About a week ago, Grace received a package in the mail from her cousin Elena in Las Vegas asking her to participate in a school project where we would take a laminated photo of Elena (Flat Elena) with us to show her where we live. We decided it would be fun to show Elena San Francisco, so on Friday night we headed into the city. We stayed in a "fancy" hotel and made plans for a day of tourist attractions in San Francisco.
After a week of torrential rain, Saturday was supposed to be dry--supposed to be. The day started off pretty rainy and wet, but it dried out eventually and our day of fun wasn't spoiled by the weather. We took Flat Elena down Lombard Street, to the Aquarium of the Bay at Pier 39, we rode the carousel at Fisherman's Wharf, and enjoyed ice cream at Ghiradelli Square. We also got to see some classic San Francisco moments as we watched a HUGE pro-life march through the streets of San Francisco (at least a couple of thousand people), were approached by homeless people asking for money only to have Claira wave and say "BYE-BYE!" to them as we tried to hurry along the our way, and had some Asian tourists taking pictures of our kids then acting as if they weren't (a little weird, especially when they started following us and talking about our kids--we couldn't understand them, but we could tell they were talking about our kids because of the way they were staring at them and pointing at them and then trying to discreetly take their picture). We had plans to ride a trolley car, but after Claira dropped her "orange juice mama" in the Bay while looking at the seals, we decided our plans needed to change. She desperately needed a nap and without a pacifier to calm her, the fits were coming too frequently and too forcefully to make a cable car ride safe. After getting Kara's cupcakes for an evening treat, we left the city in the late afternoon. We had such a good time that we are excited to do it again. It was so much fun to be tourists for the day. We hope Elena enjoyed her time with us.
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