This photo sums up pretty Claira pretty well. Often she is so eager to go take a trip that she points to her jackets hanging in the closet and yelps at me!
This trip out took us to Mother's Beach in Long Beach. Ahh, the weather was perfect. I watched a college-aged girl do an extensive ab workout on the grass in front of me. I thought to myself: "Her next class at Long Beach State probably isn't until 6:00pm so she decided to head to the beach to exercise in the fresh air and then read a book in the sand while adding to her tan. Wow, I remember when I had that much time on my hands to make 'la-la-laaa' decisions..." I stopped looking at her and went back to looking at my girls. Then I tried to get a tan from the knees down.
This trip out was to Liberty Park in Cerritos. I had been here a few times before just for the playground. Little did I know that behind me was a fountain sculpture that is puuuuuurfeeeect for these two kids! Whew, what a discovery. They use their sand toys for the water...
Then they realized they could make mud (or should I say chocolate pudding, chocolate shakes, chocolate milk) Claira is pretending to "eat" her "chocolate"
This trip out was to the San Diego Wild Animal Park! We took the trip with Grandpa, Grandma, Adam & Carissa & we had a wonderful time. Ellia's favorite part was the lion sitting on top of the car, then he took a nap in the sun. Ellia and I had lots of funny conversation about it.
Playing some sort of game with the oldest Soong boy.
Pretending to be flamingos (they sleep standing on 1 foot, ya know)
Who's copying who?
Love this photo!
Date at the airport on a sweet, sunny & windy day.
Trying out Tae Kwon Do in Jackson's class! She did really well & seemed to be a quick learner athletically! I didn't know if she would end up walking onto the mat but she went right out there. She was quiet and very concentrated. I think this will be the 1st of Ellia's extracurricular activites.
