Saturday, October 4, 2008

Monday Evenings

There are some Monday evenings that are the loooongest of my life. Paul closes and gets home as the girls are going to bed so we have a long day together. On bad days, it can be really trying, but on good days, we have a lot of fun together. This was one of those days.

My cousin Rachel gave the girls some of her clothes and they absolutely love them! To be honest, they loved everything about Rachel: her room, her bed, her clothes, and just the idea of her. It's cute to listen to them talk about her. The girls wore their dresses and we put on some music and danced around the house. Then we went outside for a walk and found a Walking Stick on a plant on the porch. He just hung out while we watched him and snapped some pictures.

San Diego Zoo

Ahh, the straw that broke the camels back...or should I say ours?? The trip was winding down and we had promised the girls we'd go to the San Diego Zoo. We had fun but everyone was exhausted and pushing ourselves to enjoy it. By lunch time even Winky was complaining, and she's usually my trooper. As we arrived back at Aunt Di's house, Gussie said to Mom, "Grandma, I don't think I can do the Wild Animal Park tomorrow" in a sad and pathetic little voice. We all agreed, a day of rest was needed and Aunt Lynda provided the perfect day for everyone. We spent the next to the last night of our trip at Lynda and Dave's house with a nice family BBQ, and then went to a park near her house for an afternoon picnic. The girls were very happy and it was the perfect end to a wonderful trip.

We stood in line for quite awhile to see the pandas and it was worth it. We had a great view of two of the adults and the baby was sleeping in the tree. I love this picture I got of the Mom munching on her bamboo.

Gussie's's new favorite dog is Willie from Aunt Lynda's house. She could eat our little Panya for a snack if she wanted to. The girls thought it was pretty neat to have a big dog around which is a good sign for the future.... (Is my Mom falling over as she reads that??) ;-)

The Beach and Seaport Village


We had a nice relaxing day on Sunday after the wedding and enjoyed walking around Seaport Village and drove over to Coronado to play on the beach. Here's some pictures of our day.


Both girls loved the hat shop at Seaport Village. Winky tried on everything she could get her little hands on and modeled for me. Gussie ooh'ed and aah'ed over lots of them, but she wouldn't try anything on or pose for the camera. :-(

We took Gussie to the beach when she was very little before we moved, but this is her first time back that she'll remember. Both girls were unhappy about the waves at first but Grandma showed them how to jump the waves and by the end, they were begging to stay longer.