First stop was the beach as Jaks is an east coast girl and this sort of beach was very new to her. Before getting into the sand, Stella wanted to see the 'secret garden' that Ariel's pictures were taken at.
It was kinda windy and cold but the garden was still stunning regardless. I think Stella and Jaks really liked it. Lala and Ariel checking out the plants.
Ariel and Jaks became good friends this morning. Ariel is really into making the 'cheese' face now when I pull out the camera. Haha.
Pretty girl in a pretty garden. Hee.
Then we headed to the beach. There weren't many people, just some skimboarders and kite fliers enjoying the low tide.
Ariel got really into throwing rocks into the water and seemed to forget she was standing on sand! Woot!
Exploring with Lala. Ariel didn't get too upset about her dirty hands either. She kept chattering about 'having fun' and 'dirty' so it was like her way of saying I am having fun and yet I am dirty and its ok. Wow, can you say progress!
Eek, watch out for the sea hag!!! Lol, by far the funniest thing I found that day at the beach. Hee.
After a quick stop into Nana and Papa's to drop off something and to change Ariel into some dry clothes, we were off to Steveston to meet up with Kara. We were able to watch the last part of her classes and see her kids perform. So cool! Ariel's eyes were GLUED to the kids, its like she was mesmerized. I guess I need to find a little dance class for her.
When the class was over Jaks and Kara did some dancing with Ariel to her fav High School Musical. Had to get a video of this because she was grinning ear to ear.
The teacher and student are ready for some lunch. Love Ariel's hair in this picture.
We went to this really cute cafe where Stella said my mom took her when they first came to Steveston together. How cool is that! Ariel had a very yummy peanut butter sandwich and I had a clubhouse, sooo good.
After lunch we dropped the girls off at the mall so they could go out to Stanley Park for the afternoon. At that point Ariel was in need of a little nap before our family get together. So we got home by 3pm and she slept soundly till 5pm while I cleaned and make up a bean dish to take with us.
At 5pm we left and picked up our picture present for Papa at LD to bring with us (remember the picture I took of Ariel sitting in the wheelborrow in Papa's old garden). He seemed to really like it and we all had a good laugh about sitting in that wheelbarrow as kids as well. Ah memories.
Mike and Jo celebrated their 2nd anniversary this week. Ah, so cute! Jo is getting ready for her big accounting exam that she writes in September! She will be doing this while we are in Disneyland, so we are gonna give her a shout out now, yay good luck girl! We know you can do it.
It was great to visit Kyle who was visiting from Calgary. We also got to meet Kyle's girlfriend Lindsay, who was very nice and actually worked with my friend Dianne at big firm, talk about small world. Ariel enjoyed everyone taking turns blowing bubbles for her to catch, Kyle takes a turn here.
We had a wonderful time and didn't get back home until after 9pm. Ariel was pretty zonked at that point and went to bed pretty fast. While Ken did some computer stuff I sat in bed putting our Yellowstone pictures in the album. Yes, I got them narrowed down from over 1000 to 200 good ones. Lol
Today is a very cold and rainy day. Ariel didn't want to get out of her pjs this morning so I had to find something in her closet that was similar and cozy.
Never ask Ariel to share her cheese, she is very protective of it. Just call her eagle eye, talk about the look!
We walked over to the quilt shop to say hi to Stella who was working, then drove over to the house to see how the rest of the dumpster stuff was going. After a quick visit and loading our vacuum to bring home, we returned for lunch and nap time.
That brings us to now, and we are practicing Janet Jackson lyrics. Seriously! Lol, our favorite radio station sent out an email saying they were looking for young kids to come in and record saying the lyrics for a contest. Basically, we will feed her the lines and then they will edit us out so it only sounds like her saying them. They will then play them on the air for people to guess what song they are doing. So we are booked to come in tomorrow morning and do lyrics from the song 'NASTY', should be a hoot!
"Stop. Gimme a Beat."
"I don't like no nasty car, I don't like a nasty food, huh
Ooh ooh yeah
The only nasty thing I like is the nasty groove, huh
Will this one do?
Uh huh, I know – SING."
If hers gets picked to be on the air we will let you know and they will give us a mp3 copy as well. I guess we better get back to practicing. Eek!
3 comments:
HAHA - LOVe the protective cheese picture. too funny!
I will make sure to tell Boston not to ask for any cheese when you guys are here! LOL what a look!!
What a beautiful garden! Oh, I love that protective cheese look! Too cute!
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