San Diego

Last weekend we drove down to San Diego for a much-needed mini vacation.  We wanted to get out of LA and we thought a few hours at SeaWorld would be fun.  It was really fun...for Brandon and me.  I think Scarlett was too little.  She would fall in love with one animal or attraction and pitch a colossal fit when we told her it was time to move on and see something else.  She LOVED the penguins, she LOVED the dolphins, she LOVED running around the Elmo park - and she HATED leaving each of them.  Oh, well.  We tried.  We had a nice dinner on Pacific Beach that night and spent some time in La Jolla the next morning. All in all it was a pretty sweet trip!

Scarlett loved the seals.  She did not, however, love when they opened their mouths and barked.  It was my fault - I bought a tray of fish to feed them.  I felt bad for the boohead, but I gotta say, feeding those seals was awesome!  Sorry Scarley!

              Check out the little barista making delicious cups of invisible coffee.

At the beach in La Jolla - brave girl!

                                                              Breakfast... with a fork!

Water Table

This is the normal way to play with a water table:

This is not:

Blocks

Scarlett has few distinct personality traits - she loves hats or anything that can go on her head (like a wash cloth or a bucket), she lays down on her stomach everywhere (including her sandbox and the post office) and she is a pro at block towers.  When she's completed her masterpiece she says "Yay!" and claps and looks at us all proud.  This tower was so high - eighteen blocks! - that I had to take a picture.

Birthday

I turned old a couple weeks ago.  It seemed like I aged a whole year overnight.  It's all very tragic, but in my old age I have gained the wisdom to realize that my life is pretty kick ass.  My mom was in town a few days before my birthday, so she took me out to lunch at one of my favorite restaurants. For dessert I had key lime pie and it was divine.  It's a good thing because I have since become a vegan.  Not totally because I eat fish and honey on occasion, but I don't eat meat or dairy.  It's a thing I'm trying out.  But, I digress.  The point is that I love my life, my family, my friends and sometimes my cats.  Amen.