We managed to fit quite a lot into our few days: a trip into the city, a jaunt down to the South Bay, a visit to Oakland's premier nursery-rhyme-based theme park, shopping and a bit more shopping, and cheering on Maya at her PSV Union 10-yr-old girls' football match (humbling to realise that 10-yr-olds play better than I ever have or ever will...)
We returned to Vancouver - raining, of course - full of sunny memories and thanks for all our lovely Californian friends, especially Nate, Lauren and Genevieve for putting us up/putting up with us for a week. It really is the people that make that place special to us. And the ice cream.
Pete and Edward, playing near each other.
Fairyland, where all your dreams come true! As long as they're not particularly ambitious dreams.
On the train.
Fascinated by a donkey.
And...um...a miniature church.
How to annoy people in the Ferry Building in SF? Park a pushchair right in the middle.
I'm sure I read something about caffeine and children...oh well, enjoy!
Ebola broke out in the states while we were there. Pete took precautions.
It's Agam! He used to be small.
Arbel used to be small too, but is now huge, bilingual, and trying to become Canadian.
No visit to Shauli and Anat is complete without a heated game of Catan. Who won? Me, of course.
Elise, still wondering whether to have baby #4.
It was time to stock up at Trader Joe's, and someone somewhere decided that making tiny trolleys for children was a good idea. Still, Pete picked out some nice wine.
A final shot of the ever-beautiful Evie.
How many bags will you be checking today?
