Coloma

Maya headed off to her three day outdoor ed trip to Coloma to enhance their learning about the gold rush.  The kids put on their miner outfits and headed off to the Sierras.

Mining fashion.

Maya with her friend, Morgan, outside the bus.

These kids are ready to go.

Photos that were brought back from the parents gave us a glimpse of what happened on their trip.  Here they are during the first day that was a little rainy.

Down by the river.

 Maya does not approve of her dab in this photo.

A little rock sitting.

More fun with her pals.

Not sure what's going on here.

The kids went on a long hike on one of the days...apparently it was 7 hours.

Hiking!

The sleeping arrangements.  Big thanks to the daring chaperones.

What We Are Doing

Here's a little taste of some of the latest happenings...

 Maya shows off her headpiece from her art class.  She made a snake.

Here are the 4th grade teapots.  Maya made a banana looking one.

The kindergarteners at Dexter's school got to go to a funny little space museum together.

Our final Girl Scout meeting with this great group of girls.

Dexter is a pro at the monkey bars.

Todd was a part of a talk for middle school and high school students at work about ILM's work on "Rogue One".

That's Pablo Hidalgo, Vick Schutz, Jee Young Park, Todd, John Knoll and Erin O'Connor.

"Orlando" video

A few little snippets from our trip...

Epcot Easter

Easter arrived while we were in Orlando.  The Easter bunny found us and delivered some delicious treats.  After a nice brunch, we headed for Epcot for our last day in Orlando.

 Easter loot.

Very organized.

Today we headed to Grammy and Papa's favorite park, Epcot.

The happy couple.

The fam.

Maya and Dex with two of their favorite people.

The whole gang.

Outside Canada along the World Showcase.

Looking good.

Dexter finds floral Phineas and Ferb.

Very cool.

Dad and Dex.

Coffee makes everything more fun.

Dexter meets Baymax.

Starstruck.

More Epcot photo ops.

What and amazing trip with these two kids!

Birthday at Hollywood Studios

Momma found herself celebrating her own birthday on this trip too.   Today we headed to the Hollywood Studios theme park.

 Momma got a morning cuddle from two of her favorite people.

One is not pleased, apparently.

Welcome to the park.

In front of their version of Mann's Chinese Theater.

We took our first trip to the Tower of Terror.  It was fun and terrifying.

Captain Phasma with her storm troopers.

They created a Pixar area in part of the park that matches the way Pixar really looks.  Momma having a case of deja vu.

The whole crew!

Animal Kingdom

Today Grammy and Papa took a break from park excitement and we headed out to the Animal Kingdom.

Park headwear.

In front of the Tree of Life.

Under the tree.

Alligators

Rhinos 

 

Expedition Everest roller coaster.  First time with Momma.

Now with Dad.

Hanging out with Russell from Up.  Maya and Dexter enjoyed being wilderness explorers.

Getting ready to go on safari.

Very expansive safari area with lots of African animals.

Giraffes chillin'.

From above, there's not much to see...

...but below a Hippo is hiding.

Gorillas working hard to ignore us.

Sunset back at the fort.