Here's the boy with his paci and bottle - these will be removed soon, so enjoy the baby accessories while you can!
This is more like it! Reading like a big boy.
Our friends, James, Joanne, Mona, and Sonia, came up from LA this past weekend for a visit. James' band, The Deadbeat Sinatras, were playing on Friday night at Thee Parkside club in San Francisco. Luckily, we were able to line up a baby-sitter and Tyson and I were able to go (they were really good!). I don't have any pics from the show, yet, but here are some from our big shopping trip in Berkeley on Saturday.
On Saturday night Mona, Sonia, and I went into SF to meet up with my friend, Serra, and her husband, Mike, who were in town from Kansas City. They had a little get-together at Cafe Royale (a bar right down the street from our old apartment on Leavenworth St.). Below is a self-portrait of Meybel, Serra, and Me.
On Monday, tyson and I headed out to the Lindsay Wildlife Museum in Walnut Creek. They were haveing a toddler program and it was really fun. The theme of the program was birds and while he was there, tyson made binoculars, some eggs, and a nest to take home!
tyson was having a nice time hanging out with the bunny they had there until he looked up and saw a giant bear in attack-mode hovering over him and cottontail! It did seem an odd placement of this vicious looking bear... I wonder what the bunny did to make the staff place him in such a frightening position??? Poor bunny.
There were lots of birds at the museum. Most of them were injured birds who were brought to the museum's animal hospital and were unable to go back into the wild after they were fixed up. Below is a turkey vulture who tried to take off! The birds are teathered so they can't fly around so it couldn't go anywhere, but it sure made quite a racket flapping around.
I didn't get pictures, but there were also owls, hawks, a duck, and even a bald eagle that was gorgeous!
When we got home, tyson studied more wildlife from the kitchen table...
Tyson and tyson made a fun ramp for cars and balls with some scrap wood. It's now the featured piece of furniture in our living room!
And, something a bit out of the ordinary... today I went out with some letterboxing friends, Lisa and Mark, and a co-worker of Lisa's, Sheri, who'd never boxed before today, to be filmed by a local TV show called Bay Area Backroads.
They are doing a piece on letterboxing for the show and wanted to film us finding some boxes. We were supposed to behave as though it was just another day out and ignore the camera. Of course this was impossible considering the Backroads guys had a camera or microphone within a couple inches of us most of the time. Being someone who is more comfortable behind a camera than in front of one, I admit to feeling a tad self-conscious, but overall it was a beautiful day, a pretty interesting experience, and a fun time! We'll just have to see how it comes out. I don't know when it airs, but I'll be sure to post about it!
The tree where I hid my letterbox (titled "Once Bitten") to be found for the show.
Lisa having a microphone attached to her.
Mark, Lisa, and Sheri casually stamping into the letterbox as the Backroads guys (Michael and Dean) film.
Like I said, lots of fun stuff going on around here!
