Maya school shots

Maya & her buddy Terren Jo... & roaming around her classroom.

Mimi & Nuni's visit

Catching up on a few photos from January & Mimi & Nuni's visit..

Sleepover & Little Farm

Maya had her friend Terren Jo sleep over last week, previewing teenagerdom by keeping each other awake & gossping...
And today we went to little farm to feed the moo-cows.
more shots from each

Maya, Pop, and a pink gorilla

Maya & I were walking with friends Uri & Anna, and came across this big pink Gorilla just seated at Cesar Chavez park.... too good to pass up the photo op!

Zoo Days, now & then

Another Zoo day today, compared to a picture from a similar day almost exactly a year ago. How much changes...
Here are some more shots from the day - at dinner tonight, Maya told us a story of a Chimpanzee (phonetically: pan-Zee') 6 or 7 times - each time the chimp fell off the branch it was lying on, and then acknowledged Molly & Maya with a grinning shake of its head. Clearly, a big event!

An honest to goodness hike!

Today was a spot of brightness amidst a cold (for here, at least) & rainy week+. We celebrated by testing our luck at one of our local favorites, Mount Tam, with Maya, letting her catch a nap in bits in pieces, rather than our norm of returning home for her daily Rip Van Winkle starting at 1pm. Great results - the day was a stunner, Maya hiked somewhere in the 2-3mi range (!! - this means we can get out again - !!), & didn't seem to be worse for the wear by catnapping. Snow could be found quite low on the mountain, and all in all a great day...

A few more photos from the hike can be found here.

Annual Pilgrimage to St. Malo

We're just back from a perfectly refreshing weekend outside of San Diego, where the kids had a great time, and the adults got some rare time together as well... a few photos from the weekend