Seeing as Ida's parents would never have met without Maggie (even if, in another story, Maggie tried to keep them apart), we thought it would be best to celebrate the event by traveling with Elsie, Baby Theo, and their mother. (Their father, Arthur Bradford, was in NYC working for MTV and hanging out with Olsen twins, no doubt.)
Here are these three enjoying the ferry ride:
And the next morning we went to a strange playground
with a slide so high that descending it made some people cry:
The weather kind of cooperated. Not so warm that anyone else braved the beach...
Which gave us plenty of room.
A huge bathtub with jets was necessary, shortly after swimming, to warm everyone up. It got a little crazy once Maggie got in here, too; Theo and I turned down their warm invitation.
What was the biggest hit of the trip? Maybe these stairs.
Theo and I just watched. Again.
How cute is this?
On our last day we went on a tremendous hike, past banana slugs, to this forbidden coast line.
We saw a few dog-uhs, and Maggie was beset by something poisonous that made her face kind of swell up for a little while.
Ida likes to throw rocks.
We returned in time for all the Vining/Bradford/Rock women to set out on the water.
Bon voyage!
Finally--check out this ramen destruction:
