How I love the Beach!!

Monterey Part trois - the Beach!!!

Well, we did do some shopping and some eating while in Monterey.  The eating, I was mostly a fan of (though I did not like fish n chips...I loved our indian food), the shopping....boring!  (except that Mommy did buy us both some really cute hats).  But...basically, not too much to write about there.

BUT....the beach...now THAT is another story!  I love love love the beach.  We brought Katy with us and we had the MOST fun. 

I wish you all could experience some days at the beach in Monterey....it's a summer worth experiencing.

Monterey Part deux - Playing at the Park

Monterey not only boasts one of the great aquariums in the world, it also has bragging rights to one of the best parks around.  Dennis the Menace Park in Monterey is amazing....with multiple play areas, rock climbing walls, bridges, crazy slides and a real life old steam train to play on.  We had such a fun time running and playing together.  Mommy even ran into some old friends from her high school days who were there with their kids.  What a small world!

Monterey Bay - Part 1, the Aquarium

This week, we took a super fun summer holiday trip to Monterey Bay!  We went to the aquarium....and to the park, and to Cannery Row....AND to the BEACH!

During our time at the aquarium...we saw all kinds of fish, sharks, turtles, sea horses, jellyfish etc.  We saw a living kelp forest, and cringed as a  wave came crashing over us again and again.  Shei Shei and I loved exploring all about the ocean world....we could go back and learn more again and again and again!

Oh, how much fun we had!!!

nane nane!

Nane means 8 in Kiswahili and nane nane is celebrated on August 8 (get it??).  This was traditionally celebrated as a harvest like festival for people to bring their harvests from their fields to market to sell. Now, it is just one of the many Tanzanian holidays (wow, does TNZ have a lot of state sponsored holidays!!).  We celebrated our heritage on nane nane by dedicating the day to all things East African.  From the animals, to the stories to the food...we remember our heritage on this very fun, very special day!

Stop to smell the flowers...

Today we just took a bit of time out to smell the flowers.  Today Mommy and Bada took us on a monorail ride, to the trolley bus to an afternoon in downtown Walnut Creek. We did some shopping and also took some time to relax in the sun, play in the fountain and smell the flowers.  What a happy summer!