While Waiting...

Venice Beach was our entertainment. We got to Anaheim too early and we couldn't check into our hotel until 3pm and it was about 5:30a when we pulled in. So we slept in a parking lot for a couple hours, thank you McDonald's. We went for a long breakfast at I-Hop and decided to go find the Hollywood sign and Venice Beach. On our drive we ran across the LA Marathon and saw many runners and bikers.

The HOLLYWOOD sign was mostly for Eliza. While at breakfast her suggestion was to go to the sign, she really wanted to see it. We decided to go to the beach first then go to the HOLLYWOOD bowl. While driving we saw the sign from the freeway and she was so excited. When we got to Venice we were walking the boardwalk and she saw a tee shirt with the sign on it and she snapped a pic and said 'look mom now we don't have to go to the sign I already have my picture'. I don't know what the attraction to the sign was but she was totally happy with the snapshot.

We realized, while we were on the boardwalk, that Eliza was totally in her element.

She loved riding her scooter down the boardwalk and was not her nervous little self. She usually is very cautious not to get to far ahead and mostly will stay right next to us if not holding onto the stroller or our hand....but today was different she would just ride ahead and stop and watch people and the ride on. She found a skate park and had fun riding her scooter there. We finally talked her into going to the beach. This only worked because she was wearing sweats and it was hot so the ocean water was a big attraction.

Mary liked the walking freedom. (especially after a 18hr car ride) She just ran from one thing to the next but was mostly just chasing Eliza. On the beach Mary didn't like the sand on her feet and liked it even less on her hands. She kept showing me her hand saying 'uh oh' or 'oo oo' .She soon decided differently but it wasn't until after playing in the waves. Mary was so fun to watch in the waves, she loved it! She just kept laughing. She didn't have any fear after the first couple of waves. A little fear might have been good;)