Monday, July 28, 2008

The surf at Point Reyes

We drove to Point Reyes National Seashore last weekend with Palomi and family to enjoy a freezing, windy beach. Ben loves the ocean, and refused to get out despite the cold.



Oh, and a giant yellow crab came out of the water and chased Ben around. He now talks about this incident as if it actually happened... Oh, and it is, of course, a flying crab.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Eleanor sits up!

Yes, that's "sits up" not "spits up". She can sit up on her own, unsupported, although when she gets excited she kicks her legs and topples.

She's just 4 months old; Ben was 6 months when he managed this feat. I will now presume that Eleanor will do everything one-third faster than Ben, and will graduate from college at 16.


Oakland Fairyland



We went to the slightly--okay, very rundown Fairyland in Oakland. It was built in 1950, and last cleaned in the late 1970s. Still, Ben had as much fun as he could while fighting a nap. The puppet show Pinnochio was great; Ben loved it.

Here Ben is in jail in the Old West, and rides the scary My Little Jim Morrison Pony.

Saturday, July 5, 2008



Palomi came over today, and we went to water and weed our garden. This ended with Ben yelling "I'm a plant and I'm growing!" while watering himself and Palomi.