Last night we had a dinner bbq at our friend's neighborhood pool. Here they are making smores for dessert with their friends, Megan and Connor's Dad. We were there until almost 10:00 they loved swimming in the dark.

Paris attended girl scout camp a couple weeks ago. She LOVED it and was most excited the day she came home with a "bullseye button" because she got a bullseye in archery:) She made this cute tye-dye shirt there too.

We took our annual trip to Berkeley Adventure Playground.

Here's Mason going down the zipline

Trying out a makeshift teeter totter.

That's Alex at the top of this sturdy-looking structure.

And, of course they all sawed, hammered and painted.

Then we were off to fly kites at the Berkeley marina.

Alex recently called me up to his room to show me how he displayed his scary scooby- doo figures.Another check off our bucket list... Fairyland in Oakland.

Mason is a very accomplished artist- he especially loves glue sticks, elmers glue, tape and paint. Every day this summer he has created something out of paper, rocks, glue, sand, glitter, markers etc...He is very proud of this guy that he cut out and decorated.

This is a sticker collection page that he adds to regularly.

He painted this on a little easel, which made him feel like a professional.

These were items that he collected from a park (the tooth picks were ours) and brought home and glued, using an entire bottle of elmers. It took days for it to dry out in the hot sun:)

Another painting.

Action shot of Alex punching...

... and Mason kicking.

Paris and Mason worked on this rock/pinecone/sand creation.

This amazing tree blooms in the summer a few blocks from our house. I always pull over and take pics because I think it is amazing!! Looks like a cotton candy tree.

Paris swimming at her friend Madi's house. When I picked her up they had an elaborate and long performance to show me. The girls, along with Madi's sister did a dolphin training exhibition... Madi and Paris were the dolphins:)

Hamster Update: Here are the four babies huddled up when they were about 1 week old.

Here is a baby at 10 ten days old, with fur but eyes still closed.

... and here are two of them with their mom.

... and the hamsters at about two weeks with Paris and Madi.