Matt, Susan & Claire

Claire has her own tool belt (Ikea) and this morning she helped Daddy examine the loose screws on the cold air return.

I was looking for an old text message and stumbled on this photo and message from one of the young women who works at Claire's daycare ...

We have just returned from a whirlwind trip East. As expected, the flights were a gamble, but Claire did pretty well altogether. The return...

The amount of fog in our new neighborhood seems to exceed the fog we experienced in the Sunset. This was our "view" a couple weeks...

My dad came to visit in May after his time in Torrance with the Fujinagas. We took full advantage and put him to work on a retaining wall as...

It was a beautiful day in San Francisco with nary a cloud, very little wind and summery temperatures. We took as much advantage as possible....

The daycare fleet has expanded!

Patrolling the backyard at day care in the new cop car. Taking the job very, very seriously.

Matt needed to " rack " the latest batch of beer on Sunday which first called for cleaning the carboy . Claire thought this looke...

New words: shoes, cracker (sounds like "taco"), apple, buddy, dada (old word, new meaning: banana) gesundheit (might have been a f...

We receive some adorable, amusing and silly photos of Claire sent to us most days. These are some of the most memorable from the last coupl...

I arrived at day care one Friday afternoon to see the remaining 4 children lying quietly on the floor. I don't know about other day care...

Claire spent some time in the spare bedroom playing with her laundry hamper. She makes some sounds of frustration, but know that I did not t...

Matt and Brian have taken up a new hobby. This series is from the first batch. Since then, they have bottled their second batch and the thi...

My mom came for a long weekend to spend some time playing and helping sort the chaotic downstairs. In between Claire's naps/our working...

The hotel provided a grill for our barbecue, but they neglected to provide adequate grilling utensils. So Toby and Steve improvised with a ...