the love affair continues

most days, we pick an activity and a food to try from my master bucket list. we're going strong so far, and i'm still stoked on the bay this week.

at the last minute, i went to the musical once with my sweet friend. the music! the talent! i've been listening to the songs nonstop since.

free day at the zoo was more like "dodge the field trippers" day, but i loved the scenery of this zoo. we got an up close and personal view of a hippo, something i'd never had. nate's sister is spending the summer working in the city, so we get to see her often. my girls adore their aunt madi, and i love having an adventuring buddy.
 

thanks to the goog, we had a little date night at the cheese school of san francisco for lessons in cheese tasting. my favorite pairing was kunik cheese served with roasted beef and beets, and my least favorite was the ameribella cheese served with spam musubi. just to round things out, we introduced some new friends to ricanelas (cinnamon + snickerdoodle) ice cream at bi-rite after our class.

when i asked sage what she wanted to do one morning, she sighed, "stay home." we tried that for a few hours, but we all get stir crazy if we're inside too long, so i packed them up and we read books at the library. can't beat free reading!

we joined nate for lunch at work and our children pulled off impeccable behavior for that critical hour. nora loves being around people and rarely stops smiling. she is such a happy babe.

sage finally, finally got her cast off! the last few weeks have been frustrating for both of us. my back has been hurting from constantly carting around two kids, and sagie has been itching to walk and have her independence back. we can't wait to hit up the beach, take real baths, and run around at the park now. she is still not fully walking on her leg, but it's an improvement from forced army crawling.

friday night we went to off the grid, the food truck round-up in the city. i love that madi gets excited to try new food with us. nate was obviously full of good poses that night...

my favorite was a waffle sandwich filled with fried chicken, vietnamese slaw, and drizzled with teriyaki sauce. we also loved the ice cream, chocolate-dipped tacos from rocko's tacos.

^^^our summer uniform: jackets!

we introduced nate to our neighborhood carousel this weekend. surprise! it was free that day, so we went multiple times. amazing how happy fake animals moving up and down make our little sage. her eyes light up and she grins the whole time.