Category: Fun Days

A Very Toddler Valentine’s Day

This year, Ruby hosted her very own Valentine’s Day Party! Well, maybe I helped a little. I just couldn’t think of anything cuter than a bunch of toddlers at a Valentine’s Day party … and, it was an excuse for me to make some treats. There were 5 girls and 5 boys invited, along with 10 of my very favorite mommas!


I wanted to keep things very old school and homemade looking, so I bought a heart-shaped craft punch and went to town with it. I punched hearts in all the different red/white/pink papers I had and taped them to thin red ribbon for garlands, and punched smaller ones to tape to toothpicks for the cupcake toppers. I even taped hearts to the water bottles – I admit, I’m fully into hearts!


I made goodie bags for all the kids that were filled with Carrot Zucchini Cookies. I tried to be considerate and not get everybody’s kid all hopped up on sugar, and thought any chance at sneaking in some veggies would be welcome. My mom had the great idea to try baking them in a heart shaped pan, and even though they don’t look so appetizing here, I swear – Ruby loved them! Of course, I saved my Heart-shaped Red Wine Lollipops as a party favor for all of the moms!

And finally – the most important part, our little guests!


Kim + Olive


Grace + Charlotte, with Kathy (Shane’s mom)

 
Shane + Nora

 

Zack gone wild!, Ruby + I


Zack + Justin

We had so much fun that we may need to make this an annual event. What can I say, I love the day of love!

Getting in touch with our natural side

Ruby + I decided to mix things up and go outdoors to appreciate a little nature in our own backyard – so when the opportunity came up to purchase a parking pass at the El Dorado Park Nature Center  at a seriously reduced price, we decided to jump on the opportunity! Even better – our new friends Amber + Nora live nearby and were happy to join us!

Nora is a natural on the rocks and lends a confident hand to Miss Ruby, who is definitely the City Slicker of the two. (Just like her momma)

Amber, besides being an awesome momma + awesome friend, turns out to be an awesome photographer as well! We are looking forward to many more jaunts outdoors with these two!

The Aquarium is always better with friends


We spent a super fun day at the aquarium with The Cahns – Ruby’s friend Olive, and her very cool parents, Kim + Andrew. It was really crowded, but it was still fun to watch these girls have so much fun!

First, the girls got wet outside with lots of “spraying” water …

Then, they got more wet splashing in the pools of the Watersheds Exhibit …

They checked out Shark Lagoon …

And even the other sea life.

I caught this cool pic of Ruby in front of the jellyfish (The jellyfish are my favorite to look at).

A bird even landed on my shoulder!

Kim got to feed one, too …

And, Ruby even got to see a dog!

Super fun day – thanks for hanging out, Cahn Family! :)

WE LOVE LACMA

Just another Sunday-Funday at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art! We are so happy to be card-carrying members now, and we are putting that membership to great use these days. We’re especially glad to see Ruby has just as much fun there as we do.

Playing inside Chris Burden’s Urban Light

A fun installation of yellow plastic bands to play in!

Ruby + Daddy checking out Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog (Blue)

Our reflection in Jeff Koons’ Cracked Egg

Mommy + Ruby checking out the Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Boxes by Andy Warhol

The newest fun exhibit is Metropolis II, an awesome miniature city with cars racing through it! Of course, anything in miniature is a given love for Ed, and Ruby is fascinated by watching the cars go. Here’s part of the piece:

And here’s a short clip of it in motion:

And finally, here’s a cute little clip of Miss Ruby, having fun playing around all the lamp posts in Chris Burden’s Urban Light:

Museum Double-Header and Foodie Introductions

 

As new members of LACMA, we wanted to plan a little outing to check out the California Design, 1930–1965: “Living in a Modern Way” exhibit, as well as introduce Ruby to one of our favorite L.A. hangouts – Canter’s Deli on Fairfax. So we made our way up for a little food before getting our dose of culture!

Ruby was tantalized by all of the selections available on Canter’s ginormous menu

She was definitely a fan of the pickles!

Ed had to get his Corned Beef Hash, and I went for some old school Cabbage Rolls …

After our Canter’s fix, we headed to LACMA for this awesome mid-century modern delight. We didn’t get to stay quite as long as we wanted, but here are some highlights nonetheless:

We also saw Kienholz’s Five Card Stud installation, which was powerful and shocking.

Probably the most fun part was the giant installation that was there formed of all of these yellow translucent yellow bands. We all had fun playing inside!
 

Then – we decided to take advantage of the Member Appreciation Days that were going on that weekend and visit OCMA as well with free admission! Don’t let the Orange County location fool you … they have some of the edgiest modern art on display and we LOVE their exhibitions! We were lucky enough to catch State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970 and Two Schools of Cool, which were both fantastic!

A few highlights:



We love these kinds of days!