Chalk it Up!

The Saturday before Labor Day K&A and I spent the afternoon at Fremont Park. A band K heard and enjoyed on one of the small stages at the State Fair was playing in the park and I was thrilled to look at all the sidewalk art. Each year people sign up for a square of the sidewalk and have three days to complete their masterpiece on it. My co-worker A and her fiance both signed up for squares (it was their 8th year doing it). A lot of the squares were sponsored by different companies or organizations. Some of the art was amazing, some was ridiculous and I thought a lot of them were cheating as they were using the chalk as a pigment in water and painting with it - so a lot less skill was required, though it did look amazing when properly executed. Here are some scenes from the day. Monday I went back with J and the babes, it was fun to see the progress people made over the course of the weekend and the finished products.

CA State Fair

K really wanted to see the Neon Trees at the State Fair, I hadn't seen them since Provo, so K, C & I spent a lovely evening wandering around Cal Expo. As fate would have it I had sent them a brief news clip earlier regarding an exciting new phenomenon ripe for mockery. I don't know how this switch happens in boy's brains but one min they are making fun of something and the next saying how awesome it would be to do it. Hence the following are the only documentation of our trip to the fair. 

C Plank

K Plank - And that cow for the record was giant & I was a little terrified of it. Sadly the photographer did not get the right angle for viewing the close proximity to the beast. 

And best of all, the John Deere Jackson Plank

Not to be outdone by any Aussie's C & K decided to come up with their own less obvious activity - Posting. 

Monster Post

Smokey Post

SF

Way back J and I attended the Renegade Craft Fair in SF - it was amazing. I think we both were overcome with hundreds of good ideas for projects, and because I'm kind of a snob about these things I prevented her form making a lot of purchases because, let's be honest, she and I could make a lot of the stuff we liked ourselves and done it better.

A few weeks later we took G and the babes down for the Treasure Island Flea Market which was terribly overpriced and much smaller than expected, we did have a good time walking around. 

Afterward we headed to Golden Gate Park (picking up a delish spinach, feta, olive pizza a couple blocks from the park) for a picnic. 

The babes couldn't resist the park. I was slightly saddened to see that all the hazardous play structures I had loved so much had been replaced. I have fond memories of the Svz Grandparents taking us there. J and I had a hard time keeping up with the tykes - they were in heaven. Lil' J was also pretty thrilled to push Q on the swings. 

Her cheeks!

So fun.

I love J's pose, perfecting his swing snap.

I think it took her a while to figure out exactly who was pushing her.

Laughing hysterically at himself in the car.

I love how you can hear the J-Speak in this, "Garble, garble, garble. BIRDS! Where going? birds? Garble, Garble, Garble..."

Little Ones Visit

I love that J & Q have their unique little personalities. J comes in and the first thing he says is "race cars?" - he heads over to the tin toy track. Q heads for the bookshelf.

Her selection: The Chicago Manual of Style, Voltaire's Candide & Jamberry (a Svz family favorite).