How many trees must a preschooler...

Jonathan shows off all of his projects from pre-kindergarten.

Happy Birthday!

It is hard to believe that Jonathan is five. He has grown up so much in the last year. A few things I love about Jonathan: his smile, his infectious laugh, and his great imagination. He asks great questions (Do birds have ears? Why didn't you turn on your blinker when you turned?) and I love finding the answers out with him.




















Jonathan had a Star Wars birthday party for his fifth birthday.

Activities included

• Luke, Luke, Darth Vader (variation of duck, duck, goose)
• Make your own light saber
• Jedi training obstacle course
• Bounty hunter hydro-detonater fight (water balloons)

After Lucas woke him up this morning, Jonathan had an asteroid hunt to find his presents.



















The scooter was a hit.















His cake: dark chocolate cake with peanut butter mousse. Consensus: great cake, mousse too rich.

Dirt.

We went camping for the Fourth with the Christensens. Two days of lots of dirt and no baths: a boy's dream come true.

Up, up and away

More big sights

Jonathan and I contemplating art and life in front of a pioneer artist's cabin.


































Playing "Pooh sticks"








































Covered bridge in the pioneer village.

Big sights

After graduation we went with my parents to Yosemite. They are fit septagenarians! I would never challenge one of them to a footrace.
















































Can you tell that Jonathan loved all the photo ops?

Congratulations!

Help from Dad, who just went through the hooding process himself last August.















The undergraduate "processional" (a.k.a. wacky walk) at Stanford.




















Graduation according to Jonathan:

We got up early and went to Stanford graduation. Up at the stands I didn't really do much. One of the speakers was a girl (Oprah), and she talked about crazy stuff, like how they tried to change her name. Isn't that crazy?

We saw a dragon that came around the tent lots of times, an elephant, a Batman, and there were some guys who didn't have much clothes on and were carrying it on a a clothesline
















Then we went to another graduation. It was a celebration for Daddy.

Then we did fun stuff, like walking around.