just because the kiddo is cute....

Before Mary Poppins... such a good play

Alexis is 10 today (05/05)

college roomie Lauren and I (15 years later)

Lexi on Easter 2011

Alexis and cousin Allie on Easter 2011

Universal Studios - April 8, 2011

The last leg of our trip was Universal Studios. First ride was the Simpsons, Blah. But then we did the Studio Tour and things started to look up. All in all, fun time, although I don't know that either one of us are super excited about going back.

Dracula was a bit freaky, but oh well.

I'm pretty sure Lex would love to be a singer in a rock band

Frankenstein kept playing with her hair. She turned to scold him once but he would not be deterred.

Disneyland - April 6 - 7, 2011

The usual, Disneyland. We always love it here and kinda like the idea of having a picture of Lex and Mickey every year. Mickey doesn't seem to age but Lex' height is gaining on him a bit.

Awwwww.... Minners

Waiting for World of Color Show. This time we did it right. We bought a picnic dinner which includes reserved seats to the show. We had a great view and loved the show.

San Diego Zoo - April 4, 2011

Lex was least excited about this leg of our Spring Break, but we still went. We saw the highlights but I didn't feel too bad leaving only four hours later.

Sea World San Diego - April 3, 2011

We went to Sea World for the day and were there before park opening. Ran to first ride, Journey to Atlantis, got soaked, then went back to hotel room to change. We had no idea you got that wet. We returned to the park in yoga pants and sweatshirts and had a great rest of the day there. We did shows, touched a dolphin, picked up starfish, etc.

We did do Journey to Atlantis another five times... but at the end of the day and in the third row (the least wet place)

Front row seats to see the training of the baby dolphins

I think this fish would have seriously considered eating Lex if possible. He looks grumpy

Tide pool where you can pick up the starfish. I didn't touch any (gross) but Lex liked 'em

Shamu

Shamu show

I kinda want his life

Spring Break 2011 - La Jolla, California

We loved La Jolla. So beautiful. We went and played on the beach Saturday evening and then had dinner together. What a special time for Lex and I.

Lexi was terrified of the waves that were coming up. You can't see the waves being big but at the time I was scared for her too... such a candid of her. She had so much fun testing the waves

There were tons of them and they were all talking

Biztown

The school participates in this super cool field trip called Biztown. It's this minature city with a variety of stores including a restaurant, Chase bank, Best Buy, Ikea, UPS, etc. Lex worked for Chase as a teller (see picture below). She loved it. Everyone was assigned a job and they had two breaks. During the breaks they could purchase from other vendors but before they could do so, they had to deposit their paycheck with Chase. Hence, Lexi got to see everyone which she loved. The kids absolutely loved this field trip. I was one of the volunteers at the event and it was a madhouse. We had to keep the CEO, CFO, and other workworkers busy during the day and boy was I tired after.

Lex and her awesome wonderful teacher at Chase.

This is the first moment the kids entered the building. They were so excited. Lex was the first kid in the building and she was accompanied by some of her closest friends. This picture really shows how excited these kids were about this event.