Campus Tours

Ever since Jadon started pre-school at age 3, we've had a little tradition to get frozen yogurt together after school. Not everyday of course, but once in a while. Although, I WISH we could get it everyday because it is deliciousness. Anyway, Jadon is on a modified year-round schedule so he didn't get out of school until the middle of July. Zac also had as summer school pre-school session that ended the same week. So when Jadon had his half-days on Wednesdays, he and I had some one-on-one time. I decided to take him around school a little bit. Not his school, MY school. And boy was he excited.

I didn't get pictures of all three days we went so I 'borrowed' from some the internet. [You can figure out which ones by scrolling over the pic and clicking on it.] But rest assured, we did get frozen yogurt on campus each time we went. That was always the end goal. I took him to the Institute, where he got sour patch licorice for free. Good place that LDS Institute is.


I absolute LOVE walking through here after class. It's always green and beautiful and peaceful.


Then we walked though Muir woods and all the construction going on. I told Jadon he's have good luck if he walked backward under the Sun God statue so he did.


One day, we walked all the way over to Stonehenge to see the stone blocks there.


We saw Che Cafe and Giesel Library named after Theodore Giesel or Dr. Suess.


Jadon loved going to the 6th floor of the library and looking out over campus. I think his favorite part was taking a picture with the bronze statue of Dr. Suess and the Cat in the Hat.



Yeah, he really liked Dr. Suess, so much so that Jadon thought it appropriate to show his love for Dr. Suess by climbing on his head.


We walked through some of the wooded area north of Library Walk to see the metal trees and listened to the singing tree. We also saw the skateboard memorial and I told him the story of a boy, just 20 years old, who rode his skateboard down the hill without a helmet. He wiped out, hit is head and died. Good lesson for a young kid if you ask me. Way to scare him straight. Sadly, it's a true story.

We also saw the Chicano Legacy mural, which is one of my favorites.


On our way up Jadon stood on some kind of AC vent and loved getting his clothes blown on.


One student even stopped to watch him because Jadon was laughing and giggling.

We went through Price Center and Jadon thought is was the coolest thing that I had a Burger King at my school. He asked me lots of questions about where the students lived and commented that my school was like a little city. Smart kid :) I took him through the Old Student Union and showed him Erickson Hall [since that's my maiden name] and tried to find the graffiti corridors but couldn't.

We also rolled down the hill outside the Applied Math and Physics (AP&M) building.


Of our trips to campus, I think my favorite parts were when students and faculty members would pass us and smile as they looked down at Jadon. It's not everyday you see a kid his age on campus.


And he is the future after all. Jadon's spirit reminds us that we were once children too, full of wonder and imagination. I think it caused pause for silent reminiscing about our childhood [judging by the smiles on the faces of professors]. Perhaps seeing such uninhibited youthfulness spawns thoughts on how we can revive some of that spirit in an effort to enrich our lives. At least it did for me.


After our last excursion, I asked Jadon if he thought he might like to attend UCSD for college [since he was so excited on our trips] to which he replied, "No Mom, I'm going to BYU."

Good grief child.