Grandparents Visit

Grandma and Grandpa Prather were able to visit us for the past week. We kept them busy with all of our classes and school days. But we still managed to get in 2 big adventures. The first was a day at the San Francisco Zoo. There were moments today that I wished I had the camera ready. Hopefully you have strong powers of visualization! As we were loading up the car to head to the city, Grandpa, who is 6 feet plus tall, decided that he would sit in the third row of our car. At 5'4, I cannot sit forward in this seat, but, what are you gonna do? So as he is trying to crawl over the back seat and figure out how to fit, Alex shouts out "Grandpa silly!" Everyone had to agree! Once we made it to the zoo, we were going to quickly change the boys' pants so they could be fresh for their adventure. Zachary had a big surprise for us. For our squeamish readers, let's just say Zachary went to the zoo wearing a diaper. Yes, first stop, the gift shop for some clothes for big Z. Here he is, as a peacock in his new outfit.

So, Grandpa continued to be silly at the zoo. Throughout the zoo, they had different plaques like the peacock above so you can become the animal. There was a set of eagle wings...Grandpa stood up to it and had wings coming out of his bottom. Why oh why didn't I have the camera?!

Of course we rode the train. And a tortoise. (not real)
Again, I have a post about the zoo, but no animal pictures. Believe me, we did see the animals. Both the grizzly bear and the silverback gorilla were right up against the glass. Here's how the boys stack up against the gorilla.


Our second adventure was to Fisherman's Wharf for lunch. This time, silly Grandma decided to get into the back row. As she said, once she gets in, she fits better than the rest of us. After lunch we strolled around Pier 39, only to end up on the carousel! Funny how that worked out (wink wink).

I think this is a great shot of Phil and Alex.

We left the silly grandparents downtown, as they wanted to take the ferry back later.
We hope Grandma and Grandpa had a fun visit. We sure did!