First stop... Disneyland

After a quiet 4th...

We set out on our Southern California vacation. First stop Disneyland. Here a few photos to start. (I need to find the small camera. It was what we mostly used on this part of the trip.

A few days in Squaw Valley

Papa and J invited the boys and I for a few days of Summer Fun in Squaw Valley.

Lots and lots of swimming...

Lots of game playing...

Some hiking...

A visit to the Olympic museum...

And the favorite, bungee jumping...

More hiking...

And an overlap with cousins for a little swimming and pottery painting...

It was truly lovely. I love Tahoe in the Summer. Such nostalgic family fun.

The First Day of Summer Vacation

Our first day of Summer Vacation was spent at Discovery Kingdom with Auntie Kim, Uncle Dino and Ben.

I like this place because it has a mixture of rides and animals. The butterfly house was pretty amazing. We kept to the very mellow rides.

I had a "mommy" moment and left the house with two different shoes on...

It was a fun day until the end when we lost Conner. He was found on his way to the parking lot. Here he is asleep after the traumatic ordeal...

The Last Day of School

I've been behind in updating lately. Here are some pictures from the last day of school. Basically, it was a play day. I started out in Aidan's classroom to help escort the class to the Teacher vs. 5th graders softball game. They had a lot of fun and ate their weight in Red Vines.

Then I moved to Conner's classroom for a pancake breakfast. I didn't get any pictures of it. Must have been too busy pouring syrup.

Then back to Aidan's classroom to join them at the park for a picnic lunch and ice cream sundaes.

Trying to get a decent picture of Aidan and his friends smiling sweetly. They just wanted to goof off...

A fun, bittersweet day (and a very sugary sweet one). All three of us will miss the Kindergarten year!

This Old Gingerbread House

Aidan's and Conner's classes put on a musical production called "This Old Gingerbread House". It was Hansel and Gretel meets Bob Villa's "This Old House". Each class gave a separate performance. Luckily for those of us that had to sit through it twice it was pretty short and very, very sweet.

Aidan as Hansel. He had a four lines and a little dance routine with his Gretel...

Conner as a bird. He definitely stood out among the other woodland creatures. He had three lines and was one of a quartet for one song...

Here you can see Aidan's whole costume. I cheated and got it on-line. For Conner's bird we used things we had in the costume box. We did buy the mask and I made the beak. You can also see in the corner of the gingerbread house in the following picture. The boys helped me make candy for decoration...

It really was very cute. Lots of tears in the parent's eyes.

A visit from Gram...

We had a lovely but brief visit with Gram last Friday. She is downsizing, so she stopped by to drop off some treasures. We immediately put some of them to use with an impromptu tea party...*

Then a evening at the ballpark, watching cousin Ben's team win...

*Don't worry, Auntie Kim. The green teacup will make it's way to your house.

This and that...

As the school year ends, there are lots of goings-on. Crazy Hair day (and SF Giants day for Aidan).

Pizza Party with Conner's teacher at the park. (Aidan was a guest.)

Conner after a Farmer's Market trip with Mom.