Watch us grow!
Janie was up at 5am today so she went downstairs with Mommy to run around a bit. Our first stop was the infinity pool. It’s so pretty at this time of day.
She also shared a spam musubi with Mommy by the pool.
Then it was time to explore. Here she is with the sand sculpture in the lobby.
It’s like she has the hotel to herself at this hour.
The koi pond was cool!
Aaah…this is nice.
This water fountain was fun to watch…
…and touch.
She could hardly wait to go back in the pool this morning!
This girl is starting to get a little bit of an arm swing when she runs.
Mommy ran this morning and ended up at the Ferry Building for breakfast. Janie got to run free while it wasn’t crowded yet.
The best part of being out early is that you get first dibs on the swings!!
Yippee!!!
When it was snack time, she ate a whole banana all by herself. Impressive.
She also had fresh green peas straight from the pod.
On our way home, the balloon man gave her a flower balloon. Wow!
What a pretty morning!
It was Opening Day for the Giants but the game was in Arizona.
So, they opened AT&T Park to the public and Janie got to run around the ballpark tonight.
Weeeeee!!!
Man! Not tall enough to ride the big Coke bottle slide!!
It was so fun to run around the empty ballpark tonight!
Janie went out for a walk with Ta this evening. She got to explore Mommy’s old elementary school parking lot. It’s funny that she’s running around in her pjs.
She’s so confident in her ability to go up and down the curbs that she tried it with her arms crossed. It makes Mommy nervous but she’s got it.
Here she is running around some more. At the end of the video, you can see Yai and Ta’s House (also known as the “Magical House”) in the background.
Around the corner, she spotted a neighborhood cat and went after him. Janie’s pretty fast but that cat was still faster.
It was warm enough to wear shorts and a tank top today!
Spring starts tomorrow!
This is what happens when she’s feeling extra energetic and silly in the evening. I wonder what time she’ll actually go to sleep tonight.
I was packing up for our Saturday outing to the Farmer’s Market and Janie refused to climb into the stroller. Instead, she ran over to the door and pointed to the tricycle. So, I had to rethink my packing strategy and off we went!
The Farmer’s Market was like a brand-new place for her today with this new 360-view of her surroundings.
After doing some shopping, we went across the street for a little playtime. Unfortunately, everyone had the same idea and it was swarming with children and their adults.
Luckily, we found some space of our own and Janie got to go down the slide a couple times. She also went down on her butt all on her own today!
The swings were popular so we had to find just the right time to get her a turn.
Of course, she LOVED it and she was good enough to get out after I gave her a warning and counted to 10. I feared that I’d have to carry away a kicking-and-screaming kid but I didn’t! I was so proud.
As a reward, we went out to the big grassy field.
She got to run around to her heart’s content.
Back on Embarcadero, we went to the Starbucks to meet up with Daddy. While we waited, Janie pushed the tricycle around. What a gorgeous day!
It was such a sunny day that Janie borrowed Daddy’s sunglasses for a bit.
At lunch, Janie ate up almost all of Mommy’s capers. She seems to love pickled things as much as Mommy.
We also found out that this kid loves to crunch on ice cubes. This warm weather was the perfect day for this activity. I guess she can hang out at the Magical House and crunch ice cubes with Yai now.
When we got home, Janie was clearly tired and overdue for a nap but she resisted.
Lucky for us, there’s a Blue Clue’s episode about nap time and it worked like a charm.
Apparently, Elephant has also turned into a new pacifier for her too.
Sweet dreams, Little Janie!
This is what the girls were doing while I was on my way home this afternoon.
After breakfast, we walked to Pier 39. Well, the grown-ups walked and Janie ran.
There’s a Janie-sized playground there and she had fun going up and down all by herself. She has her very own way of going down the slide lately.
All the Spring flowers are on display at Pier 39 and Janie liked sniffing the flowers.
This one was too tall for her so she pulled it down to get a good whiff.
The next stop was the other side of the pier where the sealions were hanging out.
We brought Yai here when she was about 3 months so they took another picture together.
This time around, she could actually see the sealions and giggled each time one would pop its head out of the water.
She also had a good time hanging out with Cousin Alice on the bench. She tried to give her a high 5 but giving her a hug was easier.
So cute!!
Here is Janie and Yai in front of Alcatraz.
She’s gotten so big since the first time they took this picture.