Sunday, July 16, 2023

6 Years, 10 Months

The boys are spending most of this summer at a day camp hosted by their elementary school's aftercare program, but they've had a few adventures, including spending a week in San Diego, which I'll cover in a separate post. 

The boys' friend Bascom wanted them to join him at soccer camp, so we signed them up for a week in early June. Though they claimed to enjoy the soccer part, the setting was the primary attraction. The camp was held at a park bordered by redwood forest and a creek. 

They found a banana slug! And Jack wanted to be sure his cool stick was in the picture.
Kids in the wild:
Cool swirly tree:
The boys' teammates (Jack far right in green hat, Henry next to him in red socks, friend Bascom tall and scowling in the middle):
Coming home from soccer camp one day, we saw this cool rainbow near our home:
Jack's official certificate:
Henry's official certificate:
The backyard garden is thriving:
Boys squinting into the sun for scale:
We have corn, some kind of beans, watermelons and sunflowers:
The boys attended Bascom's birthday party, where they got to see a performance by The Surfing Magician and his rabbit assistant (Jack in green hat and red shirt, Henry to Jack's right in grey shirt):
When stuck at home, Jack entertains himself with his toy vehicles:
We gave the boys some old phones to play with (not actually connected to cell service). They do their best imitation of the adults around them:
Boys vegging on their tablets after soccer camp: 
The boys figured out how to message their father using iMessage through our wifi. Presenting their very first text messages...

Henry (punctuation and spacing added): "I love you. My dad is the best from others."
Jack:
Jack thought his addition of the poop emoji was hysterical. We've since had to restrict the boys' texting as they were spamming their father with emojis (mostly poop emojis, of course).

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