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NOVEMBER 1, 2013·San Francisco, California
A Dalmatian Halloween
Halloween this year was dalmatians, both of them. White outfits with spots, fleece hats with black felt ears, and full face paint — whiskers, black noses, one…
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OCTOBER 13, 2013·San Francisco, California
Rock Star Birthday and the Pumpkin Patch
The rock star birthday party finally happened. We built a stage out of a pallet and a rug, hung black streamers with pink and green through them, strung up a…
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2013·San Francisco, California
Saturday Morning Kids' Soccer at the Polo Fields
Drove into San Francisco for Saturday morning kids' soccer at the Polo Fields in Golden Gate Park. Two games' worth of blue and white jerseys, most of the…
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AUGUST 28, 2013·San Francisco, California
First Day of School
First day of school. We did pictures in the yellow chair out front before leaving — striped shirt, jean shorts, new sneakers, hair brushed, all of it holding…
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AUGUST 20, 2013·Walnut Creek, California
Pajamas on the Big Bed
No outing today, unless you count the migration from their room to ours. The girls climbed up onto the big bed still in pajamas — one in pink, one in the…
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AUGUST 16, 2013·Napa County, California
Fish and Horses near Lake Berryessa
Fish first, horses second — that was the order the weekend took, down in eastern Napa County around Lake Berryessa, a 20,700-acre reservoir about 30 miles…
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AUGUST 10, 2013·Monterey County, California
A Clear August Weekend at Point Lobos
Point Lobos for a clear August weekend, a long drive from home but the reserve sits just south of Carmel and the whole Monterey coast was out of its fog for…
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AUGUST 3, 2013·Walnut Creek, California
Summer Swim Meet at Heather Farm Park
Summer swim meet day at Heather Farm Park. The whole deck was a wall of yellow SSC caps, and the girls had their event numbers written up their backs in marker…
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JULY 14, 2013·Walnut Creek, California
Wreck-It Ralph Birthday in the Backyard
Birthday party in the backyard this year, Wreck-It Ralph themed — or more precisely Sugar Rush themed, since that's the part of the movie the kids actually…
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JUNE 23, 2013·San Francisco, California
Summer Swim Meet Sunday at Mission Pool
Swim meet Sunday at Mission Pool in San Francisco — the old outdoor pool on 19th Street in the Mission, built in 1916 and still the only outdoor pool the City…
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