As per usual, SGV stop otw up to Mammoth for all the Asian drinks/eats!
Typical Chinese cash only bien dang place. :D
Fam in TW has been going to Puli a lot recently so sent them this and their comment was “Why is it so expensive?” Haha.
Overnighted in Lone Pine to break up the drive… and finished our takeout for dinner.
Then rolled into our nice loft for the week!
Daddy’s boot edge split and now Mommy’s bottom tread fell off. Our gear is getting old… as are we. ;-P
Daddy had limited vacay due to the new gig so it was Mommy and son boarding for a few days + some intermediate coaching for E. At least Y’s able to work remotely… digital nomad life.
Not enough snow to ski in/out so it was a bit of a workout to walk to/from the closest lift (w/ some scrambling involved… w/ a board… in altitude, lol).
Coach Dusty was awesome! The other kiddo was also from SD and they got along well.
Coach Max showing them a snowboarding mobile game he’s coding.
Mommy had a few days of solo riding.
And then he tried the cornice! Made it down w/ turns… Atta boy. :))
Another black. NBD now.
Woolly, we’ve missed ya!
After E’s lessons, it was more snowboarding w/ Mommy.
Some days Daddy logged off early and joined us for a few runs.
And then he started to really like the cornice and went down it again… and again!
Feeling pretty accomplished.
Another Woolly sighting!
Daddy attempting another Michelin star tonkatsu ramen, haha.
Dim sum to go otw back home to SD…
Remember Mommy wanted to eat these the other day @ Sea Life? :))
WTH??? How did we get to NINE? It’s like yesterday we were just celebrating 9 MONTHS and here we are… Blessed by the boy he has become, is becoming – through his creativity, art, Legos, love of reading, tennis, golf, piano, swimming, hiking, snowboarding. You are jovial, joyful, friendly, fun, thoughtful… w/ a splash of teenager thrown in. :P Pace yourself in growing up, son. PUHHHH-LEASE?
Low key little part-ay on a school night… He requested ice cream instead of cake again but we got him both and little surprises from near and far. :)
Unique flavors for the special day…
Science Day @ school!
Couldn’t resist the ice cream truck.
Trying to go to Legoland as much as possible before our membership expires… (Prob not going to renew this year as E might be outgrowing it a bit?). When we got there, the lines were a bit longer as it was the weekend so we decided to do Sea Life first as we hadn’t been in awhile.
As usual, Mommy wants to eat these!
Yo, dude.
The sub from Undersea Adventure.
Dad convinced him to do this coaster…
Something’s propping up. Share soon!
And Spring Break, go!!! … to …
Guess where? This pic encapsulates their personalities in entirety — Edison off doing the right thing and smiling @ the cam while John is bonking Elias’ head w/ a water bottle and Elias is torn between the two, haha.
Caught the one show they hadn’t seen.
Why oh why did you guys pay to play against each other?
E won and the prize was a small Marvel plushie, which they all decided to give to J since he’s the big Marvel fan these days. Such good buddies!
Edison introduced E & J to apple fries… minds (tastebuds?) blown!
Ended the day with some dabbing on Technic.
LOVE the breadth of the nature we can enjoy here — from the oceans to the slopes and even in a single day at that!
Still some hidden little beaches we are discovering…
What more could you want? :)
Spot the daddy/son duo!
Always that last crescent. Always.
Legoland Hotel for J’s b-day. We still owed E one from the shutdown but J’s parents beat us to it… It was E’s first overnight and he had a blast. Lots of fun little details in the rooms and they woke up the next morning to a little scavenger hunt with a mini Lego set as prizes.
Mommy and Daddy didn’t know what to do w/ ourselves so we stayed overnight, too. J/K. But it was odd not having him at home… Met up w/ them the next day in the park.
Happy B-day, J!
Back up to Big Bear on a day trip.
Our first try on the superpipe. E went up the sides a bit but Mommy went straight down the middle… Getting too old for that! :))
And another afternoon on the course…
