9/02 - Orange Jack appreciates art and a good egg salad sandwich

Lil' Guy tells me that today, OJ is a doggie.  He met a nice (albeit kinda creepy) M&M at Walgreens. I think the M&M was grouchy because someone put a sign on his mouth.  Maybe he was too chatty with the shoppers?

OJ and I saw this bus station poster (“Fog”) and liked it.  We also like how you can see the city street (and not me) in its reflection.

I had to indulge my Sentinel craving at lunchtime, and got the wonderful egg salad sandwich (with garlicky pickle).  NOM!

After work, I was off to a 2-day roller derby boot camp with Bonnie D. Stoir.  The kids gave me 2 froggies to take with me.  Here, we have our supplies... Now -- just need some sleep...

9/01 - Orange Jack and his little pickle

We saw this shiny green motorcycle on the way in to work, and -- before I could stop him -- Orange Jack jumped up onto the seat and tried to go for a ride! It’s a good thing we didn’t have the keys – OJ wouldn’t have been able to reach the handlebars!

We tried out the veggie sammich at the place downstairs.  It came with a small bland pickle and made us (me!) miss the excellent sandwiches and garlicky pickles at The Sentinel. Which reminded us/me that we’re not so far away from that place now…  Yum.

 (For those who were wondering about OJ’s gnarled state, please note that small plastic toys do not like the washer and dryer.)

8/31 - Nigel has breakfast all locked up

*Somebody* took a bite of the muffin…  Nigel is not pleased. (It was me! I was hungry!)

Nigel was hoping to get a bird bath from the fire standpipe, but it was locked up and his key didn’t fit that lock.  He was NOT happy.  Sorry, Nigel!

8/30 - Dad Alien thinks he found his spaceship

He was ready to go home to his planet, but the spaceship was really a fire hydrant… So he’s still here with me at work.  Zorp.

We had lunch with new work friend Kari today. She has a cute little doggie at her house named Fido!

Kindy update:  The twins are still loving school!  Yay!!

8/29 - First Day of Kindergarten (and a few Very Important Birthdays)

Pink Frog wanted to go to school too.  She liked the train ride in and thinks my desk is nice, but she wants to be a kindergarten kid like you guys. Hope you’re having fun today and learning new things!

Hey, those are not flies! (Pink Frog thinks the poppy seeds on my coleslaw are flies.)  Silly.  I would not pick flies at the salad bar!

A Very Happy Birthday to Grampy and to Linda!  We love you!

8/28 - More family festivities

Pogo sings a little coffee song:  "C is for coffee. That's good enough for me."  (Especially when the kids' table was up chatting and whatnot until 2am...)

Here is Pogo's new friend Smudge. Apparently, it's nap time...

Pogo picked a pack of peppers.  Vaughn's making us a BBQ!

Ogee loves company...

And then, dear Reader, I flew home.  I took my sunburned shoulders back to the fog.  Stay tuned for the twins' first day at kindergarten.

8/27- Operation Grampy's Birthday Surprise

So we thought for a minute that it was Grampy's 80th birthday and started making plans to have us kids fly out for a surprise party.  When we found out that he's merely 77, it did not deter us at all.  We figured this way, he'd be REALLY surprised.  :)

Lil' Guy was the only one (barely) up as I was leaving for the airport.  He handed me an alien blaster from our space station, which he informed me was a pogo stick.  (I love how we shelter them.)

Hi guys!  Pogo and I are at the airport.  We miss you already!

Pogo found a pirate ship... Do you remember we saw this when we went sailing with Captain Dave?

Grampy and Pogo say hi.  He was so surprised to see me and uncle Tod here!

Uncle Tod is silly (and way sunburned).  He says hi...

Pogo met a large snake after hours.  It was sleeping.... thankfully

8/26 - Barrel wants a package

Today, we saw a “train” of package trucks.  Someone must have done a lot of online shopping!

Barrel says "Fill me up!" But this standing pipe for firefighters is bigger than Barrel.  It would wash him away faster than it would fill him up!

8/25 - I would not leave Woodstock's Heart in San Francisco

Woodstock's Heart says "I love you this big."  My love for you guys is way too big to measure with a ruler!

We saw a whole line of cable cars taking a break.  Woodstock’s Heart thought they looked like a train.  Clang clang choo choo!

We saw Linda and some lovely ladies from my old job at lunch. It’s Linda’s birthday on Monday – the same day you guys start kindergarten!  What a big day that will be!

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?