short post, bday photos coming next (and hopefully soon!)

He loves his glasses and wearing necklaces. He has since lost the lenses, but still wears the glasses.




Went through a phase of putting buckets on his head like hats ...





... like i was saying.





when my parents were visiting back in February, we spent a rainy afternoon at the Bay Discovery Museum, just across the Golden Gate bridge in Sausalito. Lots of cool activities for little ones, from arts and crafts ...




... to sitting on drums ...





... to banging on pots and pans ...



... to chilling on a lily-pad waterbed!

photos photos photos: Dec '08-Feb '09

sleeeeeepy



alligator at Cal Academy of Sciences



first bubble bath at home








soap sideburns








pier 39 - sea lions on the docks in the backgroundwe were playing tourist ...



cable car turnaround


















Carousel at Yerba Buena Arts Center








big slide! at playground near the carousel



putting blocks away













can't tell from the photo, but Zach is reading "HortonHeard a Who" ... to Horton!!!



Zach on his "mo-cycle" (UPDATE: I was thinking about it
this morning, and he says it more like "mo-whycle", or
sometimes, "mo-wah-whycle". beyond cute.)



















taking a break from the bike to play on the see-saw



pure joy!