School starts early in Carpinteria.  But Toby likes to *ease* into it.  Among the ‘first day of school’ activities the kids made hot cocoa and an iced lemon cake.  Wish I had been there.

The cake went nicely with the homemade pizza that our Italian exchange student, Sonja, made for our family.  She made the crust from scratch and it was de-lic-ious!  Lucy and MoMo helped with the toppings.

Earlier this summer, Poppa came over an planted a few plants in our back yard.  About the middle of August the zucchini and tomatoes started producing, with the tomato plants going crazy.  Toby says they are excellent and is really enjoying have fresh tomatoes every day.  Although I don’t like the fruit, I like being able to share some with our neighbors.