Cal Poly Drop Off

We were all supposed to go to California for a family trip and then to drop LT off.  However, with B's injury, he wasn't able to fly so we pivoted.  I was originally going to stay with the boys, but Ads offered and as one of my friends said to me, "You have one chance to drop your kid at college, don't miss it".  I'm so glad I went, and also so glad B wasn't there struggling to keep up with a very long, hilly and tiring day.

But the goodbye between the brothers was heartbreaking.  They all cried, I cried watching them say goodbye.  

Our flight getting to Cali was an adventure in itself.  What was supposed to be a 2 hour flight, turned into a 6 hour flight.  Because of the flight delay, our car ride went from 4 hours with no traffic to 6 hours.  We ended up arriving in SLO at 9:30PM.  We all slept well and then headed over to campus for his 9:15 AM move in slot.  

He's not in a traditional dorm, rather an apartment.  While he thought he was just having two roommates, he now has 5 others.  I think in the end, while different than envisioned, there is a lot good to this situation.  But, its on a mountain.  The furthest place from the main campus.  

It has a full kitchen, and the moms fully stocked it for them.

A living area.

2 bathrooms, 4 bedrooms (1 with desks, 3 with 2 people each in them).  LT is in the back bedroom with his roommate, Jake (in the apartment is also Blake and Drake, no we didn't make this up).

This is out of his room window.  We even saw deer out there!

LT and his roomie Jack.

Lucas, LT and Drake.

Drake, Lucas, Lucas's brother, Landon, us, Lucas's parents.  Ray and Blake had not arrived at the time we said goodbye to Landon.

 

Entertaining B

While B can get around pretty well, he can't swim, hike, sit in long car rides, or do many outdoor activities.  He's spent a lot of time laying on the couch, with us around or not, watching TV.  But, he's also had a lot of fun friends visit to play games, do puzzles, and put together many Lego sets.

Apparently I was sitting in her spot, so she just got up anyway.

 

Unicorn

When I went to pick up my daily Starbucks on Saturday, the baristas were all wearing unicorn headbands.  I inquired and found out they brought back the unicorn drink from 2017 for just the weekend.  Naturally I needed to get them for our kids (and the neighbor friend).

 

Dim Sum dinner for LT

While we were supposed to be in San Francisco this week, LT is enjoying a few extra days in Denver with his friends.  We took a few of them, our nephew and one of Brian's and my good friends to Dim Sum for dinner.

 

Papa turned 85!

My dad (papa) turned 85 on Thursday.  We were able to get all of us together, plus some of his friends, to celebrate him!  

Grandma got a cake for him, Nicholas (whose birthday is the day before) and LT who was supposed to leave for college the day after.

These guys have a great time together.  

 

Entertaining B

In addition to lots of B's friends who have stopped by to play and entertain him, the big kids have been pretty incredible.  

Mom doesn't like Monopoly, but the big kids played with B.

 

Knee Surgery for the youngest

We had a bit of a wild 24 hours with B.  He was running and hit a retaining wall with his knee.  The laceration was so deep and big it required surgery.  

Figuring out the crutches after the ER, knowing he needed surgery the next day.

It was a long day waiting for surgery, so he napped.

Post surgery was tough to wake him up, but we eventually were able to and headed home where he will have a long recovery, but is doing really well.

 

Soaking up time with the first born

With LT leaving for school next week, I have been squeezing in as much time with him as I can.  Just the two of us went for a hike last week while Ads and Bri were in California and B was at camp.

I've been playing pickleball for a few years with the same 4 girls.  My partner was out of town, so I snagged LT as my twin partner!

 

State Swim meet

 

State Swim Party

I am not sure how or why I agreed to hosting the state swim party for Virginia Vale (especially given Brian was in Europe), but I did.  And it was fun.   And crazy, and a lot!  There were A LOT of kids and parents!  Like A LOT.  I didn't realize how many 100 in our home would be, but it worked out, beautifully!