The day Rachel and fam left to go home, my folks arrived from Tokyo. A bit busy getting things prepped, but it all worked fine. I was practically giddy picking my parents up at the airport.
Once home, we had lunch in the neighborhood, then later all together went to pick up Tesla at preschool. She was so happy, and over the next days, everyday, had her entourage to drop her off then pick her up at school. Delighted girl she was, and I was so touched at how Tesla loved having her grandparents around.
↓ Tesla posing with my mom and her full-body art piece.
↓ Hanging out on our balcony, admiring lovely S.F. (but summer is cold - note what we're wearing)
↓ A special gift from my brother and me to my parents was a night at the Ritz for their wedding anniversary. As expected, it was splendid.
↓ Their fancy-pants bed.
↓ Every time my parents visit the Bay Area, they always go to their favorite restaurant. Dav and I didn't get to join as I goofed on calling early enough in the morning for reservations. Luckily I got at least them in!
↓ Did the DeYoung tour...
↓ And the carousel tour at GG Park.
↓ We also finally let froggie go (adopted for a few weeks from Camp Tipsy). We had been buying live crickets for froggie, but being stuck in a box can't be fun, so after feeding him up with fresh crickets, we found a little pond in GG, and bid farewell. I was amazed that he immediately went for the pond, and found a spot to wait for his next meal, so I'm confident he's doing well.
↓ Of course we took my folks to a Burning Man party at the Crucible in Oakland - a new scene for my parents!
↓ Plenty of walking around the city.
↓ And lots of good old daily stuff, such as reading a book to Tesla at bedtime.
(Here's a precious video of my dad reading to Tesla.)
The day I dropped my parents off at SFO for their return home, I genuinely was sad throughout the day, thinking ot them boarding their plane, their plane somwhere mid-Pacific, them landing in Narita, etc. It's far away, and especially with Tesla, I wish we had a lot more time together. I really want to make sure Tesla gets time with my parents at least once a year...and eventually, we hope to move to Japan for a bit of time so Tesla can get to know Japan. Hopefully that'll work out : )
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