California Travels

We had a wonderful city day in San Francisco.  First stop, musee mechanique, with lots of old arcade games.

 Next stop, pier 39 and the sea lions.  Molls wasn't the biggest fan of this noisy, smelly bunch.

 Then the carousel, which she really enjoyed.  We were the only people on board!

Visiting the ships on the Hyde Street Pier.

 That night we went to see Cousin Jacob play basketball.

The next day we headed to Oakland with the intent of going to Fairyland.  Sadly, it was closed.  So Cousin Isaac took us to the Zoo instead.  

 Zoo train tour!

Then back to Grandma Lizzy's to see Auntie Mimi and play dress up.

 Although they initially got off to a rough start, Mollie and Pushkin are now very good friends!

 Craft time!  Making potions with tiny beads.

 Grandma Liz made Mollie some super sweet sneakers!

 Visiting our friend Ruah!

 Last day in the city, visiting Academy of Sciences.

Visiting Riley and Mia

We spent a night in the city which meant we got to visit our friends Mia and Riley (and their parents).  t was really fun!

 The three girls got along famously.  Some photos from their playdate.

California Part 2

Camp Grandma continues with pancake making and garden planting!  

 We met up with our friends Jen and Dave and their kids, Maddie and William for brunch and a playdate.  The girls re-enacted Repunzel at the restaurant.

 "I have a dream, I have a dream, I just want to see the floating lanterns gleam!""

 Then we headed over to the community garden to plant some seeds.  Grandma Liz showed the girls how to dig a ditch and lay out seeds for green peas.

 Then they checked out the other plots.

 Phew - all that gardening leads to a little rest.

 We were joking that in about 15 years, this photo could look pretty similar, perhaps with a non-Shirley temple cocktail (just kidding girls, if you're reading this you better not - we will NOT be amused!)

 Time to pick carrots from the garden.

 Success!

 When we got back to the house Mollie did some painting.  Grandma taught her how to mix colors to make new colors - fun!