Some leftover birthday party pix

Carina, Clementine and Mia waiting in the piñata line.

The whole line. From left: Posie, Xoxhitl, Max, Buster, Daisy, Taye, Carina, Clementine

Whoa, Taylor's dad. Meta.
8/7/10

Birthday party

What do you know, another princess dress.

Making crowns with Clementine.

And Taylor.

And Bella.

The finished product.

Fireman Taye.

Pink Posie.

Carina takes a whack at the Dora piñata ...

... which quickly gets a little disturbing.

Hi Mia.
8/7/10

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

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

San Jose Giants vs. Modesto Nuts

This is Buster.

This is Posie.

And this is Buster Posey.

Run! Maggie leads Daisy around the bases.
6/13/09