First homemade chocolate chip cookie

On Sunday, Claire ate her first homemade chocolate chip cookie - see link at left "first cookie." The first two pictures are before and after, then there is a video sequence of the cookie eating experience.

On Saturday, it was very hot in Mountain View, so after berry picking and brunch with the bookclub in the morning (100 degrees), we drove to San Francisco (70 degrees). It was a perfect day in the city and we had a lot of fun at the zoo, then at Fort Point underneath the Golden Gate bridge.

Next week we will go on our first backpacking trip in Yosemite. We think we will go to Cathedral Lake, which is not too far a hike and high enough that we hope the mosquitoes will not be too bad.

Claire in Colorado

We had a sad event to attend in Colorado - Parker's funeral. Despite the sadness, it was a chance to have the family together. Claire enjoyed seeing her grandparents -- Nana and Papa -- and her Aunt Linda, from whom she learned quite a few fun new phrases, like Uh-oh Spaghettio.

Check out Claire's pics from this trip in the May 2008 pics (link above left).