Tilden Park

Pops had a great idea for keeping the peace in the car recently - he suggested we listen to books on tape when all together for longer periods of time. Ding-ding-ding!! It's been such a life saver and a welcome relief from XM Radio's Kids Place Live which has played an integral part in our car-life for the past three+ years. Right now, we are listening to a great story, The Green Glass Sea, by Ellen Klages. It's a story of a young girl during the Second World War who lives in New Mexico, on an army base, where her mathematician father and many other scientists work everyday on *a gadget* that is going to help *end the war*. The story has offered us lots and lots of teaching moments with the kids, but the best part is just that they are quiet...and not annoying each other...or us. ;) When one of the characters was said to be missing her home in Berkeley, and remembering fondly her visits to Tilden Park, I thought it a good idea to help bring it all full circle for the kids, and go to where *Suz* loved to go as a young girl in the 1940's.

So we ventured across the bridge last weekend and jumped around the park, seeing all the lovely things it has to offer. After a full afternoon of picnicking, train rides, carousals and turkey chasing, we drove into town and met friends for dinner. I just love these kinds of weekend days...