Our Bay Area Mini Vacation

So we decided to take a trip to the Bay area before going to my niece's 2nd Birthday in Sacramento on Saturday. It's been about 1 1/2 years since we had been there. We knew the girls would have lots of fun. We drove to Vallejo and took the ferry to Pier 41 in San Francisco.
We had so much fun. The girls loved being on the boat. We walked over to the famous Pier 39 where we went to The Aquarium of the Bay.
Inside they had fish, hundreds of starfish, jellyfish, sharks and a hands on area where the kids could touch the bat rays and starfish.

We enjoyed some lunch
and ice cream and then did a little shopping and finally
the carousel ride. The Pier has an awesome 2 story carousel. Taylor was so sad we only rode the ride once.Oh I can't forget the dozens of seal we watched playing and fighting on the pier.
We ended up taking the ferry back to Vallejo where we spent the night at then went to Discovery Kingdom on Friday.
We bought season passes this year and couldn't wait to go. They have awesome rides for the kids(and adults)
along with a killer whale, dolphin and seal show. They also have all sorts of animal exhibits. It is an amazing park !!! Unfortunately, my camera battery died after seeing only some animals and the girls going on a few rides. Luckily we have the season passes or I would of been so sad. We left there that evening and headed over to Sacramento to my sisters house and stayed the night there. On Saturday Loie had her 2nd Birthday Party !! We had so much fun !! All the cousins were there and had so much fun playing with each other (and 50 other people). We can't wait to make another trip over the hill to them when we go to Discovery Kingdom !!!

A Week of Easter Fun !!!!

So this last week we had alot of fun activities planned for the girls. I am an assistant organizer of a playgroup and we had our 3rd annual Easter party on Monday. We had som much fun. We had great food and the girls had a blast hunting for eggs(that were thrown out onto a field).
Then on Wednesday a local library had an Easter party. They read Easter stories, had easter egg pictures for the kids to put glitter on, a bunny and baby chicks and the Easter bunny. They even had an egg hunt. It was lots of fun. Taylor couldn't wait to see the Easter Bunny. But as soon as it was our turn to sit on his lap she wouldn't go. So, i got to sit next to the bunny with her on my lap.

Then on Saturday we went spent the day at my parent's house celebrating Easter a day early. Both my mom and I had to work on Sunday. My parents surprised the kids with a bounce house. They had so much fun and couldn't believe it was there for them. It was so cute. We had a great lunch and then the kids got to hunt for Easter eggs. Emilie has become a pro at this and runs from egg to egg. She ended up with 24 , Taylor had 10 and Joshua had 10. It was lots of fun watching them. They are growing up so fast !They both Love there Grandma and Papa so much !!! Once all the eggs were found we went inside and they got to see what was inside. It ended up being LOTS and LOTS of candy and a bracelet for each of them. Grandma and Papa got them gifs. They each got a bath towel and Barbie movie.



Finally, Easter morning they woke up to see that the Easter Bunny left them each of candy, a movie, a puzzle and an outfit. Emilie wanted to show hers off.

We had lots of fun this last week and will enjoy the many many memories it gave us.