Ama Joon came for a week-long visit (Ada’s grandma Samii) — and boy, did they ever have fun!  The first three days were spent with the two of them giggling, giggling, giggling all day, literally.  Like two peas in a pod.  Ada took all of the play that Ama Joon could muster, and boy she did a great job!  What a big shift from corporate life, huh Ama Joon? She quickly became an expert at having a tea party with stuffed animals, rolling a ball of yarn around the living room floor, tracing out Persian nursery rhymes on Ada’s hand, telling stories, building legos over and over again, and giggling.

Some of the highlights of the trip:

– All four of us going to pick peaches from an orchard in Brentwood, which was super fun!  The peaches were gorgeous, Ada pulled the wagon & picked her own, and we were awestruck by the freshness & fragrance of them all.  We then, over the course of the next 3 days, baked 4 pies and 1 cobbler with our peaches.  Yum!  Yum!  Yum!   Ada had a lot of fun with all of the hubbub in the kitchen.  And we had fun eating our creations.

– We had a fun excursion to San Francisco, with Ada and Ama Joon taking on the train adventure with gusto!  We all did pretty good.  Hamid managed to do do some shopping & we had an excellent lunch at the top of the department store looking out on Market Street

– Ama Joon, Ada & I went to Fairyland, one of Ada’s favorites — and now Ama Joon’s too.  They & we had a blast: riding the carousel, running down the Alice in Wonderland tunnel, playing hide and go seek in the Wonderland cards, going on a train ride, and showing Ama Joon all the little details that Ada knows about the place.

– We decided we hadn’t had enough of farms, so we went out to Farm Fresh to You farm tour (another hot day) and picked figs, tomatoes, went on a tractor ride, and cooled off in the shade of a big tree where we could listen to the bluegrass music.

– and Ama Joon got to see the kid-chaos of having 5 families over for a little pre- preschool get-together.  Chaos reigned, but no one cried, and a lot of pie was eaten

Ada is reeling in the joy of having so much love and attention from her Ama Joon.  They read so many books, laughed so much, and really had fun together.  Thank you Ama Joon!  Much love from all of us.  See you soon next month!

Yummy peaches

The peach pickers

Hi, peach up there

Happy lady

Listening to bluegrass on the farm

Ama Joon & Ada doing grandma-granddaughter yoga

Isn't this better than checking emails?

Try this Ama Joon...!

Ada & Ama Joon reading a book

Time for a pool party in the front yard

I love you Ama Joon & Ada!

Lots of family fun