We’ve gone to a million and a half beaches this week – all of them with pretty cold water, all of them very sandy. Going to the beach with kids is way more fun than going with just other adults. Vince and Donald sunburned a little bit. Jeremy managed to protect his delicate skin with enough gloopy sunscreen so he still looks like he spends all of his days inside a windowless office.
After Legoland, we drove to San Luis Obispo. Visited a place called Bubblegum Alley where people have been leaving their ABC gum for over 45 years. It’s both fun and totally disgusting. We added our own gum contributions.
Edda climbed on the jungle gym (don’t look too hard at my lovely backside)
And rode one ride, which scared the living daylights out of her.
Finally, Barack’s inauguration rendered in Lego bricks.
Sunday, we went to Griffith Park with Ruth.
We went on the train.
Griffith Park has a fully accessible playground.
In the evening, we went to Ding Tai Fung, a great dumpling house and met up with Aunt Liz and Aunt Jane and Carrie who we last saw at our wedding! She’s going to be a urologist.
We spent the weekend at Charlotte’s house. Charlotte was the officiant at our wedding so many years ago. Julia also showed up and we had a nice dinner outside in the backyard.
We got to line dry some laundry (something that I imagine I could do in real life if I had time and if it also wasn’t so rainy and humid where I normally live).
Vince and Edda had some pool time. This weekend, in Charlotte’s pool, Vince has learned to swim which means that he can breath without having to stand up on the floor of the pool. He was very proud of himself.
We are on vacation this week. Here we are near the Santa Monica pier. We are having a wonderful time at the beach, but we are totally inappropriately dressed. Jeremy’s wearing a belt and a backpack, looking like he is ready for a mountain hike. Edda’s wearing a sun dress and a fleece sweatshirt and Vince is fully clothed. What you can’t see is that I’m wearing a pair of velvet-like pants and a sweatshirt.
