Zoo Day

A couple of weeks ago we went to the zoo with some of our favorite people!  Emily, Campbell and little Ellis met up with Phil, Lily and me at the Dallas zoo.  The kids had a great time checking out the animals and playing.  Lily did her standard routine of getting into Emily's stroller immediately after Campbell got out.  She really loves to be in there and if you try to take her out she will throw a fit.  Campbell is pretty used to the routine and he gets back in my stroller and I push him around for a while until Lily loses interest.  I am glad that she has a friend who will put up with her antics!

 

An All-American Day

Last week Jennifer and I got together with our girls.  It had been a while since we had played and we always have fun together.  We went to the fountains at fairview and had burgers and fries on the patio.  Lily had her first corndog.  She seemed to like it at first, then proceeded to do her chew up the food, spit it into my hand routine.  Quite charming.  I'm sure the boys will be lining up to take her out one day!  After we ate we took the girls to the "beach."  They loved playing in the sand, climbing the playground and chasing the dog that was hanging out nearby.  After the girls wore themselves out, we grabbed some lemonade then headed home.  It was a fun day and we hope to do it again soon!

 

SF Day 6

Day six we packed up and said goodbye.  But not before enjoying one last delicacy.  Chocolate croissants from La Boulange.  Yum, yum!

SF Day 5

Day five was spent meeting up with friends in the East Bay for lunch.  Then we met up with the cousins and went on a hike and made a trip to the playground.  Yummy chinese was on the menu for dinner.  We didn't want to bring a pack n play for the one night that Lily wouldn't have a crib, so she slept with us.  I was nervous about getting her to sleep in our bed the whole night because she normally will not do it.  Fortunately she must have been worn out and went right to sleep snuggling with her mama.

SF Day 4

Phil had the day off on Friday so we took advantage and had the best breakfast at Mama's to kick off the day.  We got there right before they opened and there was already a line.  It was seriously amazing!  After breakfast my aunt picked us up at our hotel and we got to hang out with her all day.  My uncle made us a delicious salad for dinner, which was nice after all of the terrible meals we had been eating.

Miss Monkey loves breakfast!  Lots of "MMMMmmmmm's" from her side of the table.

 We were sore from walking these crazy hills.  No lie.

 Mt.  Tam in the background. 

 Mmmmmm.  Yes please.

SF Day 3

Day three also started out at five am!  This girl is probably going to adjust in time for us to get home.  We  started the day with a family breakfast at the same cafe as yesterday's breakfast.  It was delicious again.  Then Phil went to work and Lily and I hopped a cable car to Fisherman's Wharf.  She ran around, chased pigeons and wore herself out.  We had a yummy lunch out there, then headed back to the hotel for nap time.  It rained in the afternoon so we couldn't go to the park, but it let up in time for us to get out for some ice cream.  That evening Phil had dinner with his coworkers and Lily and I had dinner with Phil's cousins and aunt. Lily loved playing with Pauline and Lucas!  It was another fun day.

Fooled again by an empty cup.

Pigeon chasing is fun!

Cable car operators are fun too.

Mmmm, chocolate ice cream.

I love myself! Muah!

You can't contain me!

SF Day 2

Day 2 started bright and early at 5:00 am.  Jet lagged baby, enough said.  Lily and I wandered over to an adorable cafe for breakfast together.  She attempted to charm the patrons around us.  We then met up with Phil's Aunt Anita and hung out with her for a while.  Anita is Belgian and Lily loved her.  She would speak french to Lily and she thought that was really cool!

We came back to the hotel for nap time for both of us (I don't do 5:00 am wake ups!) and then we went to the park across the street from our hotel and played.  After Phil came back from work, we went out for an amazing italian dinner.