The Fish Bowl: May 2009

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Easter Vacation Fun!

We surprised the Fish Heads with an overnight trip to Windsor during Spring Break (thanks to Chad and Becky for their timeshare)! We were only gone for 2 days but it seemed much longer (in a good way). Just the perfect little get away. We had a scavenger hunt for them to discover that we were going on a road trip.

Here's a few of our favorite spots we discovered:

BODAGA BAY:

Sea anemones...Jake has always been our "discoverer." And since he had just gone on his 5th Grade trip to Pigeon Point he was quite knowledgeable on these creatures.

STINSON BEACH:

MUIR BEACH:
Old military bunkers.

IN SEARCH OF A PINK HOME:
To distract Emily through the curvy/windy roads of Highway 1 - we told her to keep her eye open for a pink house. We had no idea that a PINK and WHITE building even existed on our trip. You can only imagine how thrilled she was to come across this Emily Perfect Building!

MUIR WOODS:
Hiking, really "walking" through the Muir Woods. We realized we hadn't taken Emily there since she was a baby. We really should go here more often - such an easy hike for the family to do together.

Easter Sunday

I finally had a LIGHT BULB moment - well, maybe it was finally coming up with a way to JUSTIFY ALWAYS making sure Emily gets a new Easter Dress with all the Fisher Boys complaining about! I mean, hello, every girl should get a new EASTER DRESS each year...right? So, why not include the boys in on the new wardrobe too. I bought them each a new tie and white sunday dress shirt. Hee hee hee - there was no complaining this year that THEIR SISTER got more items in their EASTER BASKET! I'm sooo smart!

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Happy Easter!

My Aunt Marie and Uncle Al found a box of handmade painted Chicks that my grandpa had made decades ago. In honor of their Great Grandpa Joe - Marie and Al put a $5 bill in each beak and presented it to the little cousins. That was a super sweet thing to do and a great flashback memory for me. My grandpa was known for giving these chicks to everyone (he'd even leave his tip in it's beak at restaurants for the waitress).