World Series Champions!

Erik and I took Oliver and Lael to the Giants Tickertape Victory Parade in San Francisco. Yes, it was crazy. But it was a Wednesday, which was the kids' early day, so they only played hooky from school for 3 hours. The picture to the right was the view we had. There were tons (hundreds of thousands) of people there at Civic Center. We saw the cable cars go by with the names of the players on top. We put the kids on our shoulders so they could see the players inside the cable cars. We then braved the crowd milling about in front of City Hall and bought a pin and pennant and left to make our 2 pm dentist appointments. The BART system was overloaded and we had to go down a station and get lucky, but we made it to our dentist appointments in Sunnyvale only 20 minutes late. It was an experience at any rate! But we were glad we left Henry with a friend. We didn't know if they would ever get the chance again so we had to do it!

We have kittens!

We have now officially adopted two kittens! Our best pets so far (Mr. Bunny & Lulu) have all been rescue pets, so I'm hoping our trend holds. These kittens were born in a driveway in our neighborhood. Their mom turned up dead in the driveway a couple weeks later, so a friend took them in and found a home for Smudge, the black and white girl kitten. We kept the other girl and boy and at FHE last week, we decided on the names Tinkerbell and Pan. They are now 7 weeks old and very cute tabby cats. Thankfully they are very smart and figured out the litterbox immediately. They sleep with Lael and the kids are loving it right now. The kittens even get along with Lulu. I am hoping for two things out of these cats: That they catch mice (please!) and that they keep Lulu company. If they can do those things, then they will be worth the things I'm sure they will destroy. At any rate, I think 5 people, 1 dog and 2 cats in 925 square feet is quite a full house!