Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Huntington Beach

On Wednesday March 16th, Mom and I flew into Los Angeles.  We stayed at the Extended Stay America in Huntington Beach.  I gave Neve her birthday presents.  I got her some books, a golf club toy, a mini guitar, and a racquet set.  Mom got her a toy microphone and some books.  




Thursday was St. Patrick's Day.  I wore my shamrock necklace.   We babysat Neve during the day.  We went to Bella Terra and ate dinner at Cheesecake Factory.   Mom and I shared a piece of salted caramel cheesecake.  





Friday,  we went back to Bella Terra.  We ate lunch at Slapfish in Huntington.  We went to Grower's direct and got some fruit.  We walked around Laguna Beach and ate dinner at Carmelita's  







Saturday, We drove down to San Diego.  We ate lunch at Which Wich? at the Hazard Center.  Then we went to the San Diego Zoo.  We got to ride the Skyfari tram.  We ate dinner at Project Pie in Hillcrest.  When we got back to the hotel. the elevator wasn't working.















Sunday,  Mom and I went to Downtown Disney.  I bought some pins.  We ate lunch at the Jazz Kitchen.  I had my first celebrity sighting in California ever. While we were walking around Downtown Disney, I saw Amber Riley, who played Mercedes on Glee and also won Dancing with the Stars.  Then we went to Ryan and Sara's for dinner.






Monday,  We babysat Neve during the day.  We went back to Downtown Disney.  We ate dinner at Naples Italian restaurant.  Our table got visited by the balloon artist and he made a turtle shaped balloon for Neve.  We got to see the firework show.  We listened to the live band, which was a 1980's group.  
















On Tuesday, we flew home.  It was snowing on our drive home.  

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

The 5TH Wave


The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey is about the fifth Alien invasion and attack on Earth.  A teenage girl is separated from her little brother and tries to find him, after their father is killed.  The movie was great as well.   There are two other books in the series.