Autumn & Kalina

For Mommy’s birthday weekend the girls’ flew out to California to hang out.  We got to see Pony and Diane lots of times and do fun stuff everyday.  We got there Thursday night and when we got to Grandma and Grandpa’s house Diane and Pony were already there.  We started off the trip with cupcakes that night!

On Friday we went to visit friends at Mommy’s school, had lunch with Diane, and then went to the other side of the bay to visit great grandma.  That night Mommy went to spend some time with some other friends and we stayed with Grandma and Grandpa.

Saturday we woke up and headed up to San Mateo.  First we went to this HUGE toy store.  We got to walk all around, play with toys and find something to buy.  We got a book and a ball each.  Autumn chose a train and I chose a puzzle.  Then we got sandwiches and headed to the park for lunch.

See me…I’m almost to the top of the really tall slide!

After the slides Grandpa showed us how to walk on the beam.  Put your arms out like this to stay on.

After the park we went to Baskin and Robbins to have ice cream (before dinner!) and then the store to buy stuff for dinner.  Pony made us yummy spaghetti!  We had our own special little table and chairs to sit at.

On Sunday we headed down to Monterey.  We were going to meet Allie there since she couldn’t come all the way home to see us.  First we went to the aquarium.  They have soooooo many fish in that place!  We headed to the giant aquarium, but first you have to go through the room with all the jellyfish.

See the humongous sun fish and the hammer head?

Here’s a big school of fish.

This is the great white that they had.

These turtles were in their own tank.

This bird was talking to Pony.

Next we went to the play area for kids.

With this exhibit you can see how tall you are compared to a whale.  Last time we went Mom had to prop Autumn up because she didn’t stand yet.

See how tall Autumn is.

Here’s Diane

And here’s Grandma!

Autumn was feeding the different whales with the right kind of food.

We were trying to catch whale food.

You could also do picture rubbings.

These displays showed you how the animals talk.

Autumn had on her whale fins and was practicing her swimming.

Diane and Pony were looking for seals and sea otters out in the water.  Diane thought she saw one, but it was only a big rock!

Here’s more of the aquarium.

This was a place you could see what the tides do and play in the water.

Here you can touch sea animals.

A few pictures with Allie.

After the aquarium we ate lunch, explored the candy store and then loaded up the car for a drive (and nap).  We drove down the coast and around Carmel-By-The-Sea.  We got a little bit of a nap in before we walked around Carmel.  After Carmel we went to Spanish Bay for Mommy’s birthday dinner at Roy’s. We got to play on the grass a bit before it was time to eat.

After dinner they brought out a dessert for Mommy and we sang her happy birthday and helped blow out the candles.

I guess her dessert was good!

This dessert sure was yummy!

Monday was busy, but it was more for Mommy than us.  First we got up and met Michelle and Jen at the Santa Clara gym to say hello, then we drove over to Sarah’s house to say hello, then we drove to the Malone gym for Open Gym.  That was fun because Autumn was to small to ever to all the fun gymnastics stuff before we moved.  We also got to see Christopher, Anne, and Dave.  After that we drove to Foster City to have turkey dinner and see uncle Howard.  While we were waiting for dinner, Mom made a quick run to Trader Joe’s to buy a few things.

We play lots together.  Most of the time we get along and don’t fight, but we ARE sisters!

Here I’m modeling my watermelon tie-dye shirt with pink puffy skirt.  Don’t miss the plastic heels with a silver heel.

Autumn is showing off the pink clown hat with golden magician cape.  She has accessorized with the xylophone stick and band-aid on her leg.

This wasn’t a dress up costume.  Autumn was wearing her princess dress.

This one is my princess dress.  It’s a Cinderella costume that Mom bought to see if I’d actually wear a costume this year.  Its kinda cheap, and I’ve worn it so much I actually tore it already.

Here’s our matching backpacks.

One day the babies played in the sprinklers and got all wet!  Autumn didn’t have any extra clothes so she borrowed some from Ryland.  Do they look like twins?

Here they were playing in the hampers.  Mom said they looked like the Whack-A-Mole game with their heads popping out and Auntie Caitlin says Autumn is practicing her stripper moves.  One time she popped up (like out of a cake) and yelled “Happy Birthday!”

Over Labor Day weekend we went to Taste of Colorado and walked around.  Autumn and I made paper plate fish and got our faces painted.

While I was at school Autumn went with Mom and Dad to pick out the granite slabs for our new house.  See the hat Mom and Dad had to wear.

Saturday Dad had to pick his clubs up at the club, so we went along and played a few of the par 3 holes.

Last night Mom went to a sale and found a new toy for us.  It’s really only made for 1 person at a time, but we were playing together.  Well, I was playing and not really sharing with my sister.

Tonight we headed to Jamba Juice for dinner and then to the park to play. This is a cup that you sit in and spin around.  We like this ride!

Autumn figured out that if she stands up she can really make this rock back and forth!

This is a little slide compared to the big one we played on today after the Farmer’s Market, but it’s still fun.