
For Juliette’s 9 year-old birthday party, Rebecca put together a cook-off competition for all the kids. The kids had lots of fun measuring, tasting, cutting, and baking. Even with the minor interruption of rain forcing us to move indoors. [slideshow, videos]
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For Juliette’s 9 year-old birthday, we took the girls to see The Merlin Magic Show at the Rib Trader in Orange. The girls had a good time watching and participating in the show. And Elise discovered that she really likes cornbread. [slideshow, videos]
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For our last day, we had a change of pace, with our friend Pauline bringing over her kids to swim in our hotel’s indoor pool. For breakfast,they brought some hot coffee and delicious homemade chocolate-chip banana muffins. The kids had a blast together in the pool, and the parents got some extended and mostly uninterrupted sharing time.
Afterwards, we headed over to the airport (SFO) to drop off our car rental and catch a quick flight back home. Fortunately, NorCal traffic isn’t anything like SoCal, so we were able to make everything smoothly, including a short tram ride to the terminal. [slideshow]
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We started off the day with breakfast in the Marina District. Then headed over to the Exploratorium for some geeky, science fun. Next, we walked around the Palace of Fine Arts, and then crossed the street to take some pictures of the bay and of course, the Golden Gate Bridge.
We took another food break in the Marina District, grabbing some Italian sandwiches and coffee. Then, we headed over to Lombard Street for some touristy hilly driving.
Afterwards, we headed back across the bay, and met up with Alex and Cynthia for some spicy hot pot at Shau Fei Yang (Little Fat Lamb). The boiling broth was the perfect finish to a chilly day. [slideshow]
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