Photos of Camille, Daniel (and family and friends)

Daniel drew this after seeing “How to Train Your Dragon“.

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In sailing jargon, if you don’t have the full complement of crew, you are called short-handed.  If you are only one person, you are single-handed. With Molly at an overnight retreat with her book group, I was left to parent the troops.  Rather than do it at home, I hatched a plan to escape with [...]

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Spirit loves to run.  She loves to chase tennis balls.  And when she’s hot, she loves to wallow in the mud.  As a result, there is a lot of this afterward… She tries to resist and I try to wash.  It’s like dancing with a reluctant partner.  We both get soapy and wet.  Hopefully at [...]

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While dining at Tappi in Twisp in February on our annual family ski vacation, Daniel used the time before devouring his Uncle Felix pizza (sausage and cheese topped) to create this gem on the back of a menu.  Click on the image to enlarge it.

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Daniel’s eighth birthday was back in January, but he planned it for weeks ahead of time.  This is a detailed plan of the day-by-day events, complete with actual times.   Click on the image to enlarge it.

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The day I arrive in SoCal, we went to visit with Molly’s old friend Tami.  Tami’s husband Jess is a professor at CalTech.  CalTech is one of my alma maters, so I requested a nostalgia tour.  Jess obliged me while the kids played on the beautiful grounds.

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Last week, we visited Molly’s family in Los Angeles.  The kids and Molly went early and took in a visit to Magic Mountain (see separate post).  I joined them on Thursday.

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Molly and the kids met up with Molly’s brother Alex and his kids for a trip to Magic Mountain to relive Molly’s fantasies about roller coasters.

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Molly grew up (mostly) in Whittier, CA.  She took us on a tour of her old haunts.

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