God bless Rustic Coffee in Bellingham for letting us turn half their cafe into a creche while us grown-ups enjoyed our lattes. And a double blessing upon Keenan's restaurant who didn't make us clean up under our table after lunch. Toddlers make even more mess than nephews and nieces, who knew?
In between we slipped easily back into the old Californian ways of our (relative) youth, and children were passed around just like in the kibbutz of Uni Village all those years ago. Exact parentage was discussed, but it was fairly obvious: the prickly reserved Brit, the breezily outgoing Israeli, and the huggy oversharing Americans. As for the parents, no comment.
Now banned from all major coffee shops in north Washington state,
The gorgeous Charlie...
...and beautiful twin sister Isabella.
Daddy, why isn't he just shaking hands, like normal people?
Cheers! Charlie studies, knowing something significant is happening here.
Just like those lunches down in Berkeley, but with more progeny and less booze (for some of us).
Guy had to be wrenched from the playground.
The rather glorious weather south of the border.
Brits abroad.
Someone else enjoying the sun.
Born in the USA.
How to keep your daughter happy: feed her ice cream.
How to keep your nephews and nieces happy: bring them back the biggest donut in the world!
It didn't last long.
