Birthday Boy...THREE!

Pix from Sarek's big day on July 10th. We fled the city fog and spent the day in Tilden Park near Berkeley/Oakland. We were not disappointed. We had beautiful weather, rode a steam engine through the Oakland Hills, and took a few spins on the Carousel. We have the official party with cake and friends next Sunday. We did S'mores for the actual day. Sarek is intrigued by S'mores...toasted marshmallows feature strongly in a current favorite bedtime story, Curious George Goes Camping.

Yoohoo! It's the Oakland Zoo!

Finally out of quarantine, we went to the Oakland Zoo in sunny East Bay with Grandma Tarah, who was here for a 10 day visit. Sarek enjoyed the mini amusement park rides the most. Grandma Tarah was impressed that the zoo didn't smell like....zoo. Deena avoided snake exhibits and looked for places to nurse Nola, while Brett actually paid attention to the animals. Nola slept most of the zoo away nestled in her womb-like Ergo. We went to Vik's Chaat in Berkeley afterwards for lunch. The kids fell asleep in the car on the Bay Bridge. All in all, a very Bay Area day