Winter Break

Winter Break started out with a day with Kelli and friends.  Off they went for a day of hiking and riding horses at Griffith Park.

They had so much fun that the day after (12/21), the whole family went back to Griffith Park to ride the train and ride horses.

We also went up to Malibu to a hike near Zuma Beach.

One chilly evening, we headed to Naples (Long Beach) to walk the canals and see the beautiful lights.

There were even a couple of Hanukkah houses.

"Oy to the World"

After the lights, we went to Lucille's for dinner and Gigi fell asleep on the bar stool.

Mama took Jordan and Gigi on the Culver City Metro to the Natural History Museum on a day when Daddy wasn't feeling well.

We became members!

We went sand sledding twice over break.  One time we meet J and his brother G.

As NHM members, we decided to go with our friends to the Tar Pits and the Page Museum.

In the afternoon, we went to the Zimmer Museum and flew an airplane.

And sold tickets to our show, among other things!

What a fun break filled with outdoor and indoor adventures!

Thanksgiving Festivities

 We had a wonderful Thanksgiving season, staying in California this year for the first time.  Gigi had a celebration at school and a "feast" to kick off the fun.

We took a walk along Venice Beach and Jordan decided to "steal" this airplane ("I-Plane")

On Thanksgiving morning, we went for hike in Temescal Canyon.  Gigi kept us going for two hours, past the waterfall.

Twin Falls

On the early part of the Road to Hana, we decided to try the Twin Falls Hike.  Mama really wanted to go back to the bamboo forest where she and Daddy hiked before we were born, but it is past Hana and quite a trip.

With our guidebook, we set out to find banana bread and waterfalls.

The flowers on this hike were beautiful.  As were the waterfalls.

We even found a baby pineapple growing.

At the end of the hike, we made some new friends :) and had some banana bread.

Hiking Point Dume and Paradise Cove Beach

We hiked up Point Dume to a beautiful view of the ocean. We saw a humpback whale (or as I told Mama, during the week at NatureChild, I saw a "baby humpback dolphin that looked like Shamu").

I used my skills to get down the mountain

And, at the bottom we rested and had a snack.

we saw lizards and California poppies

After hiking, we landed some great beach seats at Paradise Cove.

I went swimming.

while Jordan shared peanuts with Pepa