One fun Friday we had Bring Your Kids to Work Day at Nate's work...and a Kung Fu Panda party sponsored by HP through Silicon Valley Moms Blog. Both events were a blast and Cate had SO MUCH FUN. Especially at the Panda party (blogging has given us some fun opportunities!).
Nate's lab's table at the work event was making ice cream. You shook that ball thing there forever and eventually it turned your milk and sugar into ice cream. And it was really good, to boot.
Anna was having lots of fun, as you can see!
Cate and Dad running near Dad's work...looks like Cate reached the finish line!
Cate got herself a bracelet and ring tattoo combo. Then it was off to the Panda Party...
...where she got a panda tattoo!
She was SO EXCITED to meet the Kung Fu Panda...but then she wouldn't go anywhere near him! But at least she smiled for the picture. (And, no, Jack Black was not inside the suit. Bummer.)
There was a Kung Fun Panda dance that they were trying to teach everyone. Cate watched this forever...and would have watched it the whole time if we let her. She was SO CUTE when she tried to do the dance. I can't explain how cute this was...she just loved it.
Cate got this silly mask in all her goodies...
...and as you can see, we had a lot of fun with it. Scary.
A trip to Big Basin State Park introduced us to our first fantastically huge redwood trees. They are just so awesome. We love this park. It was such a great day. I packed an awesome picnic (if I do say so myself) and there is a very kid-friendly 'hike' through some amazing trees...including the tallest and the biggest trees in the park.
Yes, pearls are a must when you visit the forest.
This shot is taken while we were standing in this tree looking up. It is alive, by the way. So cool.
Here's Nate's birthday...the girls look so happy. I love these little family birthday parties.
This is Nate's super duper lame-o birthday cake. I was going to try to make a big 3-2...but when I started cutting the cake, it was just falling apart. So I turned it into hand-cut cupcakes, which is a lot of work for really lopsided weird looking cupcakes. I recommend using muffin tins.
Our good friends Lindsay & Aaron are from the Bay Area but live in San Diego (we did a little swaperoo). Whenever they come up to visit family, they make sure to see us, which is so fun! We went to a Giants game with them on one of the trips and visited the House of Nanking for dinner in Chinatown before the game. Our car is the Ford Taurus right there. Seriously, LOOK AT THAT PARKING SPOT!!! Right outside the door. A San Francisco miracle.
I took Cate and Anna to a cute little mini amusement park in San Jose called Happy Hollow (it's currently under rennovation...we got in the last week it was open). Cate had a BLAST. They have all these cute little (dinky) rides that she just couldn't get enough of. She was very sad when I told her it was going to be closed for a year. I'm so glad we went!
It looks like that horse is going fast! Love the blowing hair...
I just like this picture.
And this one too.
This is Cate's little friend Addie, who recently moved to Chicago. Cate loves her and was very sad when she moved away. She would say things like, "If Ab-wee (her name is Adlee (sp eryn?!?!), and cate pronounces it very interestingly) moves away, I won't have any friends." It was very sad, but of course she is making many new friends. But we still miss our Ads. Thankfully her Grandma lives in town, so we'll get her for some visits!
Bathtime! Until Anna could sit up on her own, Cate would hold Anna like this in the tub while I washed her. It was so helpful! I love having a little assistant. She's such a great big sister!
I took these pictures of Cate one day when I needed a shot for the food blog. I just love them. I love this one a lot...Cate has been crossing her feet like that since Day 1. She would always do it when she was in the stroller, even when she was a little baby. So cute.
Phew! I'm tired! How about you? Next posts...summer vacation! But right now I'm going to bed.
