us in the Presidio. Over this year, Ko and little Siri have become good friends. Hearing Siri say, "Ko Ko", just melts our hearts. Last weekend, Siri celebrated her second birthday and the party had a "fairy" theme. Rai and Ko were more than happy to oblige. They were the fairy-est of them all except, of course, the birthday girl herself who looked beautiful!
piping, plastic hoses, and paper. Then, a week later, Rai received a real, store-bought stomp rocket as a gift for his birthday. As my students will be "launching" their rockets on Monday, it was important that I take today off of work in order to do some practice and research with the boys. We took the new stomp rocket down to Baker Beach for some stompin' and launchin'. Great fun!
graders. It seems that every year, the event gets lower and lower attendance. Tonight, we hung around the math office at school, waiting and waiting for parents and families that never seemed to arrive. It's a good thing that Rai and Ko were around to keep all the math teachers entertained. And, when the math teachers weren't enough to entertain them, they ran off with the math "toys" and danced to the music made by the wonderful Galileo Drum Corps. This is the most fun we had at a Galileo Open House in years!
isn't enough. The school needs to aggressively fund raise every year. Recently, we attended their annual Auction Gala. We went for the experience and to show our support. Bidding began at a minimum of $500 on all items and most sold for a thousand dollars beyond that. Our $20 bids weren't taken too seriously.
is too cold, or the waves are too high, or you have to be somewhere else. But sometimes it's perfect -- school's out, surf's up, the sun is high, the air is warm...then everyone heads for the beach."
traffic headed both ways. People were heading for the Golden Gate Bridge and coming from the Golden Gate Bridge. On days like this, we're kind of stuck because we can't get our car out of the Presidio. No worries -- Baker Beach is just a 3 minute walk down the hill. 
don't think we've ever seen the beach as crowded as it was this afternoon. There's always room, though, so we finally settled down in the "family zone" by Lobos Creek. It's great to have the creek running across the beach because Rai still likes to keep a 50-100 foot buffer between him and the waves so at least he gets to wade in the creek. It looks like we'll have another day like this one for his birthday party tomorrow morning!
