With friends in Malibu

Today, the kids and I and some friends enjoyed a beautiful day at the beach in Malibu. The weather was beautiful and the water was clear and not too cold. The kids played with their friends, and I also enjoyed "playing" with my friends...and their scrumptious little babies.:) It was very relaxing, and I even took a dip with T. A and his little buddies Berlyn and Kyle found several sand crabs; T learned to body board for the first time with Sydney; We saw several dolphins close to shore; The Malibu lifeguards (who look like actors from Baywatch by the way) kept busy rescuing a few stranded swimmers; That was pretty exciting for all of us. Both my kids tanned very nicely, and I acquired my usual sunburn on top of my pasty white skin. Yay for me!

Family trip to Santa Monica

My First Born is Nine!!

T celebrated her 9th birthday yesterday. It was of course bittersweet for me because although she's growing into a beautiful young lady, she 's growing up way too fast! In a couple years she'll be a teenager!!! It seems like just yesterday I was holding my perfect little baby girl in the hospital. Where has the time gone? Anyway, we had the best day yesterday celebrating as a family. R took the day off and we just swam, shopped, saw WALL-E, and hung out with a few friends. Very low key, but so much fun. T enjoyed every minute of it. I had to teach a couple classes in the morning, but R and the kids rode their bikes to the mall and shopped a bit until I met up with them later. We then had lunch and saw Disney's WALL-E (which I highly recommend). After the movie, T went to gymnastics for 3 hours after which we picked her up and went to eat Kentucky fried chicken and swim with friends at our community pool. We then closed a perfect day with Strawberry shortcake and a few more gifts. Happy Birthday my beautiful girl.