Month: November 2009

Halloween at the Millbrae Nursery School

All the kids lined up excitedly for the parade

Leilani wore her unicorn outfit – I had warned her it was too hot…

Camille and Samantha

Leilani and Regina found a little cave…

Anthony was a zombie!

Leilani got really hot and cranky towards the end and wanted to go home and take a nap. Fortunately she got a lot better once she changed into the leaf fairy outfit.

San Francisco

Leilani and I took Tuesday off to visit San Francisco. First we went to the “Mysteries of Egypt” exibition at the De Young Museum

Kids under 5 are free – Yay

But soon we knew why. It was not kids friendly, the exhibits were too high for her to see, and the nicer pieces had stayed in Egypt. Worst of all there were NO mummies. Absolutely none. Leilani had me ask the attendant when we were halfway through where they were, and that was it. We rushed through the rest, but I figured 2 1/2 hours at a museum is pretty good for a 4 year old anyway. And I had to promise her to see mummies at another museum soon… at least we saw photos of them in a book. She could not take this picture it would not focus for her so I had to take it.

We had lunch at the Shangri-La and then went to the playground with the cement slide. Leilani behaved pretty badly, but she did earn extra stars by balancing nicely on a narrow wall.

Help, help, the hermit crab got me and is carrying me of….

But at least the pelican is nice

And so is the turtle

Leilani specifically asked me to take a lot of pictures of her jumping. When I told her I already had a good one of her in mid-air she said we needed more, and I had to photoshop them… so I did.

Ohio – Last Day, Trick or Treat

One more golden tree:

Leilani was very lucky in Ohio, she got to go Trick-or-Treating on the Sunday afternoon before Halloween, which is when they schedule it in Canton.

She dressed up as a little green fairy:

She was a bit reluctant at first, but then she got into the hang of it, even saying thank-you without being prompted. She was also very good at going up and down the long walks by herself, Grandma and Daddy didn’t have to go nearly as far:

Showing Grandma all the loot:

Lelani had some of her chocolate and one tiny piece of a red-colored lollipop that Daddy shouldn’t have given her. She was very good about leaving most of the rest of her candy in Ohio, and even didn’t eat much of the little she brought back:

Guess who gets to eat all her candy:

The plaster handprint Leilani made for Grandma 14 months ago, her fingers were 1/4 to 1/2 inch longer:

A pretty holly bush outside of Grandma’s house:

A pretty early flight back through Denver on Frontier airlines (Leilani liked the animals painted on the plane, Daddy liked the on-time arrival):

Post-Script: the sad part of the story is that Leilani misbehaved so much on Halloween itself (she didn’t let Mommy and Daddy finish their lunch quietly at the sushi restaurant) that she didn’t get to go trick-or-treating again. I don’t think she really missed it because she had lots of fun handing out our candy to the children who did get to go door-to-door.

Indian Summer

Well, that’s what the colors look like at least. In fact it was just a lucky day of sunshine after the first big rainstorm of fall that knocked off half the leaves. We were lucky there were still some left:

We went to the Duck Pond in Canton, looking for more colorful trees and some animals to feed–again, we got lucky with both:

Ohio – Great Grandma Sigler’s Birthday

Red eyes, cancelled flights and dinosaurs, oh my! The only good thing in Chicago O’Hare airport.

New kittens at John and Sharon’s, Leilani certainly couldn’t resist:

You have to admit, there are few things cuter than kittens playing together:

Except maybe Leilani with a kitten:

Great-Grandma asked Leilani to help her blow out the candles:

The card that Leilani wrote for Great-Grandma:

Andy and his cousins:

Great-Grandma as a toddler:

With Jeanne and Grandma Rosemary:

With Hunter and Leilani:

With Grandma’s scarf, because it was cold outside: