Happy 4th of July!

It's 4th of July and time for our first Half Moon Bay 4th of July parade! As part of the Coastside Mothers Club, we even get to be IN the parade! All the older kids decorate their bikes and younger ones get to ride in luxury in their decorated strollers.






Before the parade starts we pose for photos. Skye tries to eat a star!





The parade is fun and I give Skye our flag to wave which she does vigorously, then plays peek-a-boo with it for the rest of the time much to the delight of the crowds. She's a wee attention-grabbing ham!

At the end of our time in the parade we hang about watching the floats go by. Skye is unleashed from her stroller confinement and proceeds to run riot all over the place, handing stars to unsuspecting spectators, waving her flag and saying Hi to everyone she sees! How come all the other kids stay contentedly at their parents sides?






The flag-waving queen entertains the crowd!






Soon enough we have to head home as we have a BBQ to go to. Skye is in the car for no more than one minute before she passes out and sleeps for 2.5 hours! I guess all that flag-waving and socializing is tiring ;-)

A trip to Monterey

After our aborted attempt to fly to Wisconsin to see Skye's Granpma Angie and Grandpa Forest, we decided that we should do something exciting on the Sunday to make up for the 10 hours we spent at the airport on Saturday!

We decided on Monterey. Although it was really busy down there, we still had a fab time. Our main destination was the Aquarium....



Here is Skye getting ready to bounce on the big water-filled bed. She was not at all scared to bounce about on it and threw herself in all directions!








Next it was onto the 'fish' tank where she had fun splashing in the water!










A ride down the slide with Daddy was must and she insisted on dragging Mummy up there three times too!






Then it was into the baby aquarium where she got to look at real live fishes in their tanks swimming around.





All in all, we had a blast there and plan to go back again when it's a little bit quieter!