June with Family

I have a bit of catching up to do, beginning with all of our wonderful family visits in June. Aunty Kristin and Uncle Matty were out here for a couple of shows that Matt's band was doing.  

Polly also came on the trip, and although the kids took awhile to get used to her, they really did love having her around for cuddles and games.

We took Polly to the school park (lovely private elementary school up the street from us - only $25,000 a year).

The kids shared Kristin's scarf on a windy day by the Berkeley Marina.

My parents also came to visit and overlapped a bit with K and Polly's visit.

We went on a walk/bike ride with Kristin and Polly at Cesar Chavez Park.

Ross helped Kristin make pancakes.

Kristin and I went into San Francisco for one of Matt's shows, and came across this little restaurant.

We celebrated Grammie's birthday a bit early and the kids helped her blow out her candles.

We took Grammie and Grandpa out for dinner at one of our favourite Mexican restaurants.

And a couple of more pictures, from early June before all our visitors arrived. We took the kids to the "crane park" in Oakland where they can ride bikes and watch the big freighters come in to dock.

Both kids took their first ever swimming lessons at this local pool - M quickly loved them and gained a lot of confidence in the water. Ross, on the other hand, cried every day for a good portion of the lesson and displayed his stubbornness by refusing to follow instructions. He did gain some confidence however, and did much better in his second set of lessons the following month.