Attended taping of the Tonight Show in Burbank, CA. Guest was supposed to be Mariska Hargitay from Law & Order: SVU, but she had a family emergency. We saw Ashley Tisdale, and the kid who did the double flip on his motorcycle at the X Games. Musical guest was Todd Snider.
Visited with my paternal grandparents (and Lexi's great-grandparents) in Laguna Woods Village (formerly known as Leisure World). Attended the Sawdust Art Festival in Laguna Beach.
Went to the park this morning so Lexi could have some play time with Trevor Smith.
Tonight during an after dinner walk, Matt & Lexi had a cute little conversation. And I promise that this is verbatim. We were shocked at the sentence structure, too!
Matt: Oh, that tree almost hit me.
Alexis: On your head?
Matt: Yeah!
Alexis: Oh dear. Well, we'll have to put a band-aid on it. And neosporin, too.
I usually pack a little lunch for Lexi to eat in her Nursery class at church, since we are at church during prime lunch time and I discourage snacks during sacrament meeting. Today I didn't have much time to put together a lunch, so instead of her usual PB&J, she got 2 slices of whole grain bread, a cheese stick, and some strawberries (in addition to any snacks they give her in Nursery). Her nursery leader reported to me that when Lexi took out her sandwich she remarked, "Oh no. She forgot the jam!"
The other day while walking down the sidewalk, Lexi spotted some unsightly piles left by a dog. She quickly instructed, "Don't step in the poop, Mom. Understand?"
While driving home from my mother's house a couple of weeks ago, Lexi asked a question from the back seat. I was trying to pay close attention to the road as I didn't want to accidentily miss an exit, so I did not answer her query. Once again, she asked the same question and I again did not answer. Then she said, "I asked a question, mom!" How rude of me to disregard her inquiries!
Back in April, we painted the west wall in the living room. Then, my mother graciously lent us some furniture while she is renting a furnished home... and here is our completed red & black living room... Do you like?
drive around town to see some of the sights. We spent time walking around downtown Albany and we were most amazed by the fact that the place was absolutely DESERTED! We only saw a handful of people while we were out! We walked into a park with an elaborate configuration of wood structures perfect for climbing and Lexi commented, "This is my favorite park!" The Forbes drove us around some residential areas of Albany as well, and we felt twinges of envy for all the people living in their own single-family homes- we especially fell in love with many of the row houses & brownstones in downtown Albany that are priced oh-so-affordably! On Monday, we took Lexi to the State Museum of New York, where there was a great exhibit about New York City (including a portion of the set from Sesame Street). Kind of ironic that we travelled to Albany only to visit a museum about the city where we live! We enjoyed a free ride on the State Carousel and then had some delicious & authentic mexican food at a little joint called La Familia (and enjoyed platicando en espanol con los duenos). Then we took an Aqua Duck tour on an amphibious vehicle. We spent about 45 minutes driving around the streets of Albany learning interesting things (that we then shared with the Forbes)... and then the tour bus drove right down into the mighty Hudson River where the tour continued for another 30 minutes or so as we learned about Albany & it's relation to the river. Lexi got a turn to drive the boat, and we really enjoyed this *twist* on a tour.
More pictures of our trip to Albany: click here.
