Hey, we planned a hike in honor of Memorial Day this month… Uhhhh, not really? We almost didn’t finish this one. It started drizzling and then RAINING (with none in the forecast and yeah, it’s SD) so we turned back a couple of times but then finally decided to finish it with the boys’ final call to just push through… They were pretty jazzed to see this flag waving at the top. God bless America! And way to persevere.

Lovely views despite the overcast skies…

Near the beginning of the trail — see, no sign of precip!

A is moving. :( Dad was away getting things in order for his new job so we gave his mom a hand by having him over…

These two have become like bros this past year…

Said brotherhood. :)

We all love Uncle Aaron! And Mommy loves chatting to him about running things.

Daddy is back on the field for games/practices so we checked out Agua Hedionda on afternoon while he was playing.

Roughie. :)

Went to check out out the new Lego Movie World land!

The mommies enjoyed the carousel (and colors — both being “artists” of sorts) whereas the boys found it bor-ing. :| But we all agreed Emmet’s Flying Adventure was pretty cool (no pix as it was indoors).

Character meet and greets of the times…

Air high five.

While maintaining safe distance, lol. (With two workers on the side to kindly remind us!)

The crew + Rex.

H didn’t bring water gear for the waterpark so we tried to put him in Daddy’s shorts. :))

Sho are growing up fast…

A’s b-day bash! What is this thing you call a party? ;-P

Poke-cookies.

Poke-cake pop. Take a wiiiiild guess what b-day boy is into.

And a Mew (his current fav Pokemom) cake. It took quite a bit of sleuthing to find Mew gifts. ;D

Then two joined…

Followed by more. :)

Morning cuddles in Daddy and Mommy’s bed.

Trying out the Oculus Daddy got as a work reward.

Keeping up our May kitchen counter photo tradition. It was lots of pastries/cakes/sweets (and soft shell crab!) for Daddy’s b-day and all the chocolate for Mother’s Day.

Mama friend here sent us these from Kate Weiser in Big D who Mommy spotted at a chocolate festival she volunteered at way back when.

Strawberry pickin’.

Look at these two ‘lil farmers.

The dads make sure we filled up ‘dem buckets!

The sweetest strawberries we’ve tasted… :)

Also got some of their jam… Of course Mommy just adores the tag, haha.

Berries for daysss.

Private little Easter hunt for the 2nd year in a row. :)) Our ‘hood hosted an outdoor hunt but we couldn’t make it.

And some friends sent us some goodies from Santa Barbara.

Spread the love with a few health-ified Easter baskets. ;-P

Biked from home to a new-ish park.

Tree of artsy birdhouses.

After school naps, lol.

Flower fields.

Plus blueberry pickin’.

This patch had like 4-5 different varieties of berries? And they encouraged us to taste them all.

The view they are seeing from this vantage point is out to the crystal clear ocean…

Why go for the seat when you have the chair arms? :P

Spring Break didn’t suck quite as bad this year, haha…

We took a day trip to a smaller resort we usually wouldn’t have gone to with our season passes. We ended up not scanning them this year and deferring to next season. Guess we’ll just have to get some extra days to make up for lost time on the slopes this season. ;-P

Spring conditions and very warm but good enough for E to practice.

Racing Daddy!

Picked up Chinese takeout and dimsum from Riverside on the way back. Piggie buns for E.

Legoland reopened its doors and invited season passholders back for some preview days. Of course, this one was more than ready to be back. The park was pretty quiet with zero lines for the select rides that were open. Also, we are excited for the new Lego Movie World land coming soon that was supposed to open last Spring but got postponed due to you know what.

Hard to believe but this is his first time on this ride! First he wasn’t tall enough but wanted to go so badly then he got a little scared when he WAS tall enough… and now has fully come to terms with it. ;P

We felt Legoland had put some pretty good precautions and protocols in place… including an insane amount of sanitizer on the bricks — see the layer of film on the mat?

A metaphor for the world this past year? Lol.

And then… In-person school started back up! They of course gave the option of staying virtual but after some deliberation, we just knew that it’d be better for E to be back. From the initial meetings, it sounded like it’d be a logistical nightmare but with a superb new principal and the village of teachers/staff/supportive parents, it really has been going amazingly well. We can tell that it has been SO good for E beyond academics — physically, mentally… Being the extrovert that he is, he really is incredibly happy to be with his friends and interacting with students and teachers. TBH, the first few days felt eerily quiet without E at home and hearing his teachers and classmates on Zoom in the background.

Virtual Science Night! The PTA has been doing a great job helping us all stay connected and in community.

These past months have instilled in him a deep love for reading… You can find him with a book (iPad) much of his free time at home. :) Sometimes with some odd yoga movements mixed in… :D (Remember down dog with ball scratch? Lol and sigh — ages ago it seems like!)