It was a pretty good weekend. We went to the Oakland Children's Zoo. J got to run around with her friends and see the animals, climb on the toys, and ride the train. It's interesting to watch her take things in and process. You could just watch her learning things. She hung out with a girl who was about a year younger, and J was simply following her around all day and copying whatever the other kid did. Peer pressure.

At night we went to a friend's house. J got to play with their dog. And honestly, she liked the dog. She didn't mind the dog jumping on her, and she was happy to have someone around to lick up all her crumbs. I didn't know if she would be one who would be afraid of dogs, but she isn't.

Sunday, we went to the Academy of Sciences up in San Francisco. Another good place for a three year old to run around. We topped that off with a nice lunch at a Persian place in inner Sunset, Lavash. Definitely worth trying if you're in the area.

Maybe it just seemed like a great weekend because it finally stopped raining. We could have used that extra hour of sleep though.