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Sterling Vineyard

September 28, 2015 No Comments

We visited Sterling Vineyard while we were in Napa Valley. The best part was the gondola ride up to the winery.

Janie sat with Ta and Yai while Peanut sat with Mama and Dada.

Once at the top, everyone got out and started the self-guided tour. The view was very nice up there.

On the terrace, the grown-ups got a tasting of pinot noir and the girls got cups of ice cold water.

They sat on the terrace together, drinking their water and reading a book.

Inside, the Janie saw large oak barrels and tried very hard not to run up and down the ramps.

We got a family photo together before heading to dinner.

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Day Trip!

September 28, 2015 No Comments

For Mama and Uncle Johnny’s birthdays, we drove up to Napa for the day. What a fun little day trip for the whole family!

On our way to lunch, we stopped at the outlet and Janie helped push the stroller.

For lunch, we had burgers at Gott’s. Janie played with Alice and Peanut had just enough energy to eat and then immediately fell back asleep.

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House of Prime Rib

September 27, 2015 No Comments

For dinner, we went to House of Prime Rib. We had a bit of a wait but the girls did ok sitting on the barstools waiting together.

Alice shared her videos with Janie and they were mesmerized.

We also took some time to take a few snapshots together.

Dinner was yummy and Janie had some of Mama’s prime rib and mashed potato.

Peanut also joined us at the table since he didn’t want to sleep.

Meanwhile, Janie had some of Mama’s birthday dessert.

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Dinner at Hog Island

September 26, 2015 No Comments

For dinner, we took the train to the Ferry Plaza.

Peanut was wide awake for the ride and walk over there.

While we waited for our table, Janie read books to Alice.

She was VERY excited to see the oyster platter sitting right in front of her. Look at the excitement in her face. She already ate one before Mama could even put her bib on!

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iPhone Adventure

September 25, 2015 No Comments

Peanut was such a good boy today while we were out picking up Mama and Dada’s new phones. He slept through the hour-long queue and didn’t wake up until it was time for lunch.

Here’s Dada’s phone.

He was posing with it while waiting for Dada’s return from China that night.

After our shopping adventure, we had lunch at the mall and sat with Mama in her lap after he ate.

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Golden Gate Bridge

September 24, 2015 No Comments

It’s Yai’s last week with us so we took her across Golden Gate Bridge to get Peanut’s photo taken.

Here’s Janie when she was only 6 weeks old on Yai’s last week with her.

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Janie’s school has a big tree in the lobby that has leaves made by each of the student’s families. We finally got around to printing some photos for our leaf. Janie helped place the labels and stickers all around the pictures that Mama cut and taped to the leaf. We’ll turn it in tomorrow and have it added to the tree.

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So awake!

September 17, 2015 No Comments

This evening, Peanut was wide awake. It was great time to just hang out with the family.

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First Baseball Game

September 16, 2015 No Comments

As you all know, we live right next to the baseball stadium. Janie has always liked watching baseball on tv and has been asking to “go inside” for a while now. So, Mama found a really good deal ($8 tickets!!) and we went tonight. Unfortunately, it was sprinkling this evening but that didn’t stop us! Janie was so excited!! It was her first baseball game and Peanut’s too! Too bad he was all covered up in the carrier and slept through almost all of it.

When we entered the gate, we all received the game’s give-away item of the day. It was a Giants belt buckle. Haha. We didn’t care for it but Janie wanted to hold onto hers.

There was a trolley at the top of the stairs and she couldn’t wait to climb on.

Our seats were on the bleachers and we arrived just before the game started.

Janie watched warm-ups from the lower bleachers and couldn’t take her eyes off the field to take a picture.

We stood for the National Anthem and Janie held both hands over her heart and listened quietly to the children singing.

We went over to the Coke bottle slide to see if Janie was tall enough to ride and she is officially a big kid now at around 37 inches. Woohoo! Too bad the slide was closed because it was too wet. However, it didn’t matter because Janie just wanted to go back to our seats to watch the game.

She also asked for popcorn. That was all she wanted to eat and was so happy to have a small bag to hold in her grubby little hands.

This is one happy little girl. She actually liked watching the game and clapped and cheered with the crowd. Luckily it had stopped sprinkling long enough for us to enjoy part of the game.

Peanut woke up for a bit and got to experience some of the sights and sounds.

Dada also got lots of props in the mens’ restroom as he changed Peanut’s diaper. All the guys walking by were so pumped for him and said, “Wow, how old is he?” and “It’s the little guy’s first baseball game!”