March Review

March wasn't too eventful, but we did have some fun. There was a lot of nice weather and some flowers. Here are a few highlights:

We had a playgroup outing to CALM. It was a lot of fun. Cordelia loves Luke and followed him around quite a bit. The kids loved the animals. Cecily preferred the birds and Cordelia is a big reptile fan.

We had an informal baby shower for two (well, three really) ladies. I had a nice time. It was at a funky little coffee shop in town, which I had never been to before. As far as the pregnant ladies go, two have had their sweet little boys!

Then my sister-in-law, Shannon graduated from the accelerated nursing program. All of Nate's family came (practically!) and it was a lot of fun. Cecily had a great time with her cousin Clara as usual.

Wow, that was pretty exciting, eh? More posts are coming, including the Easter festivities. I am getting back into the blogging thing again. I have just felt so unmotivated lately. It is picking up though! More soon!

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Murray Farms!

Last Friday, we took a little jaunt to Murray Farms to get pumpkins and we had a great time. We went to the petting zoo and the girls loved it. The goats were definitely a favorite, Cecily's still talking abut them! We then went to their little store. Cecily did steal (later purchased, no worries!) an apple from their store. Apparently it was a yummy apple! Then they picked out some pumpkins and played in the corn. I think we'll have to make this an annual trip!

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Getting Caught Up...

So, I haven't written a blog in a month and I am sorry to the few that look here regularly! I don't know why, but I have sort of been avoiding it! At any rate. I figured I should get caught up with what is going on with us!

Nate's actually made money with his toy business! Yay! It seems to be picking up. Fingers crossed we will be able to live off of it in the future! Cha-Ching!

I have just been taking care of kids and not doing much that is super exciting! Kids are growing fast. Cecily and Cordelia are learning and improving their skills by leaps and bounds!

Last week, we had company in the form of Cecily's beloved Weeza. My mom had a meeting in Long Beach and Eliza needed to be picked up from Los Angeles, so we decided to make a trip of it. We went to The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach.

I really loved the setup and it was really family friendly and easy to maneuver around in. Plus, it was a Tuesday and not very busy so that was a big positive. We got there around noon and the girls were excited and raring to go. They both like fish and so I thought that they would both love it! Cordelia immediately ran for the fishes and did not stop for anything! Cecily was a bit more reticent and was especially freaked out by the Great Sea Bass. Scary looking creatures!


Check this out:

Don't let this thing touch me!

Cordelia was much more hands on!


We took a break after the first floor out in the play area outside. Cecily loved the boat. Cordelia loved getting wet in the fountain area! She also touched the rays and some starfish. Cecily eventually touched an anemone inside, though, but she was too scared to at the beginning.

Here, birdie, birdie!

All Aboard!


Well hello!





I wanna play in the boat!


After lunch and looking at the "silly otters" Cecily got much more into it. Plus, I think the tropical fish were much more to her taste than the googly eyed cold water fish.

Both girls called these the "boing boings." You know in "Finding Nemo" when they bounce on the tops of the jellies?

Miss Cordelia presents... FISH!

Excuse the messy face!

They loved the divers! One even played peek-a-boo with Cordelia.

And yes, we found Nemo!

The frogs were cool:

And Dude, there was a turtle there. Totally!

The jackpot! Nemo and Dory heaven!

Can you spot the creature?

The kids participated in the animal parade. Basically, 5 kids with foam creatures, tambourines and music. Thrilling!

They got to see the sea lion up close and Cecily loved it and called the seal a tiger. You know you have to have lions and tigers, right?



That was our day. We had a brief venture to IKEA and then had to hunt for the Baja Fresh, then keep Cordelia entertained the ride home, but all was good and we had a great time!

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Disneyland!

About a week and a half ago, we went to Disneyland. It was a whole lot of fun to meet up there with Eliza and Leigh and also Matt and Cristina. Of course, we had to pick the hottest day of the week (high of 104) to go there. Of course, everyone knows how much I love the heat (yeah, right). We finally got there at about 11 and we had to park and go to the trams, which took some time. Not to mention, after we slathered the girls in sunscreen, both of them rubbed it into there eyes. That, of course, led to their eyes being irritated for much of the day! Poor things, needless to say, I felt really awful about it. I guess the benefit was that they did not get sunburned! Especially poor Cecily, my white girl.

Cecily was excited to see Cinderella's castle. (please excuse the quality of these photos, as most were not taken with my camera.

Though she didn't really get into it until she went through Minnie and Mickey's houses and....

Met the mouse himself! She was practically bursting with excitement!

Don't we look hot? No really, don't we?


Cecily got to ride on the carousel and on the Dumbo ride, while the other grownups rode the big rides in shifts, and Cordelia slept. She had a great time. At lunch, she zonked out for a solid two hours!


Then she woke up in time for the parade, which was actually quite cheesy!:

A nice pic of Leigh and Weeza:

Eliza channeling Kirsten a little bit here:

The last ride of the day. The park closed earlier due to grad night. Weeza is part cat.

Then it was time to watch the fireworks:

And head out:

We tried to avoid the rush on the trams and hung out at Downtown Disney. We listened and danced to a band and then finally figured out how to walk to the parking structure. We dropped off Eliza and Leigh and headed home. Finally getting there at about 2 am!

We had a good time, but maybe next time we'll go when it's not as busy nor as hot. Much thanks to Eliza and Leigh for inviting us along!

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