is summer actually over already?!

i can't believe it's already september!  the end of summer has arrived, and the kids start back at preschool in a few days.  the best part of the summer, though, is that john got a new job! 

cooling off 

i really think we need a mini-van (john, please?!)

seriously, mom??

john's little chubby buddy

the joys of parenting not usually captured in photos

nice view, lyla

little miss show-off

at the academy of sciences

siblings

off to swim with the fishes

sheila has been doing lots of fun cooking projects while
the kids have been off from school

cupcakes with sprinkles, yes please!

the best part is that john and i
get to taste the finished product!

i think she likes them

looking tough despite the pink

pellegrinis on a log

the "3-Jackson"

off to the park

sheila says they're quite the spectacle
when she pushes all three kids

snack break

reunited with shelby on a zoo date

a poetry reading, by john pellegrini

may the force be with you

sleeping while feeding herself a bottle...
didn't know that was possible 

first group tub!!

painting outside with sheila

who needs a paintbrush??

blowing bubbles for her little sis

a little freaked out by all the bubbles

hey, where did that bubble go?

hanging at a 4 year-old's birthday

poor john was stuck at an all inclusive resort in mexico with his best buddies
while we were having a blast back in san francisco (it was supposed to be
santa barbara but bones got kennel cough...damn dog!)

checking out the castro theater for a little mermaid sing-along

the kids were pretty excited with their crowns and glow sticks

fueled up with a cookie while waiting for the bus

lyla enjoyed our new sun tent while we met up with preschool families

sleeping babies are the cutest!

just us girls...fighting to get in front of the camera!

going on a nature hike

thankful to live so close to this beautiful place