Life With The Z'bergs

Monday, December 21, 2009

Apple Hill = the ultimate Fall adventure

Harrison rockin this year's woodsman hat...not sure exactly how

the trend started but we always seem to find really adorable little man

hats for him and have amassed a whole collection of sizes

Mmmm, real apple cider is so good

When in Apple Hill...

Jen, Kate and Kris

Beating on things with sticks...following the footsteps of my

brother and so many boys before him!

One lovely Fall day, Harrison and I left Matt home working (sorry Daddy!) and joined our friends the Klimas for fun in Apple Hill. It really is a fairly quick drive up the 50 to find amazing orchards and now hills of vines. The kids enjoyed a train ride before hitting the ultimate stop for all-food-apple-related. Unfortunately for my waistline I had to eat an entire fritter and a warm apple wine but it was worth it! The season was in full effect with gorgeous colors and leaves at every turn. So much fun.

Friday, November 20, 2009

Happy Birthday Mom

Harrison and I had such a fun day in Frazier Park for Grammy Shelly's birthday! She spent time in the warm fall sun, we had a great dinner with some of her pals and most importantly she felt good and enjoyed the day. Here's to a healthy, happy, positive and entirely better year Mom!

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Photo shoot with Priscilla

My former colleague Priscilla has found her calling as a photographer and asked if H could help her out with a class project. We had a great time visiting the Sacramento City College photo studio, learning about setup and lighting and of course getting some great shots of Harrison! He was SUCH a good subject - looked in the right direction on command, smiled, played, talked and was super patient.

Most importantly, I learned the ultimate trick to get Harrison to crack up/smile very naturally. Since the day of our photo shoot, I've tried it on numerous occasions and it works like a charm every single time!

Mom: "Harrison, what do you say to Gidget [Gidget is Grandma Barbara's little dog] when she jumps?"

Harrison, with pointer finger wagging : "No dumping Didget... ha ha ha Didget cazy"

Why are my pics blurry?

I am having issues with Blogger apparently...stay tuned while I do a few tests to figure out what I am doing wrong all of a sudden to get blurry uploads on the blog? Kind of annoying...

Trick-or-treat

H and Kate at the pumpkin patch - it was literally about 99 degrees (in the middle of October!) so we lasted about 20 minutes...but still got this great pic!

H and Madeline on their field trip to the pumpkin patch. Again, a sweltering hot day so I mistakenly wore flip flops, not realizing that I would have to climb through dirt trenches and spiky pumpkin leaves in search of small, cute, round, orange pumpkins. Not so easy!