At the end of November we flew home from Florida, which meant we had a little recovery time on Sunday after taking the boys to swim class, and then on Monday, December 2nd, Aaron turned 4 years old! Given the timing of holidays and travel plans of our own and friends, we decided to decorate […]
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Thanksgiving in Florida: Part 2
December 31st, 2024 by pleia2
We spent the first half of our Florida trip in the south, and on Tuesday we drove almost 3 hours north to visit my family in Melbourne. On the drive up I received a call from my Aunt Mary Ellen who we had planned on spending Thanksgiving dinner with, only to learn she had contracted […]
Thanksgiving in Florida: Part 1
December 27th, 2024 by pleia2
Back in July we had a plan to spend the 4th of July with family, and those plans fell apart when the whole household came down with COVID-19 just days before we were supposed to leave for our trip. But we still wanted to visit! MJ has a little cousin (now two years old!) who […]
November books, politics, and fossils
December 26th, 2024 by pleia2
We had a very busy September and October with outings on most weekends. Most of them have been free events aimed at families, or came as part of one of the museum memberships we have. It’s been a lot of fun, but November changed things up a bit. The first weekend in November began with […]
Halloween 2024
December 17th, 2024 by pleia2
November flew by, in the best way possible, I had a couple trips, spent time with family, and made a lot of progress on projects at work. It was a little jarring to discover that now, in mid-December, I hadn’t yet writtern about Halloween! As I’ve written about before, Halloween is my favorite holiday. We […]
Autumn activities and Sukkot
October 30th, 2024 by pleia2
Autumn has always been my favorite season. I love pumpkin spice, the cooler weather, and Halloween. There are always a lot of festivals and fun things around, and we always find a handful of Halloween activities to go to with the kids. It’s also a busy time since we also observe the High Holy days […]
Niles Canyon Railway Train
October 28th, 2024 by pleia2
On Sunday, October 13th we made our way over to Niles Canyon Railway for my birthday present: tickets on the steam train! The weather was beautiful and we arrived right on time to line up to board the train. The train leaves from Sunol and you take about a 90 minute journey south through lots […]
Science in the Park, a robot, and being organic
October 19th, 2024 by pleia2
In early October we discovered a local annual event called Science in the Park. It was at a nearby university campus, and it sounds like it hadn’t been held in several years as a result of the pandemic so it was our first time going. We weren’t sure what to expect, but it definitely exceeded […]
Birthday and Rosh Hashanah
October 18th, 2024 by pleia2
On September 29th I turned 43 years old. It was actually kind of a bummer, because the boys and I were dreadfully sick with a cold that included fevers. In the days around it, they missed school and everyone slept poorly. We couldn’t go out to swim class, a movie at the theater with Adam’s […]
A horse, a donkey, and a Cessna
September 19th, 2024 by pleia2
We have been busy lately. It’s just the time of year, there are always lots of events at the end of summer and beginning of autumn when the weather is perfect. It’s always been my favorite time of year. Last weekend we took advantage of the beautiful weather by visiting one of MJ’s colleagues up […]