o + sophia!

cupcake cousins!

Sarah and Anna made some yummy cupcakes for my birthday! (Océanne's first if you can believe it). As you can see, she likes the frosting... and Anna likes the cake = how perfect is that? Of course, she's been asking for "cick-cicks" ever since!

may birthdays...

Thirty... something, but still 20 days younger than Ben!




Our strawberry-faced peanut took her first steps on May 24 last year!


I'm the last of the Sarrazin May birthdays... My lovely little family gave me a wonderful weekend celebration... We went up to wine country on Sunday and then spent last night at the beach for a little sunset/Monday happy hour! Topped off with tickets to the San Francisco Opera! Santé! Merci!!


Nice lunch in Healdsburg!

holding on tight...

french braids!

la main verte...

Maybe Océanne has a green thumb, or as the French say: hand! She's very serious while watering the plants...

a sunday full of "wows!"

An adventurous girl after her daddy's heart. Ben and O biked from home all the way up Mt Tam (where mountain biking was born!!) and then hiked to the summit... After cruising down, they hit Joe's Tacos in Mill Valley on the way back to Sausalito. She had a blast and of course Ben did too! I guess Océanne kept saying "wow!" at the view... this shot is from Ben's phone, looking out towards the East Bay (Mt Diablo in the distance). She had a pretty good nap as you can imagine! Mommy stayed home with the cats and worked...

soleil's birthday ride!

The Party Wagon! Adam hauling Océanne, Lexie, Soleil and River...





Girlfriends for 2 whole years now... only days apart!


"Critical Kids!" taking over Mill Valley and the Redwoods... What a great way to celebrate Soleil's birthday! There must have been a dozen bikes and just as many ways to carry a little one: front, back, trailer, bucket! We all met in the morning at Cafe Oggi, made our way to the Depot, up to Cascade Falls and back down to Old Mill Park for some yummy food... a beautiful day!

kite flying, rodeo beach...

A pretty, windy evening on the beach... My kite has a very, very long string!! (O was "pretend" flying).

happy birthday océanne + ben!

She's two!! He's thirty-something!! And we'll never be able to top the birthday present Ben received on May 4, 2008!!



Birthday dinner at Fish tonight with Sarah, Todd, Anna and Edie...


Océanne loves her new bean bag from Nana and Papa!

First morning as a two year old! Ben brought back some fun things from his trip to China!!


Our *2 year* celebration with my mama's group on Sunday at Danny's house in Muir Beach!