Family Campout

Bijan and I do a "Mommy and me Class" at the school where he will be starting preschool in the fall. They have an annual family campout event with great activities- many families bring tents and spend the night. We decided to go and enjoy the festivities and opt out of the sleepover (maybe next year). We had so much fun we really didn't want to leave. Bijan especially loved seeing his teacher and getting to play on the big playground which will be part of his classroom next year.

Here is Bijan playing in the "River" an awesome water play area on the big playground.
The river winds around and has a bridge and a waterfall. Bijan did lots of "work" in the river and ran around and splashed- I imagine he will spend a lot of time here next year.

And in the end the clothes came off...

Playing the banana shaker and enjoying the live music.

Trying to slide down the steep hill with the big kids.

Bijan spent a lot of time trying to swing across the monkey bars and eventually he was able to swing across two rungs- he was so proud of himself.

Roasting marshmellows for smores- yum!

In this picture you can see Bijan is wearing his mesh backpack that he got at the beginning of the campout to put all his treasures in- he wore it most of the afternoon and night. He also has on the glowstick armbands his teacher's daughter gave to him.

Packing up and heading home.

Strawberries!

I know I have "overposted" farm pictures- but I just love these. We went strawberry picking with our Mommy and Me class and you can see that Bijan has really got the hang of the farm life.

This smile tells it all- we are always so happy out on the farm.
Picking strawberries

There were big, beautiful strawberries ready for picking...

and eating.

Mother's Day Weekend

We spent Mother's Day morning in HB Central park with a yummy breakfast, live music and a long walk in the park. I am so lucky that I can be with both my boy and my Mom on Mother's Day.
Celebrating Grandpa Al's birthday. Here is Bijan helping Grandpa Al with his presents.

Bijan spent 3 hours "swimming" in the pool.

Here he is "waiting" with Vanessa for Daddy to retrieve his torpedo pool toys that he threw over and over again.

Bijan on his bike

Bijan has been riding his bike for a couple of months now and is finally good enough for us to go on some family bike rides. It is such fun to be entering this new stage with him as he can do more and more- and heartbreaking as he is not my little baby anymore.

A day out with Thomas the Train!

As some of you may know Bijan is quite the train enthusiast- so of course he is a Thomas fan. Yesterday at the Fillmore railway (an old railway that operates entertainment and theme trains) held a Day out with Thomas event and we got to go for a ride on Thomas the train. It was a crazy and busy event but Bijan had fun.

Posing with Thomas before boarding

We met Bijan's friend Brandon there and they had such fun riding Thomas together

On board the train!

We rarely manage to get pictures of the three of us together here we are on board the Thomas train.

Bijan making his way through the hay maze. He did this over and over and had the most fun making his way to the dead ends...

Earth Day in Ventura

One of our favorite places to go is Ventura a sweet little beach town a little North of us... Here we are visiting for the Earth Day festivities.

There was a small animal petting center which Bijan spent a large amount of time in. Once he found that he could sit and hold the bunny and the chinchilla he didn't want to leave- I have never seen him sit still for that long.

Snack on the bench

Building a rock tower on the beach

Trash Truck Dance

Bijan made up this crazy dance to his trash truck song and he loves to do it over and over!

Easter fun...

Back home for Easter... These pictures are out of order, Oh well!

Here is Bijan enjoying the best part of the Easter egg hunt- the chocolate!
Showing off his eggs during the hunt.

Earlier in the day dying Easter eggs...

We had a hotel slumber party in Long Beach with our friends Erin, Enzo and Eva and enjoyed swimming and visiting the Aquarium. Bijan had the most fun just hanging out with Eva and Enzo!

Here are the kids all tired out after a day at the aquarium.

Bijan playing with the sea lions- it was really cool because they were so interactive which you can see in these pictures.

Bijan and Eva checking out the jelly fish.

Bijan and his buddies!

Bijan hanging with his buddies, Brandon and Lawson, at the Westlake street fair.

Here are the boys dancing to the live music...
Bijan and Brandon in the bouncy house.

Spring is Here

The weather is starting to turn here and it is beautiful. We were on a walk by the duck pond and spotted a couple of turtles- then we looked across the pond and noticed that there were turtle heads popping up everywhere. You can see a couple of the turtle heads near the rocks.

We had an early egg hunt at our Mommy and Me preschool class- it is fun to watch as Bijan is now old enough to get excited and involved.

Look at all my eggs!

Back in class checking out the loot...

Gram's House

Over the Persian New Year we spent some time at Gram's house as well- we played on the beach and in the hot tub, so fun and relaxing!

Persian New Year

We spent Persian New Year with family in Irvine and Bijan enjoyed hanging with all his cousins.

Cousin Nema brought Bijan a brand new soccer ball...

Yum Yum- time to eat!

Bijan gave Cousin Iman his most treasured possession, his Lion, and then immediately wanted it back. Here he is negotiating with Iman.