Robertsons Galore

9.27.15: Hiking

Fiona, Stella, Daphne and I found a hiking path down a main street near our home. It has seven bridges, tons of trees and our pets (fish) that we visit frequently. Leaves, pinecones, sticks, nature galore....

9.26.15: Boardwalk

Santa Cruz has an amazing boardwalk. As newbies to the town, it is a very exciting place to be - I imagine it gets old to the locals given the high number of tourists attracted. With season passes in our hands, we are able to go on the rides whenever we'd like. After several visits, the girls have built up enough confidence to go on rides by themselves. Sometimes I think I scream more than them on some of these rides. You would never know their first amusement park ride was less than a month ago.

Daphne, Stella, Fiona

9.18.15: Field Trip - Farm

UCSC is a big agriculture school. Given its proximity to the girls' elementary school, we were able to walk to our first field trip - at the farm. We got to pick (and eat) food from the earth, decorate our cheeks with beet juice and enjoy homemade tortillas and apple juice.

9.16.15: Bear pancakes at school

Brant volunteered in the classroom today and ended up making some pretty fantastic bear pancakes for everyone. Rumor has it, most hand chocolate chips on them.

9.10.15: Portraits

The girls' teacher is amazing....absolutely amazing. Less than two weeks into the school year and the girls' classroom is covered with personalized creations.

9.9.15: Dinner on the beach

It is hard to resist eating dinner on the beach....especially when it is five minutes from your house.

8.31.15: Take our picture

The girls have started requesting we take their picture when they are all posing, sometimes it is just too hard to resist sharing...even when in the bathroom brushing teeth.

Fiona, Stella, Daphne

8.26.15: First Day of 1st Grade

After a substantial amount of saga (overcrowded school + late enrollment) we magically got into our home school. Stella, Daphne and Fiona can walk to school everyday in the beautiful weather. They are even in the same class (our preferred scenario). Often with multiples, kids are separated into different classes to foster independence. Thanks to a substantial focus on individualism over the past few years, the girls have their own personalities, friends and styles. The girls did fantastic in the same kindergarten class so we thought having each other as classmates in a brand new school made sense. Having three different teachers, sets of field trips, class activities, homework, 75 different sets of friends and parents also seemed a little overwhelming. We are thrilled and extremely lucky to be able to go to this school. Already Brant's connections + small city are working to our benefit.