11/18 - Tinker is a lookie loo

Tinker found a goblin.  We saw this cute little guy in the train station this morning.  He has a strange sense of humor.

We saw a bunch of fire trucks and firefighters and thought for a minute that my work was on fire, but it was a few buildings down.  Rumor is that there was a small fire in the basement, but we got to see a firefighter go up the big ladder!

 Tinker wanted to be one of the fire tools, of course.

11/04 - Tinkertoy Birds, rain, and Scrabble

Lil' Gal wanted to make a bird out of Tinkertoys (right), and then Lil' Guy had to have one as well (left).

We got them home from school without being rained upon.

Once the twins were in bed, Grandmother and I started up our Scrabble obsession.  (I won: 356 - 205!)

10/14 - Popo and the succulent that didn't suck

Popo says "Oh no!" It looks like Mommy is fighting Mae’s cold.  Let’s hope the cold doesn’t win.

At lunch, Popo pretended to be a beautiful flower in this flower pot.  It kinda works, doesn’t it?  (It was HOT today!)  Let's hope we see more nice weather this weekend.

10/13 - Gio thinks Popo might be a lollipop. And fun with BART.

Popo tried to blend in at my desk.  He found this jar of pens and markers on my desk and tried to camouflage himself. Do you think it’s working?

We had lunch with Gio today.  Do you remember when he brought a motorcycle to our old house for you to sit on?

Popo liked watching the workers paint new street stripes. He wanted the workers to paint some on him, but I told him the paint was too hot.

I called out of derby practice today because I suspect I'm getting Lil Gal's cold.  (I had a moment where I considered trying to skate so fast it couldn't catch me, but I reconsidered.)  Clearly, the responsible thing to do was to go home and take it easy.  Here's where my partnership with BART shows its true colors.

I was able to get a seat without having to ride a few stops back -- clearly suspect.  As I settled in and started to nod off, I noted that the train was moving slowly, but I wasn't trying to get to work or derby practice on time.  All I had to do was make bedtime -- a full 2 hours away.  (Insert evil laugh here.)  So the train limped through the under-bay tunnel, and immediately went out of service in Oakland -- everybody off.  (Bonus points for an additional medical emergency and my phone crashing unexpectedly - not pictured.)

I was able to catch the 4th train out, heading in my direction but not to my destination.

Transferred after taking some pix of the sunset.

And made it home just in time for bedtime -- 2 hours later.  Thanks, BART.
Bay Area = yes.  Transit = yes.  Rapid = Compared to what?

8/24 - Tigger/Stickie bears witness to the Great Greek Salad

Stickie (today also called Tigger) spied a cable car.  He really liked seeing it and the electric poles on the bus (moving too fast for me to take a picture of it).  Good luck at the doctor today!!

I do love me a big salad… How did it go at the doctor’s?

6/23 - Stickie and Stickoo say "Oh, phoo!"

They are adding some floors to a building near my work. The Tinkertoy twins, Stickie ("Hi! I can talk!") and Stickoo, want to grow up to do something big and important too.

I took a really cute photo of S&S with some new friends, but I guess I will have to show it to you later. My phone is not cooperating.  Again.  :(

Here it is!

3/14 - Tinkertoy construction project

Today, instead of bringing a toy to work, I brought work to the toys...  Mama is sick and I am reporting live, from the middle of mayhem.  The twins alternated between being barking dogs, or running around with vehicles and building shelters for them (pictured).

Home call answering now outsourced to the north pole:  "Jingle Bears here.  How may we help you?  This call may be monitored for ho ho ho."

Later, the Jingle Bears were playing walkie talkie with the phone and headset.

Finally, we started Lil Gal's customer service training.  It's never early to learn how to put others' needs first.