Month: August 2010

Keith had the great idea of doing a hike-in brunch at the West Point in on Mount Tam (in Marin county, north of the Golden Gate). With all the times we’ve been there, this was still a new trail for us (there are dozens of trails covering 200 miles easily). The bonus was that we found mushrooms and huckleberries to eat.

Flowers too. Montbretia:

and Pink Broom:

Leilani showed Kelby and Belen all the toys she had brought on the hike:

We started in the fog and then the weather turned beautiful. We still saw the rolling fog from the Inn:

The pancake brunch is really popular, hundreds of people hike and bike in on the various trails to enjoy tasty pancakes on the deck of the historic building. Kelby volunteered to deliver orders to the tables spread around the building, and Leilani was so impressed she followed him around (and even got to carry the tray back several times). We also watched them make the pancakes on a griddle.

Hiking down after the brunch, East Peak (with the fire lookout tower) in the background

One of the areas with young redwoods growing everywhere. They must have been planted, because they’re roughly the same age, and there are no mature redwoods nearby:

Short break to read Thumbelina. Leilani had brought 2 books, speculating that Belen would be nice enough to read to her, and she was right.

Leilani played the monster chasing Kelby:

Despite the age differences, Kelby and Belen always played nicely with Leilani, joining her games and involving her in theirs. I think their more mature play (less sillyness) is a great example for Leilani:

After hula class one day, Leilani demanded her photo be taken as she hugged the tree (good thing Andy had his iPhone and the iPhone has a camera):

Andy and Leilani often ride the bicycle together. Andy says: I take Leilani to school in the morning half the time (or more) and then take my bicycle on the train to San Francisco. On weekends when we’re not camping, I like to go exploring, here to the Sawyer Camp trail from Millbrae to San Mateo. If I can, I always stop to read the historical markers:

While Leilani was at the Little Gym for the monthly “parent’s night,” Andy and I walked along the bay from Millbrae to the Coyote Point in San Mateo. Hiking/walking without Leilani is nice for a change: we get a workout at 3 mph and we get to focus on ourselves for a change. We found this beautiful Mallow-Hibiscus along the way:

And a granite map (we walked the red line all around the lagoon and beyond):

We ended the evening at an Irish bar with Guinness for me and Irish Whiskey for Andy:

Old picture from Andy’s iPhone, on a afternoon to a nearby playground (with the bike). Monkeybars are still hard:

At the little gym:

Puppet show at the library, Leilani is the one pointing in the front row:

Nubi Yogurt, our new favorite dessert treat:

I put a few more new photos on the Maker Faire post, but the 2 best ones are here too. Leilani made a rocket from paper and got to shoot it with compressed air 5 or 6 times until it finally crumpled up (Andy helped with the taping, and it went really high):

At school:

Sonja got a ticket for parking at the wrong side of the street:

Leilani loves to swim now, she still has a lot of flotation devices, but no more fear. Here at the Millbrae co-op pool (not affiliated with Millbrae Nursery Co-op) as guests of her friends Olivia and Luci:

More hiking and exploring one afternoon after work at South San Francisco Sign hill (near the top ‘O’):

Poor Tinkerpink got lost… Leilani hopes she got back to her original owner (we got her at a yardsale) or some other kid is enjoying a new toy…

Alcartaz

Merry-Go_Round at Pier 39

Palace of Fine Arts Pavilloin



Wave Organ

With Mark at the Tibetan restaurant (or Nepalese?) Shangrila