Ten energetic children between the ages of 2 and 12; 2 perky indefatigable Mormon moms; the biggest pile of boulders you’ve ever seen, and…me. It made for quite an adventure, even if at times, for me, it was like Fear Factor as hosted by Disney, with a bottomless box of snack chips.
Among the other [...]
For the Wednesday of Spring Break, my friend Becky invited me and some of her other friends to join her at the Lawrence Hall of Science in Berkeley. Of course we went: the Lawrence Hall of Science is one of Neil’s favorite science museums, and Neil likes it even more with friends. And he gets [...]
We have been travelling and adventuring so much lately, that we completely forgot the date for Neil’s graduation from Webelos. Luckily for us, after Peter had had a hard day at work and just after we’d finished a late dinner, one of the scout leaders called us, and let us know the ceremony had already [...]
On Saturday, we went to Morgan Hill. The occasion was a birthday party for their four-year-old daughter, but more than that, it was an excuse to invite friends (parents as well as children) to hang out and have fun together. The “let ‘em just play” approach works just great, BTW: the children have more fun [...]
While we were in Southern California, we figured we might as well stop in at one of our favorite amusement parks, Legoland, where Neil has a lifetime membership. On the down side, even though Neil was skipping a day of school to go there, it turns out Southern California schools were either having their Spring [...]
Despite the fact that Wizard World LA was an overpriced, underattended bust of a show, we did go to part of it, and had a lot of fun. It was after all, at its heart, no matter the size, a comic book show with fun, funny, and fun-loving people.
As I wrote in an earlier post, [...]
Neil likes hanging out with his dad at comic book conventions; and Kelly wanted to stay at the hotel, mostly (I think) because it had a heated pool we liked playing in. But Peter discouraged us from driving in to the show on Saturday, and recommended we take in one of the very many other [...]
I’ve lived in northern California long enough now to instinctively dread and dislike LA. It’s a rather odd aspect of northern Californians, the automatic dislike for their own state’s largest city. In contrast, Angelenos will express their love for San Francisco and its beauty if the subject ever comes up. In fact, I’m not even [...]
After Peter set up for Wizard World LA last weekend, he realized he was missing a few cables. I hate LA, but at least it’s civilized enough to have Fry’s, because Peter’s unhappy if he has to go anywhere else for his technology needs. And this time, for once, I was driving, because now I [...]
Neil’s cub scout troop had a family camp out at Sunset Beach on March 8th, and of course we went. Kelly loves camping, and she loves the beach, and combining the two was like a dream come true for her. Neil could hang out with other boys and do boy stuff. Me, I got to [...]
