One for the pizza, one for me...

Ellen likes making her own flatbread pizzas. Her current pizza of choice: bacon and kalamata olives. The kid definitely has her own tastes.

Order up!

April 24
Sometimes, to entice Ellen to come down to breakfast, I text Mommy a picture of her plate. Yes, this is how I'm harnessing the power of the 21st century ...

Fairy tale

I mentioned back in October that we bid on a "date night" package at the elementary school charity auction. It included, besides gift certificates for dinner and a movie, babysitting from an actual princess in this year's Rose Parade Court. Ellen was excited to have a "real" princess babysitting for her, though slightly disappointed that she wasn't wearing her sash and tiara.

Jonah's not a Disney story, is it?

But I guess Pinocchio is. That's the one with the whale, right?

Another visit (from my good friend Scott), another Disney trip! Ellen's tiny arm is trying to pull Scott down before the whale eats him.

Self-distortrait

I got to fly my geek flag by finally buying an iPad! (I'm sure I justified it for some mumbledy-important reason.) Ellen and I love to play with Photo Booth, the self-portrait software that lets you distort your image in funhouse ways. I often find dozens of new Ellen portraits saved in the app.

Mincing meat, not words

The Ferry Building has been reinvented as an upscale food market. I browsed there for gifts (and lunch) a few times. Besides all the usual specialists in cheese, coffee, sweets, etc., there is the pork stall. Or as they put it "Tasty Salted Pig Parts."

City by the Bay

I'm in San Francisco for a few days for a conference. Unlike most of my conferences, this one's actually at a really awesome location -- in the Embarcadero right across from the Ferry Building. I took this from the elevator lobby in my hotel.

Gutsy

Hanging out with cousins at the Pretend City children's museum in Irvine. I particularly like the "Brain" headband.