December Day in the City

We headed into SF a few weekends before Christmas to see the sights, sounds and splendor of Christmas in the city.  It didn't disappoint.

We stopped at our usual haunts and then had a fantastic lunch at the Cheesecake Factory overlooking Union Square.  Our outdoor terrace table was so perfect that we stayed forever, even ordering a decadent brownie sundae for dessert that we didn't have the room in our tummies for!  We loved this brownie sundae SO much that we named our annual nutcracker (that we wait in line way too long to pay for every year at Macy's Holiday Lane), Sir Sundae!

 Look at this view!!

 There is very clean glass between

Audrey and this bird but it wanted a bite

of her lunch!

Such a fun day we won't forget!

Warriors Game!

Natalie has participated in a very cool enrichment class twice this past year through Scientific Adventures for Girls, an organization developed and run by a good friend of ours.    The organization was recently given a grant by the Warrior Foundation and part of the package was tickets for a few girls to attend a Warriors Game.  Natalie was very excited!  Her father was very jealous!  He asked if our friend needed more chaperones.  Unfortunately, she did not.  Until she did at the last minute!  She made is MONTH when she called that afternoon and explained that she had a chaperone cancel at the last minute and asked if he still wanted to go!  They had a blast...a tour of the arena, a free t-shirt, a great view of the team warming up on the court, and great seats to a great game.  Super fun night both of them will remember for a long time!

 Natalie and her "bestie," Brooklyn

Trip to Cal Academy...

with LOTS of kids. A few months ago Corey decided to give our family pass to the California Academy of Sciences a real workout and take one grown up buddy and a collection of SIX kids there for the day.  They had a blast!  However, as soon as they got there they learned that it was FREE day.  Yes, apparently there is one day a year when there is no admission to the museum.  Of all the days...the day he chose to be responsible for six kiddos at a very big and very crowded museum was the same day everyone else in Northern California decided to go there, too.  Ha!

They all had fun but we've learned to check out the Cal Academy calendar of events before going!