Vacation - Days 4-5

Day FOUR!

We spent this day around the town we were staying in - Manhattan Beach.

The kids slept in a little more than the first few days.

A flower amongst the flowers:

We walked a few blocks down to have lunch with some friends of Mommy's, but stopped and let Amelia lay in the sand for a few minutes:

Lunch time:

Coloring with one of Mommy's friends:

Another friend brought Amelia a Hello Kitty backpack (she works for the company)!

Brunch -- chocolate chip pancakes!

The one that gave her the backpack:

After lunch, we headed down to the beach.  Luca and Daddy went back so Luca could nap, and Amelia spent about 4 hours on the beach while they were gone!

Digging a hole with a new friend:

Another new friend:

And another!

Amelia was desperately trying to do hand stands on the beach...

VIDEOS:

Amelia begged me to bury her:

Where'd she go??   She had me do this when Daddy was coming, and he truly couldn't find her!

There they are!  This was about 4 hours into our beach time:

Mommy was starting to burn, so I headed back.  But they stayed out another hour after that!  I think Amelia was there 6 hours overall.

Supper time!  They were wearing their pj's, because everyone got showers after the beach.

Play time:

It was my aunt's birthday, so we celebrate that night:

Day FIVE!

Pictures of sleeping babies... we don't get these opportunities often  :)

This day we spent the morning in Hollywood with our friends Brian and Lily.

Ready to go:

Meeting Brian and Lily's puppies:

Fast friends:

Old friends!

We went to the Hollywood farmer's market.

Balloons!

We bought some strawberries, and they were so good, they were gone before we left the market:

Amelia loved these bees:

A local church had a ministry event, and both kids painted little airplanes:

We left the market and drove up the hill to get closer to the Hollywood sign that Amelia was dying to see:

We said goodbye to our friends!

And then we headed way south to Anaheim to see an Angels game!

Little A next to the big A:

As soon as we left the ballpark, both kids fell asleep:

So we drove over to Long Beach and took a peek at the Queen Mary:

And then we drove up the PCH.

The kids woke up right when we got to Hermosa Beach, so we got out and walked around:

Silly girl in a store window:

Cousins ready for dinner:

Playtime!

The little ones especially were really into this book:

Bath time!  The kids loved their tub:

A little more play time before bed!