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Sorry we missed last month's update. We've
been doing lots of fun stuff in the last couple of months, though.
We went to a kids fair at the Orange County Fairgrounds, where
Amelie got to pet this white mule. |
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There were a lot of animal activities at
the fair, including riding a camel. The girls loved it. |
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Ponies, of course, a staple at any kid
gathering. |
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Petting zoo, another kid fair constant. |
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And the rides, of course. |
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We went to the Orange Coast College Book
Fair as well. The lady doing the body-painting was excellent, I have
to say, but Mia was too scared to get it done. After this, Amelie
had her hair painted green. |
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Next was story-time at the book fair. This
bunny was so friendly, we couldn't believe it. Our bunnies are not
that into being held, although they do let you hold them. |
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We took a train with a homeschooling group
down to San Diego, and it was a lot of fun. This is at the train
station in Irvine. |
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The train car that we were on was just for
the homeschoolers, and it was crazy. It was so noisy and kids were
running everywhere, and then you'd go over to the other cars and it
was dead silence. |
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Amelie and Mia had a great time riding the
train, and playing with the other kids. |
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We ended up at the San Diego Museum of
Natural History in Balboa Park. It was pretty cool. |
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A lot of exhibits, like this one, were kid
friendly. |
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The ride back on the train. |
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Dave and Tiffany and Nick and Tyler came by to visit for a week. The boys found old costumes from Amelie and Mia and had fun dressing up. |
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I bought a marble construction set, which
is super-cool. The girls are a little too young for it, but I just
love it. It's awesome, so we built up a few different designs for
Tyler and Nick to play with. |
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Halloween was a blast, and the girls
wanted to be zombies, so zombies it is. |
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What do vegan zombies say?
Graiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnssssssssss!!!!!!!! |
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The day after Halloween is the Day of the
Dead, so we went to a couple of festivals. One was up in Los Angeles
at the Hollywood Cemetary on Saturday night, and the other was this
one at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana on Sunday. These guys were
awesome, and the dances they did were hilarious in those costumes. |
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Amelie wanted to paint her face like a
skeleton's, but once the face paint was on, she said it was too
itchy and we washed it off. It stayed on for about as long as it
took to snap this picture. |
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While Amelie was getting her face painted,
Mia was running wild in the courtyard. |
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Right next door to the Bowers Museum is
the Bowers Kids Museum, which I have to say, is really really well
set up for kids. Everything in it you can pick up and play with. |
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Is this why we call Mia the "dragon lady"? |
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Amelie would look funny as a parrot, I
think. |
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This was a really cool granite slab that
you could rub the crayon over the etchings to make copies of them. |
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Another cool spot to make your own
headdress. |
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They had a neat dress-up area too. I liked
this picture because it clearly shows the difference between myself,
a rank amatuer photographer, and real photographer. A real
photographer would have said, "hey, move that green string!". I
tried photoshopping it out, but the shadow on the string made it too
difficult. When I was done it looked like Mia had been in a knife
fight. |
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A cross-genre dress-up, this time, no string. |
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Naomi is taking a one-day-a-week mommy and
me preschool class through Coastline College, and they had a field
trip to the library in Orange. Amelie and Mia's first time on a
school bus. |
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Amelie's hair getting blown about with the
open windows. |
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Snacks on the bus (roasted seaweed).
That's Gabriel, Amelie's friend, behind her. |
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Climbing around the fountain outside the
library. |
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Well, that's it for this update. Sorry it
was so long. We promise not to skip next month. Until then, try and
stay fabulous! |
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