Who could she be emulating?

We'd been talking about whether Daisy remembered when she actually met Mia, her good friend from preschool. She couldn't quite remember the actual moment, which happened when they were both 3.

A little while later, we were all leaving the house, when Daisy said, "Wait, I have to check something on my computer." She ran over, tapped a few keys ...

... and said "Mia and I met in 1947."

7/25/10

A relationship, distilled

Buster: You are the craziest person I've ever met*.
Daisy: You are the nicest big brother I've ever met.
Buster: You don't know any other big brothers, that's why*.

* Not said in a nice way.

9/16/10

Baseball signs

I'm going to the Giants-Dodgers game Wednesday night, so Buster made me a sign to bring.

On Friday I'm taking both kids to the game against the Brewers. So Buster made himself a sign too.

We may be approaching the face-painting years.
9/14/10

Shopping for school clothes

Daisy really likes


jumpers.
7/24/10

Walking around in Berkeley

7/24/10

Is this too matchy matchy?

Nah!
7/22/10

Theology minute

Hey, Dad. If I were religious, I would pray for the Giants to win two in a row starting today, and for the Padres to lose two in a row starting today.
That would be --
Awesome
That would be what you'd pray for?
Yeah.
Not world peace? [Funny look from Buster] Or an end to hunger worldwide?
Mmm. That too.

Minor league trip

It's the annual minor league trip, which means swimming at a motel, then a minor league game. This year, it's Stockton.

Buster doles out the rules of the card game Speed to Dad. He explains a little at a time, and then whenever Dad gets an advantage, suddenly remembers another rule.

Sunshine. A strange and exotic thing for a couple of San Francisco kids to see in July.

Dinner for 21 at the Old Spaghetti Factory. The 21 include Buster, Max, Posie and Daisy.

On to the ballpark.

It's the Stockton Ports vs. The Rancho Cucamonga Quakes. The Ports are the Oakland A's Single-A team. Here's shortstop Grant Green, the top prospect on the club, about to have a rough night in the field. The Ports are wearing special Cal-themed uniforms rather than their usual red and blue duds.

Some of the crew: Jill, Mike, Marty.

Jennifer, Kati, Taye.

Lynn, and a little bit of Tony at right.

Jorge, just before he was drawn up into the mothership. With Buster, Oliver and, of course, the kid in the orange shirt.

Funnel cake.

Day 2. After breakfast, a stop at a local park before the drive home for some whiffle ball.

Crack! It's a worm-burner!

Each kid got one souvenir. Buster chose a baseball. Daisy went for a Stockton Ports helmet. It comes with a set of stick-on numbers so you can put your favorite player's number on the back, just like the real helmets. First, Daisy put Buster Posey's number 28 on, but on the ride home she decided to add some other numbers. Here's the work in progress at a bathroom stop somewhere on Interstate 580.

The finished product. Daisy: "It's a math helmet."

7/17-18/10

La Santaneca

We like the horchata at La Santaneca. It's got cacao beans in it, the guy said. It's like chocolate horchata.
7/16/10

Nails

Mom's were painted by a pro.

Dad's were painted by Daisy.
7/5/10

Fourth of July party

Places, everyone.

Quinn.

Tony and Jesus.

Lots of people. Your legs were closed, Page.

Zavian's T-shirt. Your cool too, Zave.

Two of these guys used to be in the Smokejumpers. You have to guess which two.

Smokejumper better halves. Way better. These pictures were taken pretty early in the day, and then I guess I put the camera away and had fun. And it was fun. A lot of fun. How much fun? Let's ask Daisy.

7/3/10

Giant pile of cute

6/28/10

KOA "camping"

In the cabin, or actually the "kabin."

Living off the land, fully immersed in the wild.

Just like the pioneers!

Daisy and Posie play hoops in the gloaming. It's not as dark as it looks in the photo.

Postgame pose.

Ren.

Banana bikes. It takes a few minutes to get used to riding them. Buster gets started.

Now he's getting it, and he's having more fun than it looks like here.

Posie. Here she is getting the hang of it:


Four-wheel version for Daisy.

Jennifer, Taye and Ren go for the SUV model.

Daisy Andretti!

It looks dire at the end of this, but child-welfare authorities please note: She did not crash into that building, or anything else.


Cecil B. DeKing gets the shot.
6/26/10