor to proclaim May 22 as Harvey Milk Day. The designation of a day of significance triggers statutory encouragement for public schools to observe and conduct commemorative exercises suitable to the day.' 'This bad bill will teach impressionable schoolchildren the anti-religious, homosexual-bisexual - transsexual agenda of Harvey Milk,' warned Randy Thomasson, President of Campaign for Children and Families. 'If signed into law, AB 2567 will mean an official day commemorating homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality in California government schools. This will harm children as young as> children as young as kindergarten. ' 'The Democrats are so cocky, they have no qualms about pushing sexual indoctrination upon children in an election year. For the love of God, parents and their children, we implore Governor Schwarzenegger to veto AB 2567' Thomasson said.
------ End of Forwarded Message"

I was a bit stunned after i read the email... I immediately googled Harvey Milk. I found out that he was a little bit more than just a "proud homosexual"... He was named on Time's 100 list of most influential people of the century!! he was on the same list as people such as: Mother Teresa, Anne Frank, Muhammad Ali, and Rosa Parks. why shouldn't our kids learn about Harvey Milk? I'm trying to teach my children not to judge a person by their race, religion, OR sexual preference. Yes, he was gay, but he was a great man and he stood up for who he was and what he believed in!! I was pissed that this parent had the audacity to assume that i would automatically agree with this email's "message". is this why i gave my email out on the class parents' email list at school? To receive shit like this? i mean, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.. don't get me wrong. but please don't try and push your ignorance onto me!

thankfully my best friend always has her camera ready

what would i do without you, La? thank you for the wonderful pics!!!

best friends walking to school together

gettin down to some sweet scottish music

my little animal lover
dirrrty grrrlmy most favorite kind of nut
fun with the wiiwe'll eat your face!!!late night bike ride

half moon bay. matching sweaters from Alaska.yes, my crack is showing a bitmy cold little eskimoLa and i bought these matching toe rings back when we were in high school. i never take mine off and neither does she : )clay was the master at finding sand dollarslove

soccer time

chloe is playing soccer this year. her team is the daffodils. we got up at the butt crack of dawn last saturday to participate in the annual p-town soccer parade. then it was game time. i was a little nervous about how chloe would do playing in a "real" soccer game... but she did great! i was laughing my ass off most of the game. instead of dominating like i thought she would, chloe just bossed her teammates around, telling them, "kick it! get the ball!!" It was fricking hilarious!!!

yeah #4!!! you know!!

here's my little daffodil in action: