visiting with the greats

our trip to LA wasn't just fun at the beach, molly and clara got to visit with the "greats":

Molly & Clara's great-grandparents Marcia and Henry ("GGMa & GGPa")

 

Molly and Clara's great-grandfather Maynard ("Popi"):

Molly & Clara's great-great-aunt Bobbe:

Clara at 2 months, part II

Portrait of Clara at 2 months

ten minutes on the santa monica beach bike path

sofia took these pictures one afternoon from our window at the apartment we rented in santa monica...

Beach Pictures

Did I mention that when we were right on the beach? Here are some of the beach pictures I promised earlier: Molly with her beach toys; Sofi & Molly enjoying the sunset on the beach; Zach & Molly (aka "the Remarkable Cow") enjoy some beach play time; view of Zach & Molly on the beach through the apartment window; Molly enjoying the play equipment at "the Original Muscle Beach".

molly - that was Molly typing! She's been really interested in spelling her name recently. She figured out all the letters that spell her name, she can recognize them when she sees them, and recently she realized that all the letters are on the computer keyboard! what fun! letters and buttons together! The only problem came when she asked where the other "L" was. Her name has two "L's" and the keyboard only had one "L" which caused confusion until we convinced her she could push the "L" button twice.

And now back to our original programing - here are the beach pictures:

LA fun

oh what fun we had!

Molly enjoying her "Trucks Pajamas"; Molly navigating the dump truck; Sofi & Clara outside the arcade on the pier; Zach & Molly taking a bike ride along the beach; Zach & Molly chillin' on the pier; Molly enjoying the carousel (she insisted on a horse that had a safety strap); & Molly considering the prospect of fishing.

mixing paints