Newport Beach-Balboa Island

Today we went to Newport Beach to see Lisa's cousin Ben. He took us out on his boss' boat for a tour of Newport Beach and Balboa Island! It was really fun to go on a boat. We saw a lot of big houses, big boats and a couple of sea lions. Adam liked waving to the passing boats and paddle surfers. Ben let us all have a turn driving the boat (top speed 5 mph)! That was my favorite part.

After the boat ride we had lunch at the Rusty Pelican. I had my first Shirley Temple. Then we drove over to Balboa Island to check out the boardwalk. We rode the carousel two times, played a few games in the arcade and then had a shaved ice! It was a very fun day!

Benihana

After a quick nap we got dressed and went to Benihana for dinner! It was the first time for Addison, Liam and Carter and they thought it was pretty cool! I love the fried rice- I ate SO much of it. Adam got pretty good at using the chopsticks. We got ice cream for dessert. Adam and I picked strawberry. It was delicious!






What a cute bunch!

Happy Birthday to Naomi!

We had a big party today to celebrate Naomi's 3rd birthday! Saba & Savta came to stay with Naomi & Owen for the weekend, so they were here. Our friends, the DaDeppos, were visiting us from Tucson and Aunt Anna came over with Chico, too! It was a lot of fun! Daddy grilled us a yummy lunch. Then we ran in the sprinklers and finally got to go into the pool for the first time! Chico even dipped his paws in! We watched Addison & Liam jumping into the pool, so Adam and I wanted to do it, too. Big Adam is good at catching jumping kids! It was a little chilly- Daddy will start the heater earlier for the next time we go in.

We sang Happy Birthday to Naomi and ate Elmo and Cookie Monster cupcakes with ice cream! Yummy!

Noah's Ark

I went with Mommy, Grandma and Adam to the Noah's Ark exhibit at the Skirball. It has been a while since we've been. Adam's favorite thing to do was to load the animals on to the ark. I pumped the water to make it rain on the ark.