Wow!  What a rainstorm!  Looks like Grandma and Grandpa Deelo brought the rain with them and we are very thankful.  It hasn’t rained this much in a very long time.  The kids were very giddy to get outside and stomp in some puddles.  Now it’s time to hunker and make some hot cocoa.

A few photos from Friday and Saturday. Playing in the backyard  Andrew is learning about the community at school.  He came home with this hat from In-n-Out.  Burger anyone?At the park with her friends from school celebrating Emily’s birthday.

We played all morning in Andrew’s room while Piper was at school.  It was lots of fun hanging out together.

It’s hard to believe but Piper’s kindergarden class is celebrating 100 days of being in school.  To celebrate all the kids were to decorate a shirt with 100 items on it.  Piper chose hearts and helped glue them all on.  She originally thought after this day school was over. She was very sad to leave her teacher and wrote her a note.  It was very sweet. We finally figured it out and explained she still had a few more months to go.  

On Sunday we did a day trip up to Solvang.  It’s a part of Santa Barbara in the Santa Ynez Valley.  The whole town has a Danish look and feel to it.  It was very charming.  We strolled around the shops, had lunch and ice-cream.  Andrew found a clock store that we visited twice before leaving.  There were so many clocks to look at.  He was in heaven!  Piper found a doll shop and adopted a new baby (pictured below)

It still feels like summer here.  We could see the affect the drought is having on our area by driving through the Valley.  All the hills and fields were brown and dried out.  It was sad to see knowing everything should be green and lush this time of year.  We did a wine tasting here and this vineyard was featured in the Sideways movie Andrew couldn’t even turn around for the photo he loved it so much.A glimpse inside of the clock store.