My favorite part of the week was the Children's Museum. It was really fun. Oh yeah, the theater, I would like to go back to that again. And the carousel. Oh yeah, the car. I want a car that runs on electricity because you can go 50 miles with one gallon of electricity gas. Have you ever heard of a car that runs on water? You can only go 12.5 miles with one gallon of water in that car. There are still more kinds of gas a car can run on. Regular gas and some kind of gas that starts with a B.
Oh yeah, the library craft. I made a dinosaur, Benjamin made a kitty car and Laura made something crazy. The puppet show--I especially like the part where he tried to throw the bed, he was like "oooohhhh, ouch". I especially like the part where he said "Save the biggest piece for me" because Papa Bear came up and said "Wait a minute, that's not in the script".
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Hollywood Bowl and Library Tour
Wednesday, July 22 we started off with a craft at the Pasadena Library with a stop in Alhambra to give Dave a good shirt since he biked to work and forget a fresh shirt to change into. Then we ate lunch at Teri and Yaki, a fast food type Japanese restaurant in Pasadena. They had given out coupons to summer reading club members for a free meal, which the kids were eager to redeem. Though not spectacular, the food was good, the kids were happy, and Joshua actually ate the chicken. By the time we got back home, it was 3:00pm since the kids' multiple bathroom trips during lunch and during errands after lunch slowed us down considerably. I got the kids a snack from the house, and we went to the Los Feliz library for a humorous puppet show by Swazzle called "Goldilocks and the Three Buckaneers". Joshua and Benjamin were mesmerized by it. Afterwards, I dragged them to Cerritos Park to play in the water again before heading home.
Thursday, July 23 we started off with a Summersounds show at the
Hollywood Bowl. The performace took us on a visit to East LA to learn about Mexican music and dance with SammyDee (who lives at 24th and Hoover in the show). After the show, the kids made tin paintings and Day of the Dead masks. In the afternoon, we went to our local Eagle Park branch library to see a pirate magic show by David Skale. This magic show was not nearly as impressive as the first one--Illusions by Allen at the Pasadena branch library. Joshua thought that the pirate magic show was funnier, but preferred Allen because he performed more magic tricks.
On Friday we journeyed to La Habra to v
isit the Children's Museum there. Benjamin was excited from the moment he saw the train cars outside the museum, especially the red caboose. The kids started off in the theater room (see photo) which contained hundreds of costumes, a working microphone and working sound effects room. They could have played there all day. They also enjoyed the riding the carousel, touring the caboose, climbing on the dinosaurs outside the museum (see photo), and making Gak. Benjamin was fascinated by the typewriter in the caboose, and enjoyed dressing up as a fireman in the theater room. Laura's second favorite activity was grocery shopping.
I finally dragged the kids away from the theater, and we drove to Alhambra to give Dave a ride home (since he had biked to work). Before going home, we checked ou
t the water play area in Alhambra park. Much to the kids' disappointment, we didn't end up staying because I was annoyed that they were charging for both adults and kids to go into a tiny water play area. To make up for it, Saturday afternoon we took the kids again to La Pintoresca Park in Pasadena which has a bigger, free water play area and adjoining playground!
Saturday morning we went to the William H. Hart Park in Newhall, near Santa Clarita because they were having a family program. While it was not nearly as crowded as July 4 at the Rose Bowl must be, the kids enjoyed the crafts (toilet paper tube binoculars, and pasta and bead rattlesnakes) and the live animal program. They even had skins from skunks, badgers, bobcats and cougars and owl wings for us to touch. The park also has a barnyard area, a herd of buffallo, and tours of William Hart's mansion, which I was told is very child-friendly. Though the buffallo are not always visible on the walking path to the mansion, we managed to spot three buffallo near the sign about them. Dave and I enjoyed seeing the mansion, but the only child-friendly aspect of the tour was that it was very short. Joshua and Benjamin were impressed by the bear skin rug in the living room. Someone mentioned a bird sanctuary on top of Pine Mountain in Frazier Park, which I will have to remember to look up, though it doesn't seem like it is worth the drive this summer.
Since our local section of Colorado Blvd (the main thoroughfare in Eagle Rock) is lined with Thai restaurants, I thought it would be fun to try one. So, in the evening, we decided to try Classic Thai because it had the highest rating of local restaurants on Yelp. Though the restaurant was empty, we were not disappointed with the food. The kids gobbled down the heavenly chicken which was recommended by someone on Yelp. Next time, I would like to sit on their peaceful patio.
Thursday, July 23 we started off with a Summersounds show at the
Hollywood Bowl. The performace took us on a visit to East LA to learn about Mexican music and dance with SammyDee (who lives at 24th and Hoover in the show). After the show, the kids made tin paintings and Day of the Dead masks. In the afternoon, we went to our local Eagle Park branch library to see a pirate magic show by David Skale. This magic show was not nearly as impressive as the first one--Illusions by Allen at the Pasadena branch library. Joshua thought that the pirate magic show was funnier, but preferred Allen because he performed more magic tricks.On Friday we journeyed to La Habra to v
isit the Children's Museum there. Benjamin was excited from the moment he saw the train cars outside the museum, especially the red caboose. The kids started off in the theater room (see photo) which contained hundreds of costumes, a working microphone and working sound effects room. They could have played there all day. They also enjoyed the riding the carousel, touring the caboose, climbing on the dinosaurs outside the museum (see photo), and making Gak. Benjamin was fascinated by the typewriter in the caboose, and enjoyed dressing up as a fireman in the theater room. Laura's second favorite activity was grocery shopping.I finally dragged the kids away from the theater, and we drove to Alhambra to give Dave a ride home (since he had biked to work). Before going home, we checked ou
t the water play area in Alhambra park. Much to the kids' disappointment, we didn't end up staying because I was annoyed that they were charging for both adults and kids to go into a tiny water play area. To make up for it, Saturday afternoon we took the kids again to La Pintoresca Park in Pasadena which has a bigger, free water play area and adjoining playground!Saturday morning we went to the William H. Hart Park in Newhall, near Santa Clarita because they were having a family program. While it was not nearly as crowded as July 4 at the Rose Bowl must be, the kids enjoyed the crafts (toilet paper tube binoculars, and pasta and bead rattlesnakes) and the live animal program. They even had skins from skunks, badgers, bobcats and cougars and owl wings for us to touch. The park also has a barnyard area, a herd of buffallo, and tours of William Hart's mansion, which I was told is very child-friendly. Though the buffallo are not always visible on the walking path to the mansion, we managed to spot three buffallo near the sign about them. Dave and I enjoyed seeing the mansion, but the only child-friendly aspect of the tour was that it was very short. Joshua and Benjamin were impressed by the bear skin rug in the living room. Someone mentioned a bird sanctuary on top of Pine Mountain in Frazier Park, which I will have to remember to look up, though it doesn't seem like it is worth the drive this summer.
Since our local section of Colorado Blvd (the main thoroughfare in Eagle Rock) is lined with Thai restaurants, I thought it would be fun to try one. So, in the evening, we decided to try Classic Thai because it had the highest rating of local restaurants on Yelp. Though the restaurant was empty, we were not disappointed with the food. The kids gobbled down the heavenly chicken which was recommended by someone on Yelp. Next time, I would like to sit on their peaceful patio.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Visit to Culver City
We started off today with a stop at the fancy Americana Mall at Brand in Glendale. Tuesday is a special kids days, so they had a concert for kids and free meals in various restaurants. Then we went to visit Nancy and Eric (cute, of course), and Blake was also there briefly. She showed off her new house (very pretty, with tile floors and newer windows), and then we walked to the nearby playground, Lindberg Park (see photo). It is a decent size and had some neat stuff for the kids to climb on.
Joshua here--I liked that show (All That Trash on Monday). He was funny. Especially the part where somebody says, "There's something that should never go in the trash", and the other guy said, "My Teddy Bear! He's so cute and precious to me." And the first guy said, "I meant like something dangerous" The second guy pretended the teddy bear was fighting him and he went "Ka-Pow Yow Wow". At the end he pretended the teddy bear said "Victory is mine!".
Joshua here--I liked that show (All That Trash on Monday). He was funny. Especially the part where somebody says, "There's something that should never go in the trash", and the other guy said, "My Teddy Bear! He's so cute and precious to me." And the first guy said, "I meant like something dangerous" The second guy pretended the teddy bear was fighting him and he went "Ka-Pow Yow Wow". At the end he pretended the teddy bear said "Victory is mine!".
Monday, July 20, 2009
Day at the Beach and All That Trash
Sunday, July 19 we finally met up with Ben, Betsy and cute little Will, who is now 21 months. Now that both our families are living in NY, about 100 miles apart, we need to travel 3000 miles to get together. Betsy claimed that they came to Southern California to eat at their favorite Indian restaurant, Kamal's Palace in Long Beach.
We met up with them at the restaurant, then we spent the rest of the afternoon at Bolsa Chica State Beach, south of Long Beach. It is an awesome beach with tons of shel
ls and waves strong enough to carry the kids out to sea! Will wasn't so fond of the water, but he enjoyed playing in the sand with Laura (see picture). Benjamin loved picking up every shell and shell fragment he saw. Joshua was fascinated by a dead sand crab that we found, and he eventually discovered and picked up a live one before it disappeared into the sand. Joshua also found an empty crab shell of some kind. Dave insists that it is a horseshoe crab, but I am certain that it is not. We got home in time for supper with Grandma, who is leaving for her cruise tomorrow (Monday). She carefully explained to Laura that she is not going on the airplane yet--she will be back to spend more time with us. I promised Laura that she will go to camp after Grandma leaves on an airplane.
Monday, July 20, we started off by seeing a show called "All That Trash" by Razzle Bam Boom, which the kids thought was hilarious. In the afternoon we went to a LACMA art program for families at the Los Felix branch library. The kids etched a design in a piece of foam and then "printed" it on paper using colored markers. Benjamin, of course, drew a spaceship and Joshua created a neat underwater scene. Laura was upset that printing did not involve printing a fun coloring page from the computer. Then we played for a bit in the library in a circular kids lounge filled with stuffed animals. Finally, on the way home, we stopped at Cerritos Park in Glendale which was lots of fun. Joshua loved getting doused by the tipping buckets of water, and Benjamin loves the spaceship-shaped play structure.
We met up with them at the restaurant, then we spent the rest of the afternoon at Bolsa Chica State Beach, south of Long Beach. It is an awesome beach with tons of shel
ls and waves strong enough to carry the kids out to sea! Will wasn't so fond of the water, but he enjoyed playing in the sand with Laura (see picture). Benjamin loved picking up every shell and shell fragment he saw. Joshua was fascinated by a dead sand crab that we found, and he eventually discovered and picked up a live one before it disappeared into the sand. Joshua also found an empty crab shell of some kind. Dave insists that it is a horseshoe crab, but I am certain that it is not. We got home in time for supper with Grandma, who is leaving for her cruise tomorrow (Monday). She carefully explained to Laura that she is not going on the airplane yet--she will be back to spend more time with us. I promised Laura that she will go to camp after Grandma leaves on an airplane.Monday, July 20, we started off by seeing a show called "All That Trash" by Razzle Bam Boom, which the kids thought was hilarious. In the afternoon we went to a LACMA art program for families at the Los Felix branch library. The kids etched a design in a piece of foam and then "printed" it on paper using colored markers. Benjamin, of course, drew a spaceship and Joshua created a neat underwater scene. Laura was upset that printing did not involve printing a fun coloring page from the computer. Then we played for a bit in the library in a circular kids lounge filled with stuffed animals. Finally, on the way home, we stopped at Cerritos Park in Glendale which was lots of fun. Joshua loved getting doused by the tipping buckets of water, and Benjamin loves the spaceship-shaped play structure.
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