Andy writes: After the hike on San Bruno Mountain, we went down the back side into San Francisco. As we were driving by, Leilani saw a huge playground, so we stopped to let her explore. Funny how she never asks to be carried around the playground.
Anyway, they had neat art here, a bench around the playground covered in pretty mosaics.
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Not only Leilani used the slide…
In spite of a very rainy weather forecast we went hiking very close to home last weekend, on Saturday 2/21. We found pretty views and lots of springflowers.
Footsteps of Spring
Blue Eyed Grass
California Poppy
Johnny Jump Up
Yellow Sorrel
What is she watching?
Oh.
California Poppy
Rare Franciscan Wallflower (habitat destroyed)
Mallow
Indian Paintbrush
Checker Mallow – Sidalcea malviflora
Leilani climbed a Rock
Blue Eyed Grass
Pussywillow
Ginster in German, maybe California Broom?
Well… almost. Pretty close I’d say. And the flash on our camera is broken…
And she drew a hedgehog. I think he is slipping on an icy puddle, but that might be my interpretation…
The library in Menlo park had a puppet theatre
Not only Leilani takes pictures of her shoes, sometimes I do too. She walks many miles these days.
Leilani goes to a gym now, I (Andy) took her there one time (when Mommy was sick) and got pictures. And she likes to hold hands with boys now too:
It’s a great place for kids, they get to run around in a padded room and play on real gym equipment. The teachers are great with the kids and make the parents feel welcome. During the gym class, the parents can either watch through the window of the gym room or leave and get stuff done.
I wanted to stay and watch her this one time. Leilani is one of the youngest, but she still participates well and can do most of the activities right.
This was through the reflection on the glass: I think the balance beam is one of her favorites, and she’s good at it.
After the gym I took her to Trader Joes (see previous post) and on a walk. Seeing I was taking pictures of her, she stopped and asked me to take her picture, unfortunately, next to a shopping cart and garbage can (cropped out).
Like most of Leilani’s walks it was more of a jog. But I don’t mind, the days when she giggles “Chase meeeeeee” and runs off will be over far too soon…
Sometimes she looks like an angel – especially when she sleeps (says Mommy):
As usual, unedited and uncropped, and on top of it the blogpost made with a macro (a program to include lots of pictures :-)
Andy turned off the flash for some pictures, that’s why they are blurry.
This time I got her to comment a little on her photos… I’ll write what I remember and add some of my own.
Andy says: I was tempted to make faces like she does sometimes, but then I realized they’d end up on the blog anyway, so I’d better smile.
Not the pizza – it’s about the angel
Andy’s legs
That’s all chocolate (Andy’s comment: “She can read!”)
Frozen ice cream stuffed mochi (although I’m not sure Leilani knew what she was photographing):
Where the pizza is not… emptiness
Then we had to walk/run up and down the main street in Millbrae (the town next to San Bruno where we go shopping). Again, she took photos again, this time of flowers and plants (I wonder where she gets that from?)
This was a sorry-looking palmtree on an overcast afternoon. I told her it wouldn’t make a good picture and she took it anyway. I told Mommy it wasn’t a great picture and she posted it anyway.
This is the first self portrait she took (good thing I had the flash off)
And of course – her feet.
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