Carlsbad Flower Fields

We made a trip down to the Carlsbad Flower Fields. Lacy really enjoyed it and thought she was like Alice from Alice in Wonderland when she sings to all of the flowers. We took the tractor ride around the fields and stopped at the top to take some cute pictures. I thought it would be the perfect background for some pictures of the girls, but Lacy's going through the fake smile phase. "Say cheese, Lacy!" And then comes the fake smile and she usually doesn't look up either. But they're still pretty darn cute!

Trip to Monterey

Way back when, March 23rd-ish, we drove up to visit my sister, Rebekah, at the Presidio of Monterey where she's studying at the Defense Language Institute. Noah was in town for spring break too, so we all packed into a rented minivan with my folks and headed to Monterey. The drive was about 5-6 hours. We stopped for gas about half way--the gas station we pulled into happened to have a little McDonalds attached to it. Lacy saw the yellow archway and threw her two little fists in the air and yelled "MCDONALDS!" What a goober. Both girls did really well on the road. It was nice to have my mom in the back seat to give Anjali a bottle when neccessary. Thank goodness for DVD players--Lacy was a great traveler as long as she could watch "Cinderella Tree" or any other movie we brought along for that matter.

Rebekah looked fantastic. Not only is she in great physical shape, she seems to have adapted very well to military life--ranking near the top of her Chinese class. Rebekah also taught Lacy to say hi in Chinese. (Check video.)

While we were there we managed to squeeze in a visit to the Monterey Aquarium and the Winchester Mystery House. Here are some pics from the trip.

Lacy at the touching pool.


Lacy looking at Dori and friends.


Lacy touching the starfish and splashing.


Lacy holding the starfish and everybody around her freaking out, trying to tell her to put it back in the water.


My girls looking cute at the aquarium.


My girls in uniform.

We miss you Rebekah!

Irony of Family Home Evening

This is Cliff's handiwork--he thought it would be a fun little project for Family Home Evening to make our little family out of felt. The ironic part is that Cliff got so involved in making this little felt family that he ignored me and Lacy for family home evening. So I went off to work on a sewing project and Lacy went into the play room and would periodically run out and jump on top of us. Anjali was asleep. So for the most part we all ignored each other. Just one more thing for us to work on ;)

Oh..I almost forgot. Lacy was very insistent that mommy have a purse. (she's so cute!)

Discovery Center VIDEOS

Dancing with Grover


The Wind Tunnel (watch her little ponytails)


My Favorite and most Embarrassing...The Pin Wall (the video of myself was removed because it was inappropriate for children)

My Cuddler

Lacy was never a cuddly baby...so we are really enjoying our sweet Anjali. Cliff walked in on her to find that she had grabbed her toy bunny and was squeezing it tight. hehe.

And here's some pics of her first time eating baby cereal.

Discovery Science Center

We spent the day at the Discovery Science Center in Santa Ana. They had "The Body by Sesame Street" and it was great fun for all. I took TOO many pictures. But here are some of my favorites.

*Lacy at Hooper's Store.

*Lacy brushing her hair with the fake hairbrush plastered to the side of the sink.

*Playing with dinosaurs.

*Time to go home.

Do My Girls Look Alike?

These pictures were taken on their "100th Day Birthday." Can you tell who's who? (Leave a comment.)

Barrios in Town

I have had that written down in my calendar for about a month now. We were so excited to have them come visit and especially to see how Marielle and Lacy got along. It was a short visit, but we managed to squeeze in as much fun as possible. The highlights include, but are not limited to, watching the girls play at the park, breakfast at Goofy's Kitchen, DISNEYLAND!

Marielle sure is a cutie! She is quite petite, so everything she does--which is totally appropriate for her age--is just doubley cute because of her size. She's feisty--just like Lacy. And she's really smart. It was fun to watch the girls. They didn't really play together all that much; but they played side-by-side really well. It was the first time they've ever played together really--and Lacy was being territorial with her things and poor Marielle was just out of her element at our house. But Lacy loves having grown-ups pay attention to her so she actually grew quite attached to my cousin Vivian and her husband Marc.

Here's a few pictures:
The Park


Goofy's Kitchen


Disneyland


Check the Barrios Blog for more pictures...when they get around to posting it :)

Disneyland Canoes

We've been trying to get over to the canoes at Disneyland to see cousin Kortney at work for the last month. Well, we finally made it--and it was SO worth it. Because I had Anjali in the baby carrier, I didn't have to row (WOOHOO!) and Lacy had a blast too. Cliff was unable to row also, seeing as how he made sure Lacy didn't fall out of the canoe. But it was fun. Kortney was awesome. We will be sure to do it again soon!

Dinner with friends

Cliff's best friend growing up, Luis, and his family recently moved back to California. YAY! We had them over for dinner the other day and our girls (Lacy and Isabella) just hit it off. I've never heard so much giggling and fun happy sounds come from my little Lacy without an adult tickling or teasing her. It was awesome. Hopefully they will be best friends too, just like their daddies!


It was REALLY nice that the girls were able to entertain themselves--so us grown-ups got to catch up and play games late into the night.

Here's a cute video of the two of them dancing. You can't hear the music, but its coming from that tiny toy music player on the floor.

Once Again...

I am reminded that I waste hundreds of dollars on toys for Lacy. Here's Lacy having tons of fun playing telephone with an empty roll of wrapping paper :)