The EGG takes center stage at her first ever gymnastics show

 She thoroughly enjoys both the snacks and the photo shoot later.

We take Emma on a field trip to the Zoo for the opening of the new LAIR exhibit

Sophisticated EGG turns five years old and bellies up to the bar with some sparkling apple cider

 The EGG & Zane have fun from 7AM when the bouncy house arrives, all through their joint party and up until 6PM when the bouncy house is finally picked up and everyone collapses from so much fun...yes, mom and dad made the Strawberry Whip Cream Hello Kitty Cake & all 90 chocolate malt cupcakes

Visiting the tide pools in San Pedro with Grandma and Grandpa Watson

Celebrating Z's 3d Bday with a bus ride to UCLA for a museum visit, picnic and music show

Preparing our traditional New Year's Fondue. Full menu this year: fresh bread; traditional cheese fondue with tomato onion chutney to swirl; lots of veggies to dip; beef shabu shabu and homemade Meyer lemon ice cream.


And even a new year's eve science experiment
This time the kids make it till a quarter to midnight for their countdown

Samurai EGG gets serious about second Christmas (with her cousins Emma & Noah)

"Santa Came! He really did and there's a whole mess of presents and cookie crumbs"

The EGG as a Rudolph the cold reindeer...


Now the EGG shows us what she might look like as a teenager

The EGG takes center stage at RVCC's winter program


Then the traditional tree hunt...chase... ??

In the Elfin forest the morning before Cousin Emma appears in the Nutcracker


On the way to the show

After a day in nature with her cousins near Morro Bay, the EGG really gets wild at night

Crowning the christmas tree

The EGG makes a boat to race in the canal near Grandma and Grandpa Watson's house

Out for a 3 mile walk in Auburn with Grandma and Grandpa Watson