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at Aidan’s bday party
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So, here’s Chloe on the gym floor at Aidan’s 3rd birthday. We met Aidan and his mom at Junebug’s and we’re now taking Music Together classes…well, together! Despite having come directly from SF and being somewhat tired from the trip (Cameron didn’t nap on the way home, as we’d hoped), both girls were in pretty good spirits for the party.

sisters
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pink ball
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chloe
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it was definitely nice that Chloe was also allowed on the floor!

another chloe shot
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aidan and cameron
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It’s always so nice to see Cameron enjoying socializing!

still having fun
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🙂
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It was also really nice to have vegan pizza available for us to eat! Also, there were going to be cupcakes, but the bakery failed to deliver on their order! Luckily, we brought Cameron a slice of cake from home!

While we were here at the party, Dylan and Tom were at a new playground on a play date with Marlon (Dylan’s buddy from Kindergarten)! They apparently had a blast zipping around on their scooters for hours!

the girls in SF
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Tom had another CSU conference and this time it was in SF! Tom took the train up to the city early on Thursday morning and I drove up with the kids after Dylan’s school day ended. We were all pretty excited about it as these trips are always good fun for us, but boy did we get a crummy room. Moral of the hotel story: don’t stay at the Powell Hotel. The Powell cable car turntable is right outside the door, sure, but the rooms were tiny, the bedskirt was ripped, previous guests have complained about bedbugs, and it’s pet-friendly!

But, of course, we didn’t let a shabby, over-priced room get us totally down! While Tom was at his meeting on Friday morning, the kids and I took a short stroll over to Yerba Buena Gardens to ride the carousel and to explore the Children’s Creativity Museum. He met us there after his meeting ended and, from there, we ambled back to Union Square and took the cable car to the Cable Car Museum, a Dylan must-see!

early morning smiles!
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early morning reading session
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early morning skepticism
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watching the cable cars come in
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While we waited for the valet to get our car (so we could get our stroller out), we watched the cable cars at the turntable.

spinning it around…manually!
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still likes all things on rails
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doing art at Zeum
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lovely hearts
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karaoke!
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Singing into a live mic was like a dream-come-true for Dylan! He’s been wanting to plug in mics at home for eons!!

lunch
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After Tom joined us, we snacked on fruit outside the musuem. It was an absolutely gorgeous day!

tom and dylan
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carousel
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Before heading for the cable cars, the kids rode the carousel again.

no horse
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love it when she smiles
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leaving YB Gardens
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still enthusiastic
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This was our second time at the museum and it was still just as interesting as before

all smiles
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Dylan clearly had fun, but Cameron was extremely tired….She was cranky up until the point where she fell asleep on Tom’s shoulder!

awww!
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Chloe was happy! Give this girl some O’s and she’s good to go!

We couldn’t stay too long in SF since we had a bday party to attend (and a playdate) on Saturday, but we enjoyed the time we spent there. We had superb food at Loving Hut (across the street from the hotel); Source and Herbivore. We decided that , of all the CSU conferences so far, this was the worst accommodations, but the best food!

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Oh, my goodness. She’s almost 1! Also, she’s almost walking…and she’s discovered all sorts of likes and dislikes. She knows when she wants something and will let you know if that something is taken away before she’s ready to give it up!

So far, strong preference for fruits over veggies–and I doubt this will change, given the preferences of the older kids!

And, she LOVES interacting with folks. Roll a ball to her and she’ll laugh and pass it back to you! She’ll happily share her O’s, too. Time is passing quickly–and it’s tough to hit the pause button with the bigger kids growing, too, but we’re trying to enjoy every moment!!

Chloe, we love you!!

future gambler?
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We got home from Los Angeles at 3:30am and we were scheduled to start New Year’s celebrating with Heather and her family at 11am. That wasn’t going to happen! But, we did meet up around 2 so we could spend some time with her brother David before he headed home to Oregon.

Later in the evening, once Heather and her dad were back from bringing David to the airport, we started up with the New Year’s gambling games–a tradition in Heather’s family.

Cameron is in!
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spinning the wheel
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waiting for the wheel to stop
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dylan counts his chips
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dylan’s turn to spin
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another dylan shot
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don’t worry, we watched her
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gambling on
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the layout
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still awake!
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The kids didn’t make it to midnight and I nearly fell asleep as well! Cameron sacked out in Heather’s arms around 10pm, Chloe nursed to sleep shortly afterwards and the big kids went to bed around 11:15! And, just like that, we’re in a new year!