Nobember 2, 2008

Today we headed down to LA on our trek to Disneyland. We stopped over in Santa Monica, and spent some time at the pier.

November 1, 2008

This morning Gianna woke up and found her Halloween stash of candies in her basket.

She immediately opened up a lollipop and began savoring her treat. :)

October 31, 2008

Here's our Halloween greeting to everyone.

This afternoon we went to State Street in Santa Barbara to take Gianna out trick-or-treating.
It was a new experience for Gigi. She was very interested in all of the children dressed up in costumes, especially the ones who dressed up as witches! I think she's seen the Wizard of Oz too many times.

October 30, 2008

We went back to the zoo today, since Gigi had fallen asleep during our first visit. We were out for most of the day, since we also stopped at the carousel and the park on our way home.

Here's a slide show of our day.

October 29, 2008

This morning we headed out to Santa Barbara's Museum of Natural History.

Gigi went in costume, because the museum was sponsoring a Halloween scavenger hunt for children who came dressed up.

The museum featured a dinosaur exhibit. She enjoyed seeing the huge skeletons. Gigi met this 2.5 year old boy there. :) They are standing between two humerus bones.

Although the museum was small, it was the perfect size for Gigi. The exhibits were all geared toward children, so there were a lot of hands-on activities.

Gigi is looking at this guide catch a grasshopper for her to touch. She didn't want to touch it. Instead, she asked me to touch the grasshopper.

We saw so many groups of field trip children. Gigi followed many of the kids around the museum.

Gigi also got to 'dig' for dinosaur bones outside. We both had a really fun time at the museum!

October 24, 2008

Here's a photo scrapbook of our day at the playground.

October 23, 2008

Gigi woke up early this morning and found Auntie Josephine.

They played with the McDonald's play set. :)

Later in the afternoon, we all went to the market. Gigi really likes the child-sized shopping carts at Lazy Acres, a local, organic-friendly market.