A trip to the beach

A few weeks ago our neighbors invited us to join them on a trip to the beach at Half Moon Bay. So we hit the sand on a typical Northern California beach day, where everyone was bundled in wind jackets and the fog eventually made it hard to see the waves a few meters away.

We had a picnic:

KC and Jory built a sand castle:

Jory discovered a disembodied head:

 

And everyone got very sandy!

 

Yaaaarrr, education!

During our recent trip to visit Jory's grandparents in Milwaukee, KC and I took Jory to the Milwaukee Public Museum. It was the last day of their big pirates exhibit, which we didn't see, but we did take the opportunity for a pirate-related photo-op. Oddly, this pirate reminds me of my grandfather:

Then we took Jory to the butterfly garden, which is always lovely. KC managed to attract a butterfly so Jory could get a closer (non-grabbing) look:

For the last few weeks Jory and I have been catching moths near the Menlo Park library, so even though he's got a vocabulary of about 70 words, one of those words is "moth."

Thanks to Jory's grandparents for encouraging us to visit the museum!

What is Jory's favorite word?

You should know after watching this video:

This will have Tiffany's post about him watching this video make more sense. He loves to watch this video, and anticipates most of the events that occur, including the cough halfway through. Man, this kid loves himself.

I crack myself up

We've mentioned before that Jory is a total narcissist. Here's a video of him watching a video of himself - he cracks himself up! There's actually a video here, but the first frame is black.

Hopefully we'll post the original video soon!

Hello, world

We're in the process of getting Jory's first passport, so I took him to get his passport photo done this weekend.

His hair is crazy, he's got a shiner from a fight over a toy, and his cheek sports a giant bruise from falling flat on his face.

Oh, and notice the deeply suspicious expression - we got this photo on the first try because Jory held perfectly still so he could glare at the lady taking his picture.

At it turns out, this picture captures him perfectly.

Cry me a river

Recently, KC and Jory took a boys' trip up to Lake Tahoe. KC tried to commemorate their fun by taking photos at a scenic waterfall.

Now you can see why we hired a photographer for our family portrait.

And yes, the Force is VERY strong with this one!

Boys night out

Daddy and Jory, chilling on the couch with wine and a basketball game. Jory was disappointed that this basketball video did not have any otters in it, unlike his normal Youtube viewing.