Disneyland with Grandma

Pull Isaac Pull
Can you find Isaac and Grandma? Hint: They are in a green car. :)

Tired Baby

One of the fun things about living in Southern California was our proximity to disneyland. It is only about 20 min from our place, which makes it one of the fun things to go and do when family is in town. Not to mention the kids love it. So off we went with Grandma Nielsen. We had a blast!!

Legoland Aquarium

The Legoland aquarium was a fun place to take my mom and kids when she was down to visit. They had a slide/play area first thing when you walk in which was hard to get Isaac away from, but after his fill of sliding we headed into the aquarium.
They had fun windows that you could look into the aquarium from.

The Jelly fish were awesome.

As were the sting rays

This was a fun bubble window that Isaac could go into to get a closer look at the fish.

They also had some fun "touch tanks"

And of course the visit ended in the gift store where grandma spoiled Isaac with fun toys.

The Getty Villa with Grandma Nielsen

In Feb Grandma Nielsen came down to spend a few days with us. I tried to think of things we haven't seen yet and came up with a fun trip to the Getty Villa. We had previously been to the Getty Museum which sits up on a hill overlooking Santa Monica and Los Angeles. But I had heard of this place that was a companion to the Museum so I looked online, made reservations, and off we went for a fun day of art. The Villa was huge with beautiful gardens and water features. We had a great time looking at all the art and statues...too bad so many of them were nude. But it was fun to see something new and hanging out with grandma is always awesome!

They had a kids discovery area where you could put on roman gear and stand behind the screen and fight eachother. It was pretty fun. Isaac was having a good time fighting this guy.

But he also had a good time fighting his grandma, who by the way is quite the warrior. :)

Then we headed over to the art tables and got to draw on some vases and creat our own ancient works of art.

This little gem was created by Darla Nielsen...her career is just starting, but look out she is going to be the next picaso. (not sure what it is) :)