Springing open

We spent our spring post-vaccination cautiously venturing out and about...

 

Mother's Day brunch in San Francisco

followed by our annual photo shoot in front of our blooming roses (and wearing the same clothes as two years prior which fit better now)

the last day of school,

and some fountain hopping on campus.

I finally finished my pandemic project - a paint-by-numbers that you may see in my new zoom background one day soon.

From winter doom to hope

 We started the winter with a statewide stay-at-home order, amidst rising caseloads.

Luckily, we were able to take advantage of local beauty

We visited the tidal basins at Natural Bridges State Beach

and saw suns set

and moons rise.

We rung in the (Times Square) new year with homemade noisemakers

 

and visited Golden Gate park

where we found some hope!

And when mom got her first vaccine dose, Kirin commemorated the occasion with a drawing.

Rahul mama came to visit and see the sights

And we visited Yosemite for the weekend

 

All I want for Christmas is..

 a Covid vaccine!

Until then, we had to settle with a no-travel stay at home Christmas.

 

 

    

Kirin's mask matched the sky on our afternoon walk!

And we celebrated with a fondue dinner

Can't go wrong with cheese and chocolate!

Fall in the time of Covid-19

Kirin started kindergarten during the strangest school year in recent history.  We were lucky to get lotteried into a spot at our after-school program, which was transformed to a distance learning hub.

We took advantage of limited entry zoo visits when it was possible

And even went on our first camping trip with our neighbor/pod-mates

Scenic train ride in Felton

Halloween fun with the Cathcart crew

Thanksgiving involved a food exchange with some friends

And we discovered that we had a great spot for a fall photo shoot right on our block

Kirin completed another rite of passage:  riding a two-wheeled bike!

And the kids found our black friday purchase pretty amusing