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Checking out the brand new uni-meter as we hurriedly get ready, staying up late into the night, for BayCon42. (7/1/26)
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Ready to sell a lot of books and toys! (7/3/26)
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Hanging out in our hotel room, deconstructing the day, and watching a bunch of Heartland. (7/3/26)
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Lee
spent the day at a science center with Oma Suzy, but then the three of
us caught the fireworks right in front of our hotel between episodes of
Heartland. (7/4/26)
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Our little cozy bubble of white linens and troubled horses. (7/6/26)
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Relaxing after a long con. (7/6/26)
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We ended our trip to the Bay Area by having dinner at Chef Chu's and catching up with family. (7/6/26)
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Grandpa Ralph brought some books, photographs, and sentimental papers along to share. (7/6/26)
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Saying goodbye to Oma Suzy and Grandpa Ralph. (7/6/26)
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Back to our tiny bubble of order... and chaos. (7/6/26)
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Stopping to try some baklava in the middle of a very, very long drive home. (7/7/26)
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Stopping to hang out in the cool grass, escaping the heat of a car with eratic air-conditioning. (7/7/26)
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Lee found little guys. (7/7/26)
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It's good to stop and ponder the lives of little things. (7/7/26)
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We
got home from our trip to find a much less fluffy -- but also much
calmer -- Fluffy Man. Apparently, Cole stored a lot of his
anxiety in his fur. (7/8/26)
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Taking a break from video games to read an XKCD relevant to the converation in the room. (7/12/26)
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Heading to the Teddy Bear Picnic. (7/18/26)
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A ladbybug joined us at the picnic. (7/18/26)
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Lane
spent all day in the heat, manning the Phi Long Lion Dance booth at the
Asian Celebration in Alton Baker Park, and for the first time, he got
to do actual lion dancing -- performing the tail on the red lion!
(7/18/26)
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We were trying to remember something and went to look it up in this picture page... (7/22/26)
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...the
kids quickly realized this was a clever way to not get sent to bed even
though it was quite late, as we continued happily scrolling through old
memories. (7/22/26)
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Lee decided he wanted to recreate this picture of his holding the lovely toy robot. (7/22/26)
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Lee and a lovely toy robot. (7/22/26)
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Time to wrap Lane's birthday presents. (7/25/26)
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Lee's
been told he must sing "La la la, connect the dots" while writing
Lane's name on this present via connected dots. (7/25/26)
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Trying to stop Julian from chewing on all the ribbons. (7/25/26)
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The little bandit wouldn't stop, so it was time to hold him like a baby. (7/25/26)
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The next morning, Julian is still lurking around, and several of the ribbons are noticeably more munged. (7/26/26)
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Lane
is disconcertingly good at judging what kind of object is inside a
present by examing in. Julian is disconcertingly good at chewing
on them. (7/26/26)
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We went blackberry picking. (7/26/26)
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It was apparently early in the season, but there were still plenty of good berries. (7/26/26)
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Lane
gets many burrs on his pants from the blackberry picking, and so the
children discuss how the difference between Birday and Birthday is just
the TH... (7/26/26)
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...and
so logically, they must conclude the Thnikaman will come tonight and
bring the TH to turn Birthday Eve -- a.k.a. Birday -- into Birthday.
(7/26/26)
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We escaped from The Cabin as Escape the Room with 53 seconds to spare! (7/27/26)
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Now
is the time for pointing at cakes. Lane was torn between a
chocolate one with other desserts stacked on top of it and a strawberry
boston, so we did some shopping and picked up additional treats while
he carefully considered the options. (7/27/26)
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Before eating the cake, there is much opening of presents. (7/27/26)
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Lane
appreciates a not from Physics Alley Guy regarding his new ghostface
rubber duck and looks through the table of contents for a book from his
fairy godmother. (7/27/26)
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Oh, how it shines for you. (7/27/26)
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Apparenlty, the giant sprinkles were not crunchy, but overall, quite a successful cake. (7/27/26)
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Lane
never thought he'd eat sushi from a boat. Lee who claims to not
like spicy things eats straight wasabi and comments on the irony.
(7/27/26)
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Lee insists that these roses are not sorbet, in spite of their label. (7/27/26)
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"Do they LOOK like sorbet???" (7/27/26)
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When
asked if he supposes his toeses are roses, Lee insists not. Thus
he is not Moses. However, does Lee decree that his knees are
bees? He is too flabbergasted to properly answer. (7/27/26)
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Lane discovers a flower called the French child -- "Les Enfant des France." (7/27/26)
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Nineteen years old. Oh yeah. (7/27/26)
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