Bella’s love of inanimate objects continues…she’s sharing her Cheerios with Cookie Monster and giving him and Elmo a big hug! Of course, she has not touched them since.

How about those A’s? We went to 3 games this year! Did I mention how she LOVED the carousel?

We finally visited the Oakland Zoo, although we’ve had membership since last December. Bella’s favorites were the elephants and monkeys. She’s quite a little monkey herself!

She really enjoyed the choo-choo train ride. I can’t believe she’s carrying her own stuff - had to document it with a photograph!

Somehow she managed to pass the height requirements for the car ride, even though some other operators would not allow her on their rides. Look at that steering action!

We jumped on the lilypads, but she missed and got her foot wet! That’s OK! It was a hot day and rather refreshing!

My little monkey enjoyed climbing on the giant purple spider.

Bella doesn’t enjoy being photographed at all. Here, she is literally running away from me, but I caught her! Heh, heh…

We met Viva Yiyi at the DeYoung Museum for a photo session. She is an up and coming professional photographer. Justin, from Florida, tried to make a move on Bella at the apple sculpture yard.

Uncle Ben went to the Chihuly exhibit with Aiyi and we met them afterwards. Viva Yiyi is making googly eyes with Bella.

We had a belated birthday dinner for Auntie Stacey because we had to wait for Auntie Ginger to return from her Hong Kong missions trip. Bella practiced singing “Happy Birthday, Auntie Stacey,” but did not deliver at the event. However, a couple days later she was singing it while sitting on the potty.

We had high tea at the Garden Court in the Palace Hotel for Aiyi’s birthday. The waiter was so nice, he offered Bella a complimentary tiara, candy sceptre and hot chocolate. Looks like we have to work on more ladylike table manners.

Bella was intriqued by the pianist and his piano. However, he was not as nice as the waiter and did not like her touching his stuff. Notice that he has closed the cover on this keyboard to avoid any sticky fingerprints.

She found a chair that’s just her size at a boutique on Fourth Street in Berkeley. Does someone need a haircut?

Bella never shows any affection for inanimate objects, so I thought it was unusual that she wanted to sleep with her “baby,” Baby Alive, a gift from Uncle Tom.

Rachel met us at the park on one of her rare free Saturdays. Bella LOVES Rachel and wanted to go home with her on the bus!

It was Bon Voyage for Uncle Jimmy (actually, he’s my second cousin so he is Bella’s cousin of some kind), who was relocating to Beijing to study Mandarin for nine+ months. His sisters threw him a party at an all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant. What’s better than that?

Bella got to see Cousins Joanne (top) and Jennifer (bottom), who we don’t get to see very often.

Cousin Jimmy is very popular with the children: nieces and nephews Tony, Jessica, Brandon, Ethan and Annelise and Cousin Bella, too! Unfortunately, I don’t know all the children in this photo. Perhaps someone could help me identify them?

Here’s the whole gang! Have a great trip, Jimmy, we’ll miss you at Bella’s birthday party!

We went to the A’s game with Auntie Stacey, Ellie Jie Jie, Auntie Kay and Uncle Craig. The girls seem to enjoy the Stomper Fun Zone more than the game itself. They LOVED the carousel and appear like a 2-headed child on the elephant ride.