The tent works out well but Daddy has to share Z's sleeping bag...

 

Sand castles!

 Justin and Andrea make good resting spots on our first camping trip with the kids.

First

Z and the EGG show off their moves at Justina and Andrea's...clothing optional.

On the dunes near Morro Bay then at Emma's dance performance.

Z enjoys life inside and outside the box.

Zane's first day of preschool at Redwood Village!



Playing outside first


Then to the Goodbye Window


And circle time!

Z says goodbye to Annie's "school" (daycare) where he's been going for the last year


Then we go to the X Games

Z the little brother

"Ezra tell me do it"

"Ezra say so" are two of Z's most frequently heard phrases

Z has discovered he can make a "taco tongue" something no one else in immediate the family can do

Z at the Obon Festival
He always looks out for Dad--worried that he might not "get" to come along somewhere he says "Daddy be sad home alone."

Smash, Crash, There Goes the Trash! (one of Z's favorite books)

Z loves to eat his snacks or anything else, some quotes when hungry:
"I eat you up mommy. You mommy soup. You mommy tortilla soup."

Mr Independent wants to do everything on his own, even navigate BART


Exploring SF



Z loves to sing "If You're Happy And You Know It" but not when being recorded


Climbing higher than we thought possible

Both Papap / Doggie Ray and Grandma Grandpa Watson come visit us at our "oakland house" - as Z calls it when he frequently asks to be reminded "which house we going to?"

Z makes some calls before we check out


Z enjoys the sand dunes at North Salmon Creek Beach near Bodega Bay





In front of the "dragon" on a bulb of land that juts out into the bay

The SF Bay


Lots of fun exploring at the Bay Area Discovery Museum




Z: "Me ice cream bear"


Ready for bed!