Then Amy went to Nicaragua for a week.
Micah handled it well. In the days before her departure, Amy talked to Micah about how she was going on an airplane, which helped him understand her absence.
When Amy was gone we visited the Santa Cruz boardwalk with Ben and his dad. We met up with Palomi and Ellie, too. The bigger kids started out on the helicopter ride, which Micah wanted to try. Kids ride by themselves on that ride, and though Micah was happy to be strapped in, he wasn't so happy when I tried to walk away so that the ride could start. So he passed on the helicopters, but then we rode the carousel and a few spinning rides. The highlight of the day was the Cave Train, which not only combined two of Micah's favorite things-- choo-choos and tunnels-- but also got us in out of the rain temporarily. Micah capped off his day with a ride on the Ferris Wheel and by letting Ben fly him around on the airplane ride. It was good to see him finally get the confidence to ride without Daddy.
When the lonely week ended, we woke up late at night to go to the airport to pick up Mommy. I asked Micah on the way, "who's at the airport?" His first answer was Ben (good guess), but after I rephrased the question as "who's on an airplane?" he knew that we were going to get Mommy. As always, he enjoyed the trip over the Bay Bridge, especially the tunnel in the middle. We had a wait for a while for Amy to clear customs and Micah began to get impatient and upset. He managed to entertain himself by saying "Mommy fly airplane" and watching the airport choo-choo.
Finally, Mommy arrived and presented Micah with a new guitar.
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