Fun in the sun!

We went to San Diego for five days in mid-August. We stayed with my cousin Shana and her family and had a great time. Isabelle, in particular loved the carousel at Balboa Park (she insisted on riding on the kitty....all 8 times). The carousel is awesome--Kristine and i used to ride on it for hours--and if you sit on the outer ring you can try to grab the brass ring and win a free ride. Clearly, Isabelle was too small to try, but as you can see below, she like pretending to be grabbing for it:






She also liked walking in the little fountains and tributaries at the park, which I allowed, despite the fact that they looked about as clean as a sewage treatment plant. I suppose its good for her long term immunity, right?




And what stream isn't made better by a lack of clothing?



We also went to my aunt and uncle's 50th wedding anniversary. Isabelle had fun, especially with Emily and with the bread sticks.





She got to experience some real rides at Sea World, which was fun too. And she got a new llama from Grammy. A fluffy white llama, aptly names While Llama. White Llama wasn't readily accepted and spent the first few nights in another room after being unceremoniously removed from her room by Isabelle. White Lllama joins other creatively named "friends" including Oldie Llama (also from Grammy), Girl Llama, and Newie Llama. Oldie has all of his hair picked off and has been relegated to second string. For some unknown reason Newie, never really was accepted (although never deliberately removed as WL was). WL has now become the favored llama, the alpha llama if you will, and is cherished by Isabelle and must travel with her at all time. Girl Llama runs a close second.

It was a great trip!