tuesdays with zara

With Jamie working from home, Zara benefits big time. She gets two parents to take care of her while Sofia is at school. On Tuesdays, it's farmers market day. We go to our favorite crepes booth at the market and pick up some fresh fruits and veggies, some fresh-baked bagels or fresh-roasted coffee. Are you sensing a theme going on here?

But today, Zara had even more adventures for her. After the usual walk to and from Sofia's bus stop in the morning, Zara spent some time in the sunshine while I hacked away at our overgrown bamboo bush in the front yard. I also trimmed our planter boxes of bamboo down to the base. We plan on digging it all up in the future and planting some other less-invasive plant.

While I did a little more gardening, Zara and Jamie went to Frye's to pick up some computer cables. Although she fell asleep on the way home, we headed out again while she continued to nap in her carseat.

It was an unusually sunny and warm September day. The shady seats at the farmers market were hard to come by.

Duck confit crepes. Chicken pesto crepe. Strawberries and cream crepe. Mojito iced tea and lemonade. Chicken mole tamale. One fresh peach. To take home: bagels, raspberries, coffee beans and three mum plants for the bare patch in our front flower bed.

beautiful mums in autumnal hues

And we didn't stop there. Zara wanted to go to a playground so we stopped at our favorite park to play and check out the ducks.

at the playground

And one more stop before heading home: a quick trip to the grocery store to pick up cream cheese for breakfast tomorrow (bagels!) and a few other items (like little pound cakes for the raspberries).

blurry photo but I love the wisps of hair