San Francisco

We went out to San Francisco for a quick weekend visit with my sister, Stacy and her family. They had so much fun stuff planned for us and the girls loved every minute of it. My niece, Maeva is now almost 18 months old and Stacy is expecting her 2nd little girl in the fall.

Hello, Maeva!

We arrived Friday night and the girls were so happy to see their cousin.

Annabelle calls her "Meana".

Saturday morning we went to Gilroy Gardens which is an amusement park for children under the age of 5. The girls had a blast! Even Gwyneth could go on most the rides. I was worried Annabelle was going to be a bit of a chicken but she had a blast.

The big girls shared a double stroller but mostly wanted to run around the park.

Gwyneth and Maeva on the carousel
Stacy & Maeva

Annabelle loved the flying fish!

Annabelle and Maeva on the twirling tubs. They got spinning pretty fast and when it was over they asked for "more, more, more!".

Annabelle took Gwyneth for a spin on the firetrucks All 3 little girls got to drive cars.

Maeve in the 1st blue car, Annabelle in the green car, and Gwyneth in the yellow car.

I took Gwyneth by the waterfalls

Stacy took Maeva and Annabelle right through!

After naps we piled the girls into the stroller and headed down to the park. Gwyneth rode in her own stroller but she joined the big girls for this photo op. Annabelle and Gwyneth were given each other kisses and Maeva seems to be wondering what the heck is going on.

Annabelle took many turns down the slide.

Gwyneth mostly played in the sand.

Maeva taking a turn on the swings.

We headed back to the house for some more play time and a very delicious spaghetti dinner.
Gwyneth played with the leap frog table while the big girls ate their dinners.

After dinner, Auntie Stacy surprised the girls with cookies.

They enjoyed licking the frosting off the tops.

Sunday morning we got up early and headed to the California Academy of Sciences.

The girls really enjoyed watching the fish!

We headed home Sunday afternoon and the girls were perfect angels on the flight. We had a great trip and miss Maeva so much already! Unfortunately, Annabelle's beloved Shmooze bear didn't quite make the flight. We're hoping we left him behind in Stacy's car, but we have already received many requests for him from Annabelle. We hope he's enjoying his extended visit with Maeva and will return home shortly.