While grandma was here, we went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium with SPL's cousins, "the trio": ACR, KAR, and EVR. This is one of my favorite photos: John and SPL imitating the rays who were pushing their noses up on the side of the tank.
ACR had a blast

(yes, it's allowed) and standing in the wave exhibit. KAR had fun with Grandma @ the otter exhibit and SPL loved hangin' with the big kids. My fave was the

and always

. The sun also came out and John and SPL had fun on the deck

On 3/21 we celebrated SPL's friend

. Here is SPL with his

And on Sunday we had friends SJ and

And not to be forgotten, preschool had a transportation theme this month so SPL went on not 1, not 2, not 2, but FOUR fieldtrips:

bus, CalTrain and then via car to the youth production of Lilly and the Purple Plastic Purse. Plus we celebrated St. Patrick's Day by making

and hearing tails from the

And I got to go to Mandarin class in Chun Hua's absence and

Amazing! And SPL loved getting to see

. Not sure how we're going to manage when Chun Hua returns as this will definitely be hard to make up.
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Phew! It was a busy, but fun month! Looking forward to having Chun Hua back. Thanks to all the folks who helped us while she was gone -- it was a team effort!