The Jelly Belly Factory

Tyler and Cole have a week off for President's Week so we decided to start our adventures today (Friday). My mom and I took them to the Jelly Belly Factory in Fairfield. It was right up Tyler's alley with all the conveyor belts, etc. No pictures allowed on the tour, though.

Everyone had to wear the hat on the tour.
Biggest Jelly Belly ever!

A Day in the City

Last Saturday Geoff decided to take the boys on a boys only adventure. He gave them a bunch of options and they chose to go to "the city".

This was their first ride on a cable car.

They went to the Rainforest Cafe for lunch. Another first for Tyler and Cole. They saw gorillas...

elephants....

and tropical birds!

Then they went to Pier 39 and saw Sponge Bob!

They even saw a performer who ate fire!

Geoff took them to Ghiardelli to get a little sweet treat. Before going in he offered them either some chocolate or some ice cream. Tyler chose chocolate and Cole chose ice cream. When they entered the store, a nice employee was handing out chocolate samples. Tyler said "thank you" with great enthusiasm and Cole said "I don't want chocolate! I want ice cream!" Needless to say, they had a little of both.

On the way home they stopped in Mendocino to watch planes landing and taking off from the airport.

All in all boys day was a great success and all three boys were exhausted by the end!

Corduroy and Valentine's Day

Tyler's preschool class has a Corduroy bear that gets sent home with each child for a few days at a time. We are supposed to journal about what we did with Corduroy during our time with him.

Both boys were very excited to get to spend time with him! This was the second time that Tyler got to bring him home, so he let Cole sleep with him each night this time around.

Our teacher requested that we make our Valentines this year!

Of course, Corduroy helped.

And Cole made his Valentines for his class too!
I made Valentine's Day Cookies for the boys.

And Tyler took Corduroy to church and Cubbies on Sunday.
We made Valentine Toast for breakfast one morning.

Monterey

We had Monday off for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so we decided to head over to Monterey.

Miki and Melissa did some letter boxing. Tyler and Cole liked looking for "treasure".

We played on the beach some, too.

And we watched the sea lions basking in the sun.

Masuda New Year Celebration

The Masuda side of our family got together to celebrate the New Year at my Auntie Sue's house. It's always fun for the cousins to play with one another.

Santa Cruz

We love to go to Santa Cruz to get clam chowder at Stagnaro's. Tyler and Cole always love to feed and chase the birds.

And, of course, watch the sea lions.

New Year's Day

We always celebrate New Year's Day at my mom and dad's house for a Japanese brunch.

Miki brought Bella since she was house/dog sitting.