downpours = puddle jumping!

after school today i decided to let the kids go for it in the puddles. it was a crazy rainy day-maybe 8 or 9 hours straight of pouring rain. this made for some great puddles. noble did not want to take off his boots at all today (although i made him!) so it was a fun 30-40 minutes of puddle jumping. when daddy came home noble yelled "puddle jumping! puddle jumping!"

gospel flats farm fieldtrip

manor school kindergarten class #2 visited gospel flats farm in bolinas today and had a wonderful time with farmer mickey, a fourth generation farmer. they have a mostly fruit and vegetable farm (but they do have some animals), an educational mobile boat-on-wheels that teaches everyone to eat local and a farm stand. the kids got to "harvest" sunflower seeds, chard and zucchini (the latter to feed the pigs and rabbits). noble even got to come as an honorary kindergartener. we bought some produce and flowers to take home with us. the kids ate fresh apples on the way home. i chauferred 4 girls, noble and one other mom. good thing for the extra mom!