Friday, March 14, 2025

8 Years, 2 Months (October 2024)

With the summer heat finally over, we went to visit Steve's mom in the Sacramento area. 

Jack attends trunk-or-treat with Uncle Ed: 
Henry lounges with Grandma's dog Teddy:
While Grandma went to her volunteer project, we took a day excursion to the city of Volcano. 

Dad is aware of Jack trying to sneak his beer at lunch: 
We then went to Black Chasm Cavern. The boys had never been to a cave before, and I think they thought it was pretty cool.
Tiny blue speck of a pool way, way, way down:
Looking up:
The "dragon" formation:
After the cave, the boys enjoyed some panning for gemstones:
Possibly even cooler than the cave was the "zen garden" area, created by historical hydraulic mining: 
Back closer to home...

Jack really wanted to check out the Hawaiian-themed restaurant near our house, so we finally took the kids. 

Jack with his kiddie mocktail (aka juice):
Henry refuses to pose with his dad:
The nearby city of Capitola was having a fireworks display, so Steve and Jack went to check it out (Henry was not interested). 

Having dinner before the show, Jack apparently disapproves of the restaurant's entertainment:
But he approves of the spaghetti dinner:  
Fireworks (more impressive in person than on camera): 
Out on a bike excursion in a disused UC Santa Cruz parking lot, Henry zooms by:
Jack is ready to dart away:
Pay no mind to the old lady on her electric scooter:
Jack navigates his wall-driving car in the bathroom:
Ready for Halloween festivities at school, Pizza Jack and Banana Henry:
Banana Henry and friend Banana Camden:
Costume change before trick-or-treating, glow-in-the-dark stick figure Jack, Penguin Mom and Stormtrooper Henry:

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