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Weekend Things

On Saturday we went to Marin for lunch and snapped this pic at Restoration Hardware, which makes a great background for a smiley boy who loves rocks (R.H. - do you by chance need a child model for your laguna concrete ventless fire table?)

Then we made pizza at home....

 

On Sunday, Nicholas ended up having a private swimming lesson because Tyler didn't show up.  It was a BIG day, because Nicholas swam solo for the first time!!  Like, alone, no hands from da-da or teacher Dani!  He paddled from the wall to the "island", and back, and again, and again....

And the weekend concluded with a milk from Starbucks.  A first for Nic:  "Cold tall milk for Nicholas" said the Barista!

Day Out With Thomas!

On Saturday, we drove down to Felton, CA (about 1.5 hours from home) to attend "A Day Out With Thomas."  Nicholas was the happiest boy on earth.  He got to play with trains, get his first tattoo, jump in a bounce house, meet Sir Topham Hatt....all of which climaxed with a 25 minute ride from Thomas the Train himself!  He is also the new lucky owner of Flynn the Fire Truck, Butch the tow train (?), and a commemorative DOWT hauler car.  He's carried them around constantly since their purchase.  It was so happy-making for Jonathan and me to be able to bring such pure joy to this special little guy!  I can't even imagine what Disneyland will be like :)

A Couple Firsts and a #2

On Saturday, we attended the LLS Light the Night Kickoff for Team Captains, followed by a Giants baseball game.  Nicholas' first game!

Nicholas ate more than his share of garlic fries at the event (an SF Giants ballpark specialty!)

Nicholas loved throwing peanut shells on the ground.  And his hot dog.  And his chicken fingers.

 

Proud new owner of a SF Giants baseball!

There is a Muni (light rail) stop just outside the ballpark, so after the game we treated N to his first train ride.  He was so excited!  (The other day we had been walking around the city and he saw a train, and pointed to himself and said "nicholas...train".....so, it was time!)  We rode it one stop (approx. 3 blocks) to our car.  It capped off a really great San Francisco day.  

 

Also just had to share these post-bath pics from Sunday.  Nicholas was running around before we could get him suited up and he accidentally let out a little poo poo on the kitchen floor....

"Nicholas, what happened?"

"oops!"

PS If you'd like to join our Light the Night team and walk with us on September 17, please click here!  It's time to start FUNdraising and there are lots of great prizes for top fundraisers :)  And we're also looking forward to a really fun evening starting on the Giants field with a great group of friends and family!  We have a VIP tent!

"Cristina's on an Airplane" Day 3

Peekadoodle Kids Club Totshop

Yellow and blue make green! 

I pleaded and pleaded, but Nicholas didn't feel like saying "Cheese"

Mama and Nicholas went for a Mexican lunch after music class

Naptime now, for both of us!!

KOIT Interview

Feel free to CLICK HERE to listen to the radio show, Today's World on KOIT, in which I was interviewed!

ON AIR!

I was invited by the LLS to do a radio interview with them on KOIT (96.5 FM) in San Francisco.  On Tuesday, I went to the station with Nicole Chapman Wilson, Campaign Director of Light the Night Walk, to record the show.  We are guests on the public affairs show "Today's World," which airs on Sunday mornings, and we were there to promote the walk and LLS in general.  Thank goodness it was pre-recorded; live would be very intimidating!  It's a 30 minute show, and if you happen to be awake at 6:30am PST this Sunday, you can tune in here!  (click on the Listen Live button)  And if you aren't awake yet,  I am sure I'll be able to figure out how to upload the show in the future :)