Fort Funston

On Saturday we took Koa to Fort Funston.  It was nice and sunny so it was the perfect day to go.  Koa hadn’t been there in a while and he looked so happy to be running free.

Exploratorium

On Friday evening (9/7), we went to the Exploratorium for a corporate event.  We got in free with Jes’ badge and brought in the Sokol-Juns too.  The place was packed and since it was a corporate-sponsored event they had some free sandwiches (really small ones) on the floor level and free wine/beer upstairs. Woo!

It was interesting for me and Jes but Kumquat was way too young for most of the exhibits but she still enjoyed all the lights and sounds.  This is a model of “Curiosity” the Mars rover that’s up in space right now. Looked like Kumquat was curious herself and I couldn’t get her attention for this photo.

It was fun to hang out with the Sokol-Juns that night and it looks like Jack and Reese had a good time.

Happy Birthday, Husband!

It’s Jes’ birthday today!  He’s always a bit down on his birthday but he was surprised last night by a little package from Amazon.  It was sent from Brother and it was an ice cube tray that makes huge ice cubes for drinking with Scotch.

He was so excited that he washed it right away, filled it with water, and placed it carefully into the freezer.  For the rest of the night, he went back to the freezer to watch the water freeze and prematurely pulled one of the half-frozen cubes out.

Thanks for the entertaining gift, Brother!  He couldn’t stop saying, “that’s awesome”.

And later today…

We had drinks at Public House with Victor.  It was low-key and just what Jes wanted.

Then we had birthday cupcakes at home.

My Two Dependents

Every evening, I take the dog and baby for a walk.  Koa usually needs to poop and Kumquat needs to be distracted from her rumbly tumbly between 6 and 7.  Today we walked along the water and met up with Jes after work.  It was a good evening with my two dependents.

Yay! She’s back!

My good friend Ranee and her family have moved back to California from NYC!  We met up on Labor Day to do some catching up and to watch Sophie and Kumquat play.  I must say it was really entertaining to watch and exciting to see my little girl interact with another baby. I’m also amazed at how much Sophie’s changed since I first met her 5 months ago.

Ranee’s not going back to work just yet and it makes me wish I was still at home.  Ah…that would be so fun.  We’d have play dates and lunch dates every week!

Welcome back, Ranee!

Up All Night

Last night (more like this morning), Kumquat got up every hour screaming.  I don’t know why but all I know is that I was up all night starting at 1:30 am.  I didn’t get to take a nap until about 5:30 am but then she woke up at her usual 6:00 am and I had to entertain her until 7:00 am to feed her.  Then I put her in the stroller in order to clean up but then fell asleep on the couch!

I didn’t wake up again until 8, which is what time I was actually supposed to be at work!!  She woke up just in time for me to leave so I put her on the bed next to a sleeping Jes and left.  I didn’t get to work until 8:30 and luckily no one was looking for me.  The rest of the day was rough but I survived.

When I got home, I found a bouquet of flowers on the table, which Jes said was from Kumquat.  It was her way of saying “sorry for being a wanker last night”.  Aw, cute.