The guys were champs at this year’s Willow Glen 5k, cranking through the 3-mile walk en route to some fun carnival games back in Tiger Park (behind their school). Check out a few little glimpses I grabbed along the way:
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Pulling the pin on adventure
Henry Nack, behold the trebuchet. (I’m sure there’s no way this meeting can end in mischief. š )
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“A Beter Life” awaits
In the dystopian classic Blade Runner, where neon signs wink through the ever-present rain, the voice in a disembodied advertisement promises, āA new life awaits you in the off-world colonies!ā I chuckled thinking of this when I found the sign below propped up at the entrance to Finnās room. I guess weād better stay out for a while. š
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Enter Sandmen
This? Oh, no biggie: itās just what happens when Henry playfully forces his (fully cooperative & laughing) brotherās face into the sand. :-p
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El Presidente Con Influenza
Finn’sĀ flu-induced fever, combined with his fascination with the name of Mexican President Enrique PeƱa Nieto, topped with a sleepy lion hat, results in the following. Also known as: A typical Monday afternoon with Finn.
We enjoyed quite the day out last Sunday. First we hit Marina State Beach near Monterey for some baseball tossing (40 catches in a row with Finn!), sand castling, and taunting of waves (which sometimes won!). On the drive north we pulled a spontaneous pit stop to kayak with sea otters, after which we “cooled off” (as the boys love to say) at Marianne’s Ice Cream in Santa Cruz. Here’s a gallery plus a salty vid from our day out:
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Finnster-bombed
What happens when some ladies come over as our goofballs are winding down the evening? Hint: It involves relentless photobombing by Finn. :-pĀ
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Epic Romance
Long ago the dudes decided that all of Finn’s lions were boys & all of Henry’s owls were girls. That way they could get married & have kids (i.e. the many little lions & owls in our pride/parliament). We were thus delighted & unsurprised when Finn noted at the breakfast table the other day, “Look, Leo & Ollie are having an epic romance!” š
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Saturday in the Park with Hen
Flower-lover Henry stops to smell the actual roses. š
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A wonderful welcome home
Even before Iād landed back in the US, I got to see (thanks to Mom-Oās texting) a pair of little homecoming drawings that the guys whipped up for me. I love the prayer flags that Henry drew (which he says he remembered from the āHimalayan Megaquakeā documentary we watched) and āyou, a.k.a. Dadā caption Finn added. Are these guys great or what? š You can click each image to view it larger if you’d like.
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Play Ball!
After too many weeks of getting rained out, the lads were able to take to the field with their team yesterday. Both scored a few solid hits & showed good hustle in the field. Henry was able to walk off having taken a shot to the midsection. :-p Check out little gallery of the game.
The Young Man & The Fort. š
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Happy St. Pat’s!
On Saturday we journeyed to San Francisco to show the boys the local St. Patrick’s Day parade. The cloudy skies & bluster made things feel like a bit of the Old Sod. A few highlights:
- It being the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising, we got to teach the boys a bit of Irish history.
- The guys were of course obsessed with catching candy & little toys thrown from the floats, at one point enlisting a fellow bystander’s umbrella to claw at some distant Tootsie Rolls. Henry was proud to walk off with a small plastic velociraptor he promptly named “Sean” (as, I guess, an Irish dinosaur might well be named).
- Noticing a car carrying state rep. Phil Ting, we couldn’t resist having fun putting on an Irish accent: “Ah boys, I tell ya, if it’s not one Ting it’s anudder.” :-p
Check out our little gallery from the day, as well as a quick video below and even some 360-degree panoramas (click each one & then drag it).
Man, we’ve been having a heck of a time getting baseball season underway. The guys are really pumped to get onto the field, but thanks to some much-needed gifts from El NiƱo, we’ve been washed out of both practice & games for the past couple of weeks. While we wait for the skies to clear, here’s a micro gallery of the lads & their teammates getting into uniform for team photos. Hopefully pics from the field will soon follow!
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Finn Emberley
Finnās a big fan of both Ed Emberley drawing books & the iPad app Adobe Sketch. I kinda dig how he combined the two here. š
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Henry Nack, cake enthusiast
Area ham approves of carbs. š
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It’s Great to be Eight!
Our big guy had a blast all day long. In this little gallery you can see him enjoying a cake topped with his Lego doppelgƤnger; getting The Dangerous Book for Boys from Grandpa Liggett; blasting Mom-O with a “High Eight”; and getting Captain Underpants from Grandma & Grandpa Nack.
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Ā”Ā”CumpleaƱos Ocho!!
Happy birthday to the marvelous Mr. Fācha cha cha! š
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Blue & Gold Squadron
On Saturday evening the lads participated in their first Blue & Gold banquet. The theme was flight, and we had the pleasure of hosting a friendly (and incredibly patient!) real-live fighter pilot. They enjoyed trying on his gear, then participating in an āAngry Birdsā sketch (see the flight theme?) for which Margot created fun pig noses, and of course scarfing down some amazing plane- and bird-shaped cakes. Hereās a gallery from the evening.
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Nacks-by-the-Sea
For the better part of twenty years, my dad has been rocking a jacket he picked up at Quail Lodge in Carmel. Looking for a little outing on Friday, we found ourselves down there, so we dropped by for lunch, then hit the gorgeous beach in Carmel-by-the-Sea. The boys made a little friend from China, whipped me with kelp, collected all the burned driftwood we could find, and built a couple of fine forts. Check out our little gallery from the day!
