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Temescal adventure

Yesterday was a busy one for us. We woke up and jumped on a bus to go and see and puppet show. It was showing at the Temescal library as part of the Oakland summer reading program. It was a riff off the Three Little Pigs and we loved it! Temescal children’s library is the most fun to visit because they have the amount of toys and manipulatives that a pre-school would offer. Clover likes the kitchen toys best and pretended to be a little mama.

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For lunch we had a taco with rice and beans at Cholita Linda. Delicious food at a cute patio table covered with oilcloth. We visited some of our old favorites on Temescal and some new ones. I love Book/Shop but going in their with Emma makes for a brief visit. We found a secret garden and a apothecary shop as well in the Alley. Lastly we went to the East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse and bought more blocks. We gave them a good bath when we got home. ^_^

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art with Mocha at the library

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The Mocha art class is Wednesdays starting at 1:30 p.m. in the main library. We crashed it today and despite a little two-year-old behavior is was a total success. Emma Clover used pastels and cut with scissors for the first time! It was an activity where kids learned how to make pop-up cards. Also there were markers and pencils and lots of paper for drawing and creating. I had a lot of fun too. ^_^shot_1405545583874

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bus ride

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Today we took the bus for the first time, for me since living in the Bay Area. Its funny since I have been car free the whole time but only taken BART, or lately the ferry, besides walking and riding a bike. It was super convenient to walk down our street to Grand Ave. and jump right on. I was jazzed to use my Clipper card. We took the bus to downtown Berkeley as it went “all through the town” and of course we sang. It was neat though to drive through Piedmont and Oakland to Berkeley. Once in Berkeley we went to the downtown library and Cafe Clem. It has the best brunch and we love the baguettes with butter and jam!

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So happy to pick up these books from the library store! only $2.50, no wonder Emma has such a big library at home. ^_^

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