CELEBRATING YOUR BIRTHDAY IN STYLE

THAT'S WHAT SAM DID TODAY,

AND WE JOINED IN ON THE FUN.

HE CHOSE SAN FRANCISCO FOR HIS CELEBRATION DESTINATION.  THEY TOOK BART, AND MET US AT THE FERRY TERMINAL.

BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS MEANS SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO EVERYONE.  THE KIDS, PAPA, AND MIKE THOUGHT ICE CREAM, OR IN SAM'S CASE A MILKSHAKE, WAS IN ORDER.  JENNY AND I SETTLED FOR A BREAKFAST CREPE.

WE WALKED OFF SOME OF THOSE CALORIES WITH A WALK FROM THE FERRY BUILDING TO PIER 39.

THIS DARLING FAMILY POSES AT ONE OF THEIR
 FAVORITE SAN FRANCISCO PICTURE SPOTS.

YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO GET A PICTURE OF TIN MAN
WHEN YOU VISIT THE WHARF.

PAPA AND THE BIRTHDAY BOY
AT ANOTHER FAVORITE PHOTO SPOT.

TRADITION HAS IT,
LUNCH AT RAINFOREST CAFE,

AND YOUR NEVER TOO OLD TO WEAR THE FROG CROWN.

THIS GUY WASN'T TOO HAPPY THAT WE WERE INVADING HIS TERRITORY.  HE GROWLED AT US ALL THE WAY THROUGH LUNCH.

WHEN SAM WAS TOO FULL TO ORDER  A VOLCANO FOR DESSERT, AND DIDN'T WANT A BIRTHDAY BALLOON, SOPHIA DECLARED, "WHAT KIND OF A PARTY IS THIS ANYWAY", AND GOT HERSELF AN ELEPHANT BALLOON.
THAT GIRL KNOWS HOW TO PARTY! 

NO TRIP TO SAN FRANCISCO IS COMPLETE WITHOUT A TRIP TO GHIARDELI SQUARE.  WE BOUGHT BIRTHDAY CUPCAKES THERE, AND MUCH TO SAM'S DISMAY, SANG HAPPY  BIRTHDAY TO HIM, IN FRONT OF EVERYONE.

A HIKE BACK DOWN THE EMBARCADERO, WHERE WE PARTED WAYS. US TO CATCH THE FERRY HOME, WHILE THEY CONTINUED ON TO CIVIC CENTER.

HAPPY 14TH BIRTHDAY SAM!

WE HAD A GREAT TIME HELPING YOU CELEBRATE.