Sad news to report, the girls sunflowers that they nurtured from a seedling were all eaten by something. Nader suspects grasshoppers. So we are going to start again. I'm sure the girls don't mind as long as it means more time in the dirt playing with water.

The weather has been hot and cold lately, literally. Each time it is sunny, we make out way outdoors to enjoy what the sun has to offer. Here are some of our days out of the house.

Once again the Early Learning Center was a big hit. Apparently they have art day every Friday, and this time the theme was farm animals. Anything that has to do with animals is on the top of Sahara and Maya's list.

Sahara took off with a few farm animals and headed to the sand box.

Here's Maya and Sahara pretending to be cooking. All of a sudden they are pretending to do things. It's pretty cute to watch.

And here's Maya going down the slide, but then noticing how hot it is. She exclaims, "Hot....Feet !"

After naps that same day we met a few friends at Cassidy Beach in Oceanside. As I mentioned, the weather has been a little unpredictable. It was blazing hot in the morning and a little overcast and chilly in the afternoon. That didn't stop us from hanging out with friends and BBQing on the beach. Here's Olivia playing with a bucket.

Here's the whole gang. Nader had just gotten off of work and Sido and Tata came along to enjoy the scenery.

Our good friend Cynthia and her son Aaron came along to hang out. She also brought other newborn son Levi. You can't see him but he is hanging out in the sling.

Cynthia didn't hang out for very long. Aaron seemed to run into the cold ocean waves every few minutes. She was exhausted from chasing him by the end.

Here's little Maya playing with the sand toys.

On Saturday my cousin Merna and her family came over to visit and hang out at the pool. Unfortunately it was freezing cold that day so we all got into the jacuzzi instead. It was a nice day, Nader made curry seabass which was amazing. In case you didn't know, Nader's the cook in the family. Merna's husband Scott and two sons Nicolas and Jad had fun playing with the girls. Baby Jad is only 4 months old. We seems to be surrounded by little ones. I guess that's how it is when you have kids yourself.