New Ride

Tom and I got new bikes for my birthday.  They have been sitting in the garage waiting for him to come home from his trip, and we got them up and running this weekend.  Today, we had our inaugural ride over to the farmer's market in Jack London Square with the bike trailer.  O really likes riding and LOVES his helmet.  He would not take it off yesterday, he ate dinner in it, cuddled on the couch in it, and played in it all afternoon.  We finally convinced him to take it off for his bath.

Here he is all set to go in the trailer for the ride home.  That my new orange bike in the background also.  Guess who chose the color?

Laugh Much?

O was really cracking himself up in the tub last night.  I was never sure what was so funny, but he was laughing so hard at one point that it was silent laughing...

The weather was gorgeous here this weekend.  We spent quite a bit of time at the playground and went to the beach for a walk today.  It was just beautiful out!

Sonoma

Last weekend Marcy, O and I went up to Sonoma for some wine tasting and fun.  O loves the sculpture garden so we visited the big blue chair to measure how much he is growing.

Mmmmm, a fine vintage aging in the barrel.

We also enjoyed some very tasty sparkling wine at Gloria Ferrer.  

And had fun playing legos on the floor at a tasting room on the square in Sonoma after a fabulous lunch at El Dorado Kitchen.

We had a great visit with Marcy, but I did not take many picture while she was here, or in the past couple of weeks at all.  Work was still pretty busy this past week, although it did slow down a little bit.  Tom will be home soon, O and I are both looking forward to that!

What a Week!

In case anyone is wondering, when a tanker transiting outbound in San Francisco Bay allides with the Bay Bridge, the Chief of Waterways Management at Sector San Francisco (me) has a very, very, very busy week!  

Tom left on Monday, and the allision also happened on Monday.  Marcy arrived on Wednesday, and this week flew by with long hours at work and short nights at home with O and Marcy. 

On Thursday, Marcy surprised me with cupcakes, party hats and a balloon when I came home (late) from work.  Then we had Japanese food for dinner.  O is eating cheese in the picture, hence the shoving into his mouth...

After a busy week, we spent the day today relaxing and taking it easy.  We went to the farmers market and playground, and just hung out around Alameda.  Tomorrow we are heading up to Sonoma for the day.  That should be fun, and work should be much, much calmer this coming week.

3, 2, 1...Blast Off!

On Wednesday, I went back to work and Tom took O to the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland.  They had a great time!  O has been playing a lot with his rocket ship from Santa, and he really loved seeing the real space ships.

Our little astronaut

                                                 

 I love his face in this next picture.  He was just so excited to be in the space ship!

Hyabob!

They saw a little movie about space, and his rocket ship also has a button that counts down to blast-off.  O insists that it is "3,2,1... doshwash!".