Christmas with Papa

We had an very nice Christmas with Papa.  He made us two wonderful dinners.  It was wonderful to just kick back and do nothing but play with toys.

Maya's Holiday show

Hanging out around the house

Comfyland!!!

Alana making some art

Polly!!

Our Xmas tree

Fred the Elf is back, watching over the girls to make sure they are being good.  Ana and I love Fred!

Fred flies back to Santa every night to report on the girls and then shows up in a new location each day.

Thanksgiving in LA - 2013

We had an awesome time in LA for Thanksgiving.  Maya and Alana got to have epic sleepovers with their cousins Lilly and Olivia.

Making turkey cupcakes

Grammy with the girls

The big Turkey-day event!  Yum!

Post-turkey stupor

Post-turkey chocolate -- very important to leave room for Mark's See's Candy.

Post-turkey nappy with Uncle Mark

Bed time with the cousins

Faking it...

Papa brought some awesome toys for Alana's birthday

Daddy and his baby girl

 The last day... it was sad to say good-bye.

Halloween 2013

Some pictures from Halloween.  Alana had various princess outfits on several days before and leading up to the big day.  Maya wanted to be a bee at first, but last minute decided she wanted to be "Jewel" from Rio.  Ana had to scramble quickly to make it work, but it all came together in time!

Alana's Third Birthday!

Our baby girl turned 3 today!!  Time is flying by way too fast...

Very excited about her birthday  -- the day before her birthday.  She was talking about the "big day" all week!

Pre-birthday happy birthday in four languages!

Birthday party at the park with little friends from Pekaboo Playhouse and our extended family of other  friends and kids

Relaxing tea party with the stuffed animal friends

Fall pictures

Here are some photos from our Fall.  The weather has been spectacular this year!  We LOVE California!!

 A typical school day in the morning

We went to a lot of different pumpkin patches and farms this Fall.  That's the main attraction in Sonoma County!

Pictures from the new Exploratorium, down near the Ferry Terminal in San Francisco

I love the powerwall with NASA's Visual Studio -- awesome!

Ships practicing for the America's cup