Discovery Museum

Rainy beach day

New hairstyles

Emma and preschool friend, Violet, with their hair done by one of the teachers.

From the front ... notice Emma's new swim goggles around her neck she wore to school. Lessons start next weekend!

And here's a braid 'do by Mom. (I am learning!)

Lily finally lets me touch her hair a little bit ...

And this was in the hot tub at Declan and Cormac's house. Crazy-hair Lils!

Ferry adventure to San Francisco

We encountered another Fuzzy Caterpillar preschool friend, Fiona, on the ferry.

I find container ships so beautiful.

Sillies...

Silly hams trying to act bored.

We met Rachel from England. She is 5. She did what's called the "cuddle carry," when she'd pick up Emma or Kaela in a hug and carry them around. Very sweet. They had so much fun with Rachel, and we all loved her British accent.

Gelato tops off a great day!

Oh, and the sea lions, of course.

Brownie time

Baseball by day, brownies by night...

After a long day of work for the Giants home opener, Emma and I had fun making brownies after Lily's bedtime. Since the mix is low fat, made with vanilla yogurt, we added chocolate chips ... and Emma approved of the Ghiradelli 60 percent bittersweet over the Nestle semisweet.

St. Louis Cardinals batting helmets ...

The pregame festivities for the reigning World Series champs!

Hawaiian scenes

Happy Easter Hugs!