Grandpa's Visit

helping grandpa carry his bag to our apartment 

Theo's fuzzy blond hair is now semi-visible in photos!

looking at a snake at the California Science Center on Friday

one of the toddler play areas at the Science Center

pointing at some tractors in the construction site outside

eating lunch in the cafeteria at the Science Center

at the Travel Town historic train museum in Griffith Park on Saturday

Grandpa and Theo getting ready for a ride on the mini-train

Oh no!!! Theo was scared when the train got started.

fully recovered from the traumatic train ride

hanging out at the West L.A. farmer's market on Sunday morning

at Clover Park in Santa Monica on Monday

on the see-saw with dad and Gramps

couldn't be happier 

at Lindberg Park in Culver City on Tuesday morning

this train is less scary than the one at Travel Town

on the spinner

Messy Eater

Theo loves to dip his crackers in hummus

hummus face

he's also very good with his spoon now

squash face with one cheerio

The Busiest Boy

meeting Melissa's dog Gracie in Roxbury Park yesterday morning

Gracie was very sweet and patient with Theo

riding on a purple dinosaur

on a hike in Franklin Canyon with Franz and his family

Violeta's birthday party

learning how to use a chalkboard

Violeta's cat Simon

Solstice Canyon Hike

We went on a hike this morning in Malibu along the creek in Solstice Canyon.  Here are Forrest and Theo under some beautiful live oak trees.  

sitting on a boulder

we had lunch at some ruins

Theo played in a creek for the first time

splashing with a stick

at the waterfall

it's a good thing we brought spare clothes ... 

We were really surprised that Theo was able to walk almost a mile on the trail.  The man in the background of this photo showed us a Cooper's Hawk perched in an oak tree.

at the end of the hike

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Theo and Franz became LACMA members today through the free children's membership program.  Here they are with Franz's mom Julia outside the Pavilion for Japanese Art.  Their favorite things inside were a large terracotta horse and two stone lions.  

They loved artist Jesus Rafael Soto's outdoor sculpture Penetrabile made out of 20,000 feet of bright yellow plastic tubing.

At the edge of the tube forest.

They also loved Chris Burden's large kinetic sculpture Metropolis II and its complex web of steel tracks with miniature cars and trains whizzing around.  

The cars are zooming by so quickly that they are just a blur in the photograph.  Theo was mesmerized.  

Theo pushing an Eames shell chair around the LACMA courtyard.

High five!

Here is Theo playing the ukelele at Tano and Xavi's house earlier in the week.