Busy weekend

I returned from Detroit Friday night.

I participated in a voter registration event on Saturday. We were set up at the Mo Better Food Market in West Oakland. Let's just say that there are not many people who know about this small Farmer's Market.In fact, what they really need is Mo' food and Mo' customers. I do hope for the market's sake that they grow in size and popularity as they are the only Farmer's Market in West Oakland, and one of the only African-American Farmer's Markets.

So, not many registered but many more volunteers recruited. All good.

In the early evening, Our Daly City friends came for some sun, fun and food, which of course they had to bring since we had the sun. What a nice time, as Max and Matthew played with pirate ships, Aiden and Madeleine painted. Each other as well as the paper, the screen door, the floor.....
And on Father's Day, we celebrated at a large Pirate Fair in Vallejo.

This may not seem like a good time to some of you, but we somehow convinced Billy, Jessie and Will to join us. Here's Jessie having a great time on her birthday with some new friends:

It was kind of a creepy affair as the pirates or actors or whatever they were, seemed to take their pirating very seriously. I had the feeling they REALLY looked forward to this 2 day event ALL year long. "Finally, I can really dress like a pirate for real, and no one will mock me."

There was a kid's stage, putting on a play and it involved the audience (of course). Max wanted so badly to be chosen as a volunteer that he just stood up at attention hoping to be picked. They kept choosing kids for various roles (who could ARGH the loudest, who could look the strongest, etc) and finally, they needed someone who could act the craziest...yay Max! He got chosen to be the wacky pirate who had gone mad. And ended up being the hero of the story.

What a day. Both kids passed out on the way home (with mouths still filled with goldfish). BZ worked on his telescope into the evening. And, got to begin reading his new Star Wars coffee table book (that will never sit on a coffee table).

I even did the dishes.

Now that's a Father's Day.