Silicon Valley Comic Con

Jory and I got tickets to the Silicon Valley comic con, and there was a LOT of photo ops!

Lots of Star Wars...

 (the K2SO is made of paper!)

... NASA ...

... and Avengers!

Even some microbiome-related gear!

Jory also got to play TMNT on NES - he didn't quite have the hang of how to hold the controller...

March for Science!

Jory and I went to San Francisco for the March for Science on Earth Day, and Jory wore one of Heidi's resistor headbands...

... sometimes in non-traditional ways :)

Jory had lots of fun at the Civic Center, where there was a jungle gym with an incredibly high density of children:

 ... and a big fountain:

And Jory to make a piece of quilt that is going to be sent to children around the globe. He was told to make something nice for Earth Day, so he made a bear, thinking about a sun... and what's that pencil drawing to the left? Yep: it's Darth Vader!

Trip to Berkeley for a birthday party

We drove up to Berkeley for a birthday party, and Jory read his Magic Tree House book the whole way up...

At the party, there was a very friendly squirrel... with an orange!

We then went to nearby Tilden park with a narrow gauge kids train:

 

On our way back from the train, we stopped at a cool lookout with a tree trunk that had been painted completely.

Jory playing games

Jory and Daddy spent the evening playing sports.

Here's Jory's trick shot of the day:

Then we went to the backyard to play baseball:

The Empire State!

Well, day 3 of our NY adventure was no less cold than day 1 and 2, and we even got some new snow:

First we went on the Staten Island Ferry to see Lady Liberty:

 Tiff and Jory also got silly along the way!

 Next we went to the Empire State Building:

Here's Jory and Tiff up at the top, where you could barely see up or down!

 

and all of us!

Here's Jory coming down the elevator at floor 83:

Here's Jory stuck on the subway platform:

We ended up going to the NBA store, where Jory was able to compare his height to Kristaps Porzingis:

 

and also to see skaters at Rockefeller Center!

 Saying goodbye to NY!

 And here's what Jory wrote to his grandparents about his trip!

The Big Apple

Day 2 of our New York trip started with meeting up with our wonderful friends Lee and Melinda. They first took us to the new Oculus building in the financial district:

Then we went up to High Line park:

 

Jory built a snow man!

After that we wandered the streets...

 Then we went down to Washington Square where Tiff went to NYU: first to the Forbidden Planets comic store...

 then to Washington Square Park...

 then to the Public Library...

More adventures to come!

New York, New York!

We're back! I have been sadly remiss about updating the blog, but there's no time like the present: we just took a family trip to New York City! Turned out to be well-timed: a day after the big blizzard, so we actually made it there and Jory was able to play in the snow!

Day 1 started at Central Park:

This quickly degenerated into fun in the snow:

Jory wrote his name in the snow :)

We then made our way to the Natural History Museum:

Here's Jory the puffer fish!

Then Jory and Tiff outside the New York City Museum:

Back to Central Park, where Jory visited Strawberry Fields:

 and the John Lennon memorial:

Tiff sang some Beatles songs to Jory while we were there:

And that was just Day 1! Stay tuned!