As Carrie and I always strive to keep Ruby’s life musically rich, we took her to her first show, a daytime concert put on by her awesome music teacher Miss Suzi and her band, the Boomerang Gang. She was joined by her buddy Berlin. As you can see, the show was a big hit!
Category: Fun Days
Mother’s Day Picnic at the Korean Friendship Bell
Today was a lovely day for a picnic. We decided to head over to the Korean Bell of Friendship in San Pedro for a great view, open fields of grass and of course, the pretty main attraction.
I love our growing tradition of Mothers Day picnics (check out our gorgeous picnic from last year!), because a) there are no crowds, b) the sun on our backs makes it feel like summer is here and c) it just feels great to be outdoors! Ed bought all my faves … pita, hummus, strawberries, and even some yummy little snickerdoodles. Perfection.
I love my little family.
Yeah, how can I not feel like the luckiest momma in the world when THIS little girl is the one I can call mine?!?
The Transmission LA AV Club exhibition at MOCA
We were in for a serious treat on Saturday as we headed up to MOCA to catch the Transmission LA: AV Club exhibit that was curated by none other than the Beastie Boys’ Mike D! It was sort of a magical wonderland inside, and we definitely recommend that everybody go see it! The best news of all? It’s FREE.
Here are just a few — of many! — highlights:
With so many amazing things to look at, we decided go outside, walk around Little Tokyo, and of course – take a short Yogurtland break.
Our family … great art … good food … these are the days we live for!
p.s. Here’s a little video clip of our fave part of the exhibit:
Easter Egg fun – naturally!
Our friend Amber had a great idea to try out some natural food dyes on Easter Eggs for the kiddos this year. We were lucky enough to be on her egg dying invite list, and we had a great time!
The ingredients used to make the dyes were turmeric, paprika, beets, blueberries, coffee, chai tea, spinach + raspberries!
We also let the kids color on the eggs with crayons prior to dying. Had I known the crayon would show up so well after being dyed, think I would have drawn on them more! Here’s Ruby doing a little work of her own on one of the eggs before coloring …
I think the end result was so cool! They look so rustic and sophisticated. I could see them in a basket at an Easter brunch with breads, spreads and wine.
Disclaimer: these take a long time! They sat in the dye from about 9:30am to 4:30pm.
We’re so grateful to Amber + Nora for hosting such a fun day!
1st Trip to Disneyland!
Guess who finally made it to Disneyland? That’s right, we took Ruby to the Happiest Place on Earth had a blast on her very 1st visit. Thank goodness, ’cause we were getting some serious heat from the grandparents. :) Even better, Ed + I got Annual Passes, so we’ll be going back quite frequently. Especially with everybody on my side of the family being so into Disneyland, Ruby will undoubtedly get to know the Magic Kingdom very well. We hope she ends up loving it as much as we do.
We headed straight over to our favorite ride at Disneyland – It’s a Small World. We both got a little misty thinking about how many times we’d been on the ride, how much we love it (and all of its beautiful eye candy by Mary Blair!), and how this would be Ruby’s 1st ride ever! Once we walked up to the line, she couldn’t stop staring at the facade, and I couldn’t even get her to turn around for a photo op! Then she got really into watching the boats and waving to all of the people.She was a little tentative at first once we got inside, but then enjoyed all the sights and waving hello to all the kids inside!
I love this pic of her and Daddy:
We also cruised over to ToonTown and met Mickey…
But what Ruby really seemed to love most was watching the River Belle in Frontierland and checking out the ducks!
Mommy + Daddy also had to make a quick stop on Main Street to pick up a Corn Dog. We’re not quite sure why Corn Dogs at Disneyland are so good, but they are – and we hadn’t had one in over 2 years!
We saw a few more things and wrapped up the day by getting Ruby her own set of Mouse Ears. Of course, we wanted the old school ones!
The next day, we decided to go back and check out the scene at the California Adventures Park. We had fun there too on all of the little kiddie rides, but what Ruby loved most was the carousel!
We’re really looking forward to many more visits!