Happy Halloween!

Three buzzing bees and two soccer players. Doesn't get much cuter than that!

Until the 4th bee arrives that is! Anna, Eleanor and Beatrice wore their matching bee costumes ("bee fairies"). Zhiva got the last costume at the kids store - guess what?

All in all, it was a good evening. Even if I couldn't walk very far.

Beatrice made out in the candy haul. She even shared some with John.

Halloween Party

We went to Daddy's office ("The brown one? The tall building? That Daddy's office? You sure Mommy??" from the backseat) for a lunchtime Halloween party. Once again Beatrice had a blast. And once again she decided to wear her skunk costume. Well, she did change out of it halfway through the party.

Daddy's office is so fun because you get to park, ride an elevator and escalator to the big elevators, then go all the way up to the 50th floor, and then people give you tons of CANDY!

And did I mention the TVs everywhere? And phones? Not to mention the view, wow. Beatrice had lunch on the desk. Then she decided to work the phones. Trading or telesales, we're not sure.

So the only bad part of the day - the Bay Bridge has been closed for a few days. And since I can't handle the more-than-two-blocks-walk to BART, we drove the long way round across the Richmond/San Rafael and Golden Gate bridges. The ride in was ok - about an hour. The ride home nearly did me in - an hour and 45 minutes. Luckily Beatrice napped and I managed not to pee that entire time. Shocking, considering at 8.5 months pregnant I pretty much go hourly.

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Want to see what candy for lunch looks like in an almost 3 year old? This:

Where the Wild Thing Is

There are some very good reasons to live in/near a big city. I think this is one of them. Jessica took Beatrice into SF (on BART! Hooray! BART train, who-hoo!! - getting there was half the fun) to see the Maurice Sendak exhibit at the Contemporary Jewish Museum. The two of them go to the library and read lots of different children's books together, so this was a perfect fit for them. They prepped with lots of reading of "Where the Wild Things Are" and "In the Night Kitchen".

When they finally got home, Beatrice was all, "MOMMY, MOMMY, MOMMY!! We saw...we saw...we saw..we saw some...oooh...Mommy, we saw..."

Me: "What did you see Beatrice? What?"

B: "We saw ferries!"

Jessica: "Um, yes we saw some of the ferry boats on the Bay, but what else did we see?"

B: "We saw BART!"

Poor Jessica, Beatrice loved the show too, she just couldn't get it all out, she was too excited.

33 Weeks

From this weekend...me at 33 weeks with a beautiful view of the Bay behind me. Makes me look smaller, right??

Andreja is 16 weeks pregnant - here she is showing her "tummy". I'm really, really trying not to hate her.

Pumpkin Carving Party

We hosted one last big party before baby #2 arrives. It turned out a bit bigger than we planned! The kids certainly had a blast, though getting more than two to look in the same direction and sit still for a photo is beyond my abilities.

Love Pam's pumpkin!




Beatrice also wore her new party dress. Until she had a scene change mid-party... (I can't blame her, I did the same thing at my wedding!)


And a pre-Halloween warm-up: Eleanor, Beatrice and Anna in matching "Bee-fairy" costumes!

Steam Trains

Another trip to the steam trains...Zhiva enjoyed it. And it was actually a bit warm for once. And perfectly, beautifully clear.