Santa Barbara Aquarium

A trip to Santa Barbara.  Such a lovely place.

First stop was the Farmer\’s Market.  However, we were walking towards their corporate offices instead of the market so we ditched that plan.  But enjoyed a walk down a street that seemed to house lots of wine tasting rooms and bachelorette parties.

Then it was down to the pier for some lunch and the aquarium.

It is a small aquarium but lots of stuff to touch and do.  Love this.  In the middle of the aquarium they have an opening to the ocean with lots of little baskets on pulleys to pull up to see what you might catch.

A view out of the aquarium.

A  look at the moon jellyfish.

We ate on the top tier under the colorful umbrellas…as viewed from the aquarium.

A look back towards the aquarium.

Quinn won this little kazoo prize.

Doing some parkour.  

Quite a nice way to spend the afternoon.

Camp Read Alot

Quinn\’s teacher is a genius.  She\’s also 3 1/2 days away from summer break.

This past week Mrs. Cano set up two tents in the classroom and the kids were asked to bring in a flashlight. On Friday they were supposed to bring in their favorite stuffed animal but Quinn forgot about it.  With tears in his eyes he asked if I could run home and bring his \’buddy\’ to him.  So I did.

When I walked towards the classroom I thought it was empty. It was dark and absolutely silent.  I walked in to this.

Quinn (and his buddy) in the back of this tent.  You can see his big head shadow 🙂

There was even a campfire.

What a great ending to 1st grade.

Around the House

Quinn\’s current favorite fruit is a ripe, juicy nectarine and he asked to make a Nectarine Smoothie with his special recipe.  Nectarines and yogurt.  So here you have it.  

Quinn in a new very cool shirt.

Quinn\’s completed homework.  It wasn\’t until I was checking homework for his class the next day that I realized he did all the math in his head.  All the other kids had the coins written out.  Wow kid!

The places he lands with a book.  Funny boy.  And Sonic.  He likes to hedge his bets so he stays on the stairs to see whats going on downstairs but can be upstairs in an instance if needed.