Emi's First Day of School

Sophmore year.  Supposed to be the toughest.  Good luck Emi.

Last Beach Trip for 2012

 

Run sandcrabs run!

Sage sure likes to dig, even when he was little.

 

Emi, staying dry.

Mr. Sand Man

Sage giving bodysurfing a try.

Abby the Flautist

Abby's second year playing the flute.  I don't see her practicing much but I guess she's pretty good for how long she's been playing.  The sight reading skills she learned with the piano is coming in handy.

LA County Fair

One of things on my do-with-the-kids-bucket list was to take them to the fair.  But going to the fair has turned into one of those things that just ain't cheap anymore.  I thought I'd have to save up a couple hundred dollars.  Then lo and behold the news was on and they had a segment on the LA County Fair, Labor Day weekend was only a buck to enter plus various deals on games and drinks at different times of the day.  And that was it.  The next day we went to the fair.

Of course Abby had to bring Pinto.

Another collective coin for Abby.

Probably the closest thing they'll get to standing in front of a London guard.

Ha ha, Sage's a girl.

Entered one of those expo halls.  This guy had a shoe cleaner he demonstrated on Emi's shoe.

Pig Race.  They raced these really small pigs, they were so cute. The races only lasted ten seconds though.

Kinda messed up them passing this out after the pig races.

My three little pigs.

Chinese acrobats.  They were really cool.

 

View from the ferris wheel.  I think this was my first time on one also.

Abby wins herself a prize. 

Petting zoo.

Emi rides the spinny ride.

The invention exhibit was really cool too.  This was Ben Franklin's self-powered chair/fan.

 

There was so much to do, we probably only saw about half of it but did a lot and had a good day.