Monday, July 26, 2010

Our Fun Trip to Sea World

Last week we went to Sea World for the first time since Jayden's been born. It was very productive and very different from past experiences. Jaycee had many firsts on this trip including: watching her first movie (in 4-D), riding on a child's ride above the ground, and watching a sea lion show. Both the girls had a wonderful day and Jaycee keeps asking to go back again. We even did a cute caricature picture of the two of them together.









Jayden's Bananas

This is a photo experience of Jayden's bananas. She is not thrilled with food in general, so these series of pictures pretty much explain how she feels every time she eats solids.





Jaycee's best imitation of Jayden's face.


And, just like Jaycee did, Jayden enjoys playing on the computer.



Sunday, July 18, 2010

A few more pictures from Solvang

Jayden's 4th of July outfit. Too cute!



Jaycee's first time in a jolly jump. She loved it and gave it a thumbs up!


Jayden's first time in a swing

Jayden was over the mini horses by this point. Look at her face!

Dada was picking raspberries. Look at the size of those bushes!

Raspberry farmer Jaycee

Jaycee loved the anatomy of this statue. It's a girl.


The Horse Back Rider

Lately Jaycee has wanted to ride on Princess. She even has her own little helmet that she loves. Here are a few pics from our evening ride the other day. She had a wonderful time!




Saturday, July 03, 2010

Fabulous Solvang!

We arrived at Solvang, CA, on July 1st. We had a great drive up with hardly any traffic and only one bottle-feeding stop in Camarillo, CA. On our first day here, we visited the awesome park filled with castles, swings, and play areas. Jaycee had a great time there, then we headed over to the little Red School House in Ballard.

On our second day here today, we headed up to Nojoqui Falls for a short hike well worth the pay off at the end. It was a beautiful day with spectacular weather and sunshine. On our way out of Nojoqui, we found an organic farm on the side of the road where we could pick our very own strawberries! It was so much fun! After strawberries, we headed to another farm of just blueberries. We were going to pick blueberries too, but the only option was a large bucket full. We opted to buy a small pre-packaged bunch instead, so the generous farmer told Jaycee she could pick a few off the smaller bushes before we left. Needless to say, Jaycee ate about 50 blueberries before we got back in the car. She couldn't get enough of them! She kept grabbing bunches and shoving them in her mouth as fast as she could. I don't think the farmer knew what he was getting himself in to!

We followed the berry picking with some walking around town. Jaycee found a candied sucker that she just had to have. It matched her shirt so well, we couldn't resist.

Tomorrow for 4th of July, we are going to watch the Solvang parade, followed by a day at the Mission for some food, fun, and games. And of course, some fireworks at night. It has been a great vacation so far!