It started off with a visit from Tyler's parents. They drove down all of our baby stuff that we did not take with us when we moved here. Thanks so much mom and dad! We were so glad we got to spend time with them. We visited a few places they had never seen before and a few places we had never seen before.
One stop was the butterfly pavilion at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
Can you see the butterfly on his hat? Halle had one land on her head too, but I can't find a picture of it.
We visited The Griffith Observatory in Hollywood. It is really beautiful up there and has an amazing view of the whole city. Best of all? Parking and admission is FREE! You don't find deals like that around LA very often! Tyler's mom was excited because she had just watched Rebel without a Cause starring James Dean that takes place at the Griffith Observatory. Tyler and I had just watched Yes Man with Jim Carrey that also featured the Observatory.
There was a big celebration at the Fox lot for the release of The Simpsons 20th anniversary stamp by the US postal service. We all went to have lunch with Tyler. We saw James L. Brooks, Matt Groening the creators of The Simpsons and all the people who do the voices were there. Vinny was the only kid while they were doing a press photo shoot so the characters mauled him. He thought it was pretty neat. He especially loved Lisa and Bart.
We drove up to Solvang, California- a quaint little Dutch inspired town about 45 minutes north of Santa Barbara. The pastries are well worth the drive! They have lots of little specialty shops and eateries. We got to visit the Hans Christian Anderson museum.
We were so glad we had family here for Mother's day. Tyler's parents were here and his nephew and family also came to see us! We all went to sacrament together and then hung out at the beach for awhile.
Tyler and the kids made my Mother's day special by making me breakfast in bed... ahh! It was so nice, and they gave me a cute little book called I love you Mommy! How fitting!
The middle of the month was Tyler's b-day and we went to celebrate at Disneyland! We wanted to take Halle to Disneyland on her birthday, but thought since Tyler's b-day was on a Thursday when it would be a little less crowded and hers was on a Saturday, we would go on tyler's b-day and on halle's we would go to California Adventure.
We still celebrated Halle's b-day at D-land by letting her get a new dress-up dress. She picked Cinderella. She also got to go to the Bibbidy Bobbidy Boutique and get her hair and make-up done. It truly made her feel like a princess!
Vinny was in his knight costume when we went to meet the princesses and they all absolutely adored him! Belle taught him how to dance and then he danced with all the princesses including princess Halle. He even learned to bow at the end of the dance. It was priceless!
What a charmer!
Cinderella was really cute with both of them and made Halle feel really special.
Halle got to meet her fairy godmother. It looks like all of her wishes have already come true! All except her prince charming coming to take her away. I hope that doesn't happen for a long time!
At the Jedi training academy Vinny was terrified of Darth Maul! Who wouldn't be? He came right up to him and gritted his yellow teeth and the poor kid started crying and ran away. Then he kept coming back. Donovin said he only wanted to fight Darth Vader not Darth Maul. I have never seen him so terrified before.
They both went crazy at the dance party parade, but as you can see, I think Vinny burned off the last bit of energy he had stored up.
We had a great day at Disneyland for Tyler's big day.
Carley and her family came in the middle of the month and we met them at Legoland. It was a great time for all. They came and stayed with us for a couple of nights and we got to hang out and relax together. So much fun! I love seeing the cousins being able to get together.
Vinny and Alivia driving the cars together. Vinny made it around one turn this time before crashing into the wall. Progress.
On Memorial Day we went to the Ronald Regan Library and Museum in Simi Valley. They have a lot of interesting memorabilia from his life and campaigns. An original copy of the Magna Carta was even on display. We also got to board the real life size Air Force One he used while he was in office. A very fitting outing for Memorial Day.
At the end of the month was Halle's birthday and we went to California Adventure. We had a lot of fun there too. Halle got a digital camera for her b-day from grandma Claudia (thank you so much!) and loved taking her own pictures of everything. Especially the High School Musical 3 parade. I think she took well over 100 pictures that day.
We went to Ariel's Grotto to dine with the princesses for dinner. What could be better when you are seven then dining with royalty and having everyone say "Happy birthday princess" all day long? I think she had a very special day.
Happy 7th Birthday our princess Halle! We love you so very much.
Well, like I said it was a busy, crazy, full month. But it flew by which is good for me because the last trimester always goes the slowest. Only six weeks left! Hopefully June and July don't go too slowly.
