elephant seal rookery

hearst castle

we stopped at hearst castle on our way home. the weather was beautiful, the flowers were in full bloom and the tour was excellent.

spring break in cambria

our spontaneous spring break brought us to an amazing place that i am surprised we never visited. our hotel across the street from the ocean and hearst castle and an elephant seal rookery were close by. the kids spent a lot of time in the pool but we also took advantage of the great tide pooling.

noble's music class

the third graders had their spring music class open house. lots of dancing, singing, xylophones and drumming!

little jake steals the show!

noble's first play with manor was "annie get your gun" and he was little jake, annie's little brother. he did a fantastic job and was so excited to be part of the play after seeing mahala do so many!

easter

we had a mellow easter since we had been so busy lately. the kids decorated eggs and we had a nice breakfast and egg hunt (and also took mahala to volleyball!). we did some natural dying with beets, red cabbage and onions this time and those eggs turned out really nice!

chef noble

noble isn't really keen on baking but he really got into this time - making a flourless chocolate cake which we then had with raspberry sauce and powdered sugar - yum!