Bubble BBQ

On Sunday, I took the family to a "Bubble BBQ" thrown by our skeptic's group - the best day we've had out in a long time. KG and I got the chance hang out, chat with families we love, and enjoy beautiful SoCal. But it was the kids who had the time of their lives. Henry nearly lost his mind playing with countless bubble toys, games, etc. More days like this, please!

Mother's Day Extra

Early Mother's Day Pancakes

Card

"Mom, stars that love at night" - Henry's words on the Mother's Day card he made for Katharine

Getting Some "Privacy"

More Aquarium with the Skeptics

 Rachel!

w/ Kane

Cabrillo Aquarium w/ the Skeptics

Celebrating Mommy's Last Day of Radiation!

Pictures of Henry at His School

Planting potatoes

"Pink Day" in honor of Katharine

Fresh squeezed OJ

Science experiment

"Holi" Festival

Henry Podcast Interview

My buddy Eric Drachman is (among other things) a freelance radio producer. Recently, he's been contributing to the "Good Question" podcast where radio producers create short pieces around a common question. For their third episode, "Who are you?" he asked if he could interview Henry. The result, below, is so, so sweet.
 

Happy New Year

Just got back from a few days up in Berkeley.  It's a trip we've done before, staying with friends we love, and it was just great.  They have a son Henry's age and a daughter a few years younger so they all hung out together, playing, looking at books, watching movies, etc.  Henry even got in some flirting with the little one.

2012 was challenging for our family, what with Katharine's cancer diagnosis/treatment, but I'm proud of how we all did and grateful that so many things went better than I expected. Henry, in particular, has been brave, patient, and loving. I didn't dare guess he would respond to all this upheaval with such aplomb. And hopefully we will be able to put it all behind us soon.

The support the family has received this year in the wake of KG's illness has been overwhelming. Saying "thank you" seems crazily insufficient, but I'm going to do it anyway.  So thanks, everyone. You've helped us more than you can know.  

Happy 2013.

Henry's little crush

The gang

Day Trip To San Fran!

 The drum circle at Ashby Station!

Blocks and Exhaustion

Thanks, Hugo!

School Holiday Pageant

 With Grandma

Just before the performance!

Science Is Real

 Watching "Here Comes Science" on the way to Granny's

And Again

Now that he's figured it out, he's getting creative!

Stick Figure!

Henry's first stick man! 

Dancing To Handsome Boy Modeling School