A Whirlwind Visit

Ohmygoodness the last 5 days are kind of a blur. T, her daughters (8 and 9) and their two dogs came to So Cal for a visit to escape the heat of Nor Cal.

We:

• Went to a paint-your-own ceramics place and painted a frog, kitty bank, little cup and pot
• Saw Despicable Me (all but hubby) on one day, Ramona and Beezus (girls and me) and Inception (Paul and T) another day
• Visited the Santa Barbara Zoo where we rode the train and fed some animals

Giraffes - T's favorite animal



The gorilla dogging me after I took a picture of him peeing.
I didn't realize his level of modesty until I saw him staring at me. 
Paul said I'm lucky he didn't throw poop on me. Ick! 

• Sampled the goods at Whodidily - complete cupcake yumminess in Montecito

• Relaxed, played in the ocean and made sandcastles at the beach in Ventura

We got there early and created our own cabana



Kid #1's castle, assisted by Paul



Kid #2's castle, assisted by Mom

• Did a tiny (as in super small pieces) 1000 piece puzzle
• Ate in, ate out, and ate ate ate
• Went maternity clothes shopping
• Played the Wii, constructed a mastermind marble maze, colored, and discovered the pirate ship and every other toy in the office closet

So as you can tell, there was not a lot of idle time but we all had a lot of fun. To make up for that, I took a "nap" today from 5:30 p.m. 'til 11 p.m. and now I'm gonna be up all night. I hate when I do that!