Busy Week!

I have taken the Salvateenies out for some sort of excursion every day this week - Monday we went shopping with Auntie Sam and Junior; Tuesday we did gymnastics in the morning and then playground and dinner with Jayanthi and the kids; Wednesday we went to Redwood City with Kate to see Colleen and Gavin; Thursday we took Daddy to the playground for an hour in the morning; and today it was Grandma and Grandpa's house.  I feel like a total wimp admitting this, but I am exhausted!  I mean, it's not really a big deal taking your kid out for a few hours a day, right?  Well, when you've got three of them, it's exhausting, let me tell you.

Here's the photoplay of the week.  Up first, playing at Pacifica's Frontierland Park Playground with Anjali and Ajay (thanks to Jayanthi for most of these pictures):

I put Caroline up top there, but she made sure she stayed

Joined by Anjali and a jealous Daniel

Max is number 1 (not picking his nose, definitely) - can you see Caroline in the background?

You'd think Climbing Caroline would be all about the rock wall, but,  not so much

Max, on the other hand...

Could he look more like a little old man?

Ajay started out in charge of Daniel on the way out

But pretty soon, Caroline claimed him

And Anjali took over the Caroline march

After the playground, we picked up Anjali and Ajay's dad and headed to Sonny's for dinner.  Sonny's is a nice spot with an amazingly cute "play area" for kids - no fancy climbing structure or ball pit - just half a room with assorted books, legos, and, to Daniel's glee, toy cars.  The kids had a blast!

Oh, and there were Lincoln Logs...

Wednesday, Kate brought a picnic lunch and we went down to Stafford Park in Redwood City to play (Uncle Kelly came with) and visit with Colleen and Gavin.

Caroline is on the outside of the bubble, banging for Max to notice her

which, finally, he did

The second before I snapped this picture, he was smiling at me...

Thursday morning, the cleaners came.  Generally, Joe takes the kids to his parents' while the cleaners are here, but this week, we were going on Friday, so we had to find something to do to keep them from being underfoot.  So, we decided it was time Daddy became familiar with Parkside Playground!

We got there around 9:45, before anyone else had come to play.  For a few minutes, it was just us and the Rec & Park guys who were fixing the broken see-saw.  Then a group of 10 or so 4th graders from a martial arts day camp showed up (their leader warned them to "look out for the other kids" and one of the campers called, "AND the BABIES!").  Because there were no other toddlers on the yard, the Salvateenies seemed to have little interest in the little kid equipment, sticking to the big kid structure and slides.  I made Joe follow Caroline down the twisty slide and they were almost creamed by a martial arts kid coming down behind them.  I wonder how long it'd been since Joe went down a slide...

See Max looking back to make sure it's really Daddy pushing him?  

Caroline was super confused, as this camper was being called "Nathaniel" by his friends, but didn't look anything like Uncle Kelly

I was so tired, I couldn't even take pictures of them at Grandma and Grandpa's today, but Joe snapped this one of Daniel and Caroline sitting patiently on the floor of Grandma's kitchen, waiting for her to give them cinnamon rolls for breakfast.

Now I think I'll try to sleep for two days, OK?