It's been how long since we posted? We missed July? Are you kidding me? I know we were doing stuff, now what was it. Hmmm, end of June, oh ya, Teddy birthday, and we were in California. Then skidaddled back home so Teddy could go to his friend Jules' bar mitzvah--good thing Teddy showed up because he was one of the torah readers. Okay, back to the timeline--4th of July papa smoked a bunch of stuff. I sense a meat theme. 4th of July smoking went so well that he did it again at then end of the month, but more this time to throw some in the freezer to dole out to the inmates every now and again. Funniest thing is the pulled pork labeled PP in the downstairs freezer. Either way, it's probably safe from intruders, but if they taste it, it won't be safe for long.
We've taken a couple hikes lately, both urban and mountainous. The urban one was just to Butch's Gun shop, er, Green Lake Games (next to butch's guns) and the mountainous one was to the east peak of Rattlesnake mountain. There isn't any rattlesnakes on the mountain, but we did see one crossing the trail. We tried to climb Mt. Si a couple days later, but somebody started a fire on the mountain and the trail got closed, so back to Rattlesnake mountain. That's it for that one for at least a year. Seen it, done that.
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Hmmm, In N Out nutrition facts--there is no nutrition here.
Mmmmm, quadruple burger and fries.
Protein power. We don't think wrapping the burger in lettuce is to our tastes.
Just give me the fries, and I'm good.
Or maybe a cookie and a baguette?
Ghirardelli for free chocolate, and maybe I'll throw this treasure in the fountain.
Gluten free cocoa krispie treat birthday cake. Hooray.
We did go back to Lawrence Hall of Science and went straight to building.
Yes, it's as tall as it looks--7.5 feet by my estimation. The best was when Teddy knocked it over by kicking it down. We've got video but you'll have to come here and ask us to show it to you.
Did somebody say something about cookies? Chocolate chip cookies? What is wrong with this picture? Teddy is eating a cookie? It's okay--don't get your panties in a bunch. There's a fancy pants gluten free bakery in the Ferry Builiding called Mariposa and Teddy was not harmed by this cookie. Swear to god.
Er, scouts honor?
Another day we got to go to the new Exploratorium. It was pretty great. We spent the first half of the day building a wall based marble drop contraption, and then discovered other nice things.
Like free pinball!
Oh no, uncle Michael also found out about the free pinball. C'mon, give us smaller people a chance.
Thankfully some of the old exhibits made it to the new building. Mmm, toilet water.
Hey Willie, I have a surprise for you.
Baguette, and it's gluten free, so it's MINE ALL MINE. HA HA HA HA.
MINE, chew, MINE swallow, MINE, crunch, MINE.
MMMM, ribs.
Mmmm, meat on a stick.
Mmmmmmm
Pat the bunny.
Just see how creative adults get when they want to? Who knew you could make a basket out of watermelon and melon baller?
We got home from California, and Mommy said they needed torah readers in 2 and a half weeks so I checked to see if I could deal with the portion, and within a few minutes, I was up and running. It's a nice skill.
Speaking of skill, I'm improving my collection of pork product related clothing thanks to our friend Ellie.
Halfway up Rattlesnake mountain.
This point is called Rattlesnake ledges.
I don't see any snakes, I want my money back.
The top at last--now can we go home?
Ya ya, the view, we get it.
We developed a potato chip back holding system. Then somebody spoiled our fun by saying that's what we would look like in a couple years when we're carrying our babies up the mountain. Way a be a buzzkill.
And then we had pizza, so I guess like ain't all bad.
PRAISE THE MANUFACTURER--it's gluten free Joe-Joe's (or oreos by another name). Thank you Trader Joe's.
