Spring Break, Part 2

This year Ava's Spring Break coincided with the run up to Easter.  This, of course, meant that there would be a lot of activities including dying eggs at home and riding the Irvine Park Railroad and hunting for eggs with friend Josh and Sarah.

On Easter morning, Ava woke up to find that the Easter Bunny had filled her basket and then she searched for eggs in our backyard whilst still in her jammies. 

After a yummy breakfast, Ava got dressed up for church. 

After participating in bringing out the Alleluiah banner during the service, Ava was able to gather even more eggs on the lawn of St. Paul's. 

Not to be outdone, Ava and her cousins - including Akira and Tiffany - participated in a mega-egg hunt at Uncle Eddie's house.  That makes three hunts in one day and four total.  How can one kid eat all that candy?!

Spring Break, Part 1

It's felt like spring in Southern California since January, but Ava officially celebrated Spring Break this past week.

Her break started by getting out of school early last Friday and taking the (not so) long drive to Long Beach to watch some racing. 

The Grand Prix festivities include lots of other fun stuff like autographs from the Ganassi team drivers including Ryan Briscoe,

A chance to meet Firehawk, the Firestone mascot,

A convention center filled with cars,

And a chance to experience life in a bubble.

Over the weekend, Ava visited Celebrate UCI, the school's annual open house/festival where she met Peter the Anteater.  Zot, zot, zot!

The highlight of Ava's break was a trip to Torrance to spend several days with Grammy and Poppy, who took her all over town for fun and sweets such as Handel's Ice Cream,

Torrance's newest park, 

Backyard baseball, 

Views of the lighthouse and whale watching at Pt. Vicente, 

And playing with and feeding Divot, who just woke up from hibernating all winter.