Good bye Spring, Hello Summer!

  I don't have any pictures to show for it, but I planned a Cinco De Mayo party with Ellie's preschool class and we made a pinata!  It was quite the experience, the kids loved helping with the process and the pinata turned out way better than I was expecting.    

Ellie's Birthday!

Birthday morning, lots of presents to open.

We had some birthday cake pancakes.

Per the Birthday girl's request we headed to John's Incredible Pizza for lunch.

Daddy met us too, and got to be the lucky winner of a ride with Ellie!

She's getting pretty good a whack-a-mole.

The bowling alley was a definite stop.

Birthday cake time!

Time for her party with friends!

My little pony theme at skywalk!

 

 

 Ellie's party was great!  All her friends were able to make it.  She was very appreciative of all the wonderful gifts she received!  Her friends know her well and she was one happy camper.  

Our visit to Monterey

We had a great room and the kids thought this little vanity was the perfect set up for a fort to sleep in.

They didn't actually end up sleeping there all night of course, that would be too easy.

Dennis the Menace Park

We didn't have the best weather for our walk to the park but that didn't slow these kiddos down.

This park had all sorts of fun and unique things to offer.

Lots of tunnels to go through.

It took me going down the rolly slide with Jack to get him to try it.

Then it became their favorite thing

Picking Dennis the Menace's nose.

Monterey State Beach

We found a hermit crab!

We walked through the fisherman's wharf on the way back to the hotel.

We stopped to watch the seals hanging out on the rocks.

Day two was heading to my favorite beach in Carmel

I love that they enjoy the beach as much as I do!

Her fear of climbing is long gone!

Jack came up with a game to play with his ninjas,

Then his ninjas didn't want to leave the beach,

He thought it was fun to bury them, however the tricky part was finding them.

Our final day..we made a quick trip back to the beach as the sun finally made an appearance.

We didn't want to leave!