Easter Weekend 2014

In continuing with our East tradition, we were lucky to have Uncle Chris come visit!  The Easter bunny came as well.  :)

Buying ride tickets at the Santa Monica Pier!

A perfect way to end the day in Santa Monica - buried by Daddy!

Making Easter Cupcakes with Uncle Chris.  This year we changed from the tradition of Easter baskets to try bunny ice cream cone cupcakes.  Which should we do next year?  You be the judge!

Home grown real Easter Grass!  Thanks for the kits Grandma and Albie!

 

Easter Dinner at Grandma Gizmo and Papa's!  Thanks for the wonderful time.

Two girls with lots of energy!

More Family activities

 Bubble Man . . . .

 Carnival at Oak Park High School

 First Movie at El Capitan with cousins - Muppets Most Wanted

 Handprints outside Mann's Chinese Theater

 Snow Carnival at a local elementary school

Various Activities around Thousand Oaks

 Gymnastics . . .

 Knotts Berry Farm

 Knotts Berry Farms

 Knotts Berry Farms

 Local park . . .

Post-Gymnastics dinner at Wendy's

Back to California

Back to the California lifestyle! 

January 25, 2014

Finally . . . .

Thank you to all who have been patient with us over the last 6 months.  We will be posting in order from January through the summer as to keep the sequence correct. 

Cold and Snow

With the New Year, Jack's wish for snow was granted.  A snow storm rolled in canceling our flight home.  The delay gave us some extra time to frolic in the snow.  We tried to make snowmen, but the snow was a bit to powdery.  We were able to make snow angles, have snow ball fights and go sledding.

New Years Eve

We had fun celebrating New Year's Eve.  We made it to about 9:00 and watched the fireworks from Dubai.  There was a lot of cheers with the various sparkling drinks.

Day Trips in Connecticut

During our visit we had many days out.  We went to see Frozen and the kids have almost memorized the words to most of the songs including many that did not make it into the movie.  We went to a kids museum where the kids made some very nice art work.  We also visited a airplane museum where Caitlin participated in a demonstration and both kids, Chris and I were able to fly in a  flight simulator.

Christmas Day

The kids are at a great age for celebrating Christmas.  With the change in time zones, they slept in until the sun was up.  They waited patiently, more than I can say about by myself, at the top of the stairs.  Santa was very nice; he gave Caitlin a doll and a doll horse.  Jack received a doll and a

marble maze.  The kids and their parents also received many of presents from Grandma, Albie and Uncle Chris.  Legos were a big hit.