This semester of in-person school since lockdown has just FLOWN by!

Though their campus is still closed, the teachers have been continually amazing with communication and sending us photos.

Their school participated in the PB holiday parade on a weekend.

Owning the shut down street…

Still golfing… Daddy’s never been into it but now obliged to accompany son.

Cheers to the end of the semester!

Drinks before heading to Legoland on the last day of school for the year (before spring semester). We didn’t renew our memberships this year so will need to go lots before it expires. :-P

Mommy traded shoes w/ J. Pretty much the same size now… E still has some catching up to do. :P

Their presence are presents, haha!

There were little holiday theme stations throughout.

Bunny & Banana. :)

These two… friends since the 2nd day of kindergarten.

And there will always be game play… always.

Lock them up!

And Mommy sent these two on their merry way on the Technic. :)) They were able to squeeze in a few rounds before the park closed. Love coming as locals with zilch lines!

Neighborhood Christmas party outdoors with our volunteer Santa (and photog).

Oh and we’re spending the holidays in Tahoe this year!

These two monkeys!

Back @ Annie’s Canyon! We did this loop several times. :)

Sunset vibes after our family photo session.

Then it was off to Mammoth for Thanksgiving week. Must make up for lost time last season! But first, pick up all the Chinese food in LA. We stayed the night in Bishop as we had before prior to heading up the mountain the next morning.

Trying to recreate a similar frame from 2 years ago?

Since it was early season, there wasn’t a whole lot of snow and only Main Lodge was open. We had a ski in/out @ Eagle Lodge which we didn’t get to take advantage of at all and had to drive to Main everyday. :( But still good enough for him to practice.

Or recall how to snowboard. ;-P

Woolly, it’s been a hot (errrr, cold?) minute!

Reminiscing on the year that the snow was all the way to the top of that wooden sign… IN MAY!

We took a morning break from riding to explore some other areas of Mammoth we’ve never been to. First stop: Obsidian Dome. It’s essentially piles and piles of volcanic glass and obsidian rocks.

Rocks AND climbing? A couple of someone’s fave things!

We walked along one of the trails but soon realized that it was easy to get lost since there were just rocks every corner we turned!

Then we went to see some of the Inyo Craters formed from a volcanic explosion. This one was frozen over with ice.

This was another that was only semi-frozen.

E by the rim.

It was a short hike up to the craters so it was nice meandering through the forest.

More boarding…

Since only Main Lodge and several trails were open, the lifts got pretty congested so we did many loops via gondola.

On another morning, we tried to hike to Crystal Lake but the parking area was closed off for the winter so we did the best we could.

Then back on the mountain after lunch. We found E can’t do full days of riding just yet so it kinda worked out.

Sometimes he’ll just get up and…

Take off!

Parking was an issue so sometimes we waited around the lodge while Daddy went to go get the car.

Ate simple meals back at our rental…

Daddy was so proud of his Thanksgiving ramen — attempting to mimic the photo on the box!

Thanksgiving Day we also walked around the Village. The tree was up!

We’ll be back, our beloved Mammoth…

Boys at the patch. :)

Not sure if you wanna fight with a wolverine!

Hrmmm, is shaking a pumpkin skeleton’s hand any better?

Children of the Corn II.

Truth: they spent like 1% of the time at the actual patch and 99% of the time climbing (and then jumping off) the rocks nearby.

Went for an overnight camping trip w/ J in Palomar!

Dinner on a tree stump.

Sleeping in the top bank of their sprinter van…

Little pullout otw home.

Still picking the brightest colored ice cream flavors…

How’s this for a new passport photo?

E’s campus is still closed to students and staff only but teachers have been sending some photos so we can catch a glimpse of them in class.

Accountable child? :) Awards ceremony via Zoom… sign of the times.

Hadn’t been to Pressed in awhile… Pumpkin freezes were here for the season.

Halloween parade!

Class line up.

Went trick or treating for a little bit ’round the hood. Wasn’t the same without A who moved away but it was nice to see all the neighbors out. And spotted a few matching Mandalorians. :)

This pirate built a candy chute.

Ginormous skeleton unicorn blow-up.

The loot! A few pieces for him, the rest for Daddy, haha.