and now to the north

The weekend following our return from CO we decided that since being on the road with a little guy was so much fun we should go on another trip. Rich had a Thursday meeting in the Bay area and flew up north in the morning and Axel and I drove up and met him at Peter and Marianna's house that evening (aka Omi Marianne and Grandpa). We spent Friday in Santa Cruz visiting the old lab mates and introducing Axel to the world of marine natural products. Friday evening Rich cook a birthday dinner for his Dad, and Saturday while Peter was racing we spent some time catching up with Jason and Susan, some SB friends that moved to Woodside this summer (mind you Peter isn't actually in the linked video, but it gives you a good taste of what he's up to).

As anyone with an infant will love to tell you sleep is at a premium during this time (until when? he's 18? 35?). With all the running around the napping schedule got a bit crazy, so on Saturday when Axel decided he wasn't going to nap Rich opted to hike him around the yard in a backpack... while I caught up on some much needed zzzz's. The result, magical. I think Rich was tired too.

We followed this up with a Boot familly mainstay, the afternoon cup of tea. (I think the pic is acutally from breakfast, but you get the idea). Omi did the all important job of introducing Axel to the Financial Times (from their website: The latest UK and international business, finance, economic and political news, comment and analysis.) Someboday had to do it. He mostly reads Curious George at home.