Yoga, Whitefish Salad, Gymnastics and Shadow Chasing

Stretching out at home

Cleaning up at yoga

A trip to the bagel store and enjoying whitefish salad with daddy

Ian showing Lila how to use the rope

Lila showing us how to use the rings!

Shadow chasing!

Nolan, William, Exploring and More Gymnastics!

Last week my friend Val, Nolan's mom, had the week off from work so we had some playtime with the kiddos.  Nolan and Lila are only a few days apart, in fact, Nolan was born on L's due date. Here are a few pictures of them these days:

On Saturday we went to the Marin Country Mart Farmer's Market. Lila and William rode the carousel together, and Aunt Molly and Ian helped Lila design a place mat. 

Since Lila loves the (real) binoculars that Amma bought us, we got her a set of her very own (pink plastic!). She loves to explore with them. Here she is out on a walk with Cara.

On Sunday Ian and I took Lila to open gym at gymnastics. She has amazing core strength - see below!

Carousel

I forgot to post this sweet picture of Ian and Lila on the carousel. They shared a carriage and had a great time! Notice Lila is wearing a different outfit than the earlier photos. This is because she wanted to go back the next day for more!

LA

We drove down to LA for the long weekend. Lila was a trooper during the 6 hour car ride, and loved playing on the beach all weekend. She also rode the carousel at the Santa Monica Pier ("mas!") It was very fast, but I tried to capture her while riding. She also checked out the game room and rode a fun car ('vroom vroom!"). On the way home we stopped at Inn n Out. Lila was so cute, saying hello to everyone and wearing her little hat.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Thank you for all of Lila's fun Valentine's cards, gifts, and flowers! She loved making Valentine cards for everyone, and has been talking about hugs, hearts and love :) William's mom, Nashara, is a great photographer, and asked me to set up a Valentine breakfast date for L and W. She took amazing pictures, and more importantly, Lila and William had fun eating their yogurt parfaits and playing chase. Here are some pictures:

School

We had a great time at preschool mommy and me today. Lila painted a lot, and didn't want to leave! It was such a beautiful day, and after all the other kids in her class went home, Lila was still running laps around the yard. 

Valentine Fair and Fun

Lila went to the Valentine's Fair at the Marin Country Mart on Saturday. She had her face painted for the first time, and took it very seriously when the woman said "hold still!" - she sat so patiently. Lila chose to have a heart painted and keeps saying "heart!" now. She also posed for a picture in an old fashioned board with William.  She wasn't really sure what was going on, but it's still so cute!