Monday, February 1, 2010

I Love Dirt - New Year's Resolution Check

So we made a new year's resolution to get outside and play more. The unexpected torrent of rain has caused a couple things - to get outside as much as possible and take advantage of the rare sunny days when it's dry, and to re-think how we may want to play outside (surely, there are fun and safe ways that we can enjoy the outside and rain without catching a cold).

Here's a quick rundown of where we're at:
  • Visit the park more often: Yikes! O-fer here.
  • Take more walks around the neighborhood: Yup, every weekend, including walking around with the little red wagon this morning delivering the Old Mountain View Neighborhood Association newsletter.
  • More regular visits to the garden: Okay - yesterday was the first sunny day we could visit the garden.
  • Bike rides to daycare and around town: Okay - too cold to ride to daycare (still need to buy Kaiya a ski mask), but took our bike to the garden yesterday.
  • Go camping (Angel Island in July is booked!): TBD
  • Play at the beach: Not yet! Would love to go to Santa Cruz or Half Moon Bay sometime in February.
  • Hit the hiking trails at Rancho San Antonio: Not yet!
  • Visit the farms where we buy food from like TLC Ranch: Need to make plans for this, perhaps in March!
  • Use our Monterey Bay Aquarium membership: Yup, went MLK weekend!
To help us get inspired with all this, we picked up the following book at The Reading Bug last week. Lots of great tips to help us get outside more!

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