Mini vacation to LA

We took a little vacation down to LA so Andrei got a chance to visit both sets of grandparents as well as seeing some more aunts and uncles and cousins. On Saturday my sister thru a very nice pool party so Andrei got to play with all the cousins at the same time. We were so busy having a good time I completely forgot to take pictures but did manage to remember just as the party was wrapping up. Here's our happy hostess (Lesley, thanks again for a great day).



Here's Andrei's cousin Bellamy who is about to turn 4, Happy Birthday Beautiful Girl!


Unfortunately I didn't get any good shots of Andrei's only boy cousin Bennet (yep, the one with the back facing us in the last shot).

And here are Lesley's two daughters Sydney and Alyssa. These two cuties were just perfect hostesses and made sure all the little kids where happy and kept the entire group of kids playing and having fun.


Andrei also got to see his grandparents again. However, since this was his first trip down to LA to see them, and one group lives on the beach he also got his first trip to the beach. Yea, I know we live in the Bay Area but the beaches here a just a tad colder than those down in Southern California so we haven't yet taken him.

Anyway, for a kid who loves the water, he totally freaked about going into the ocean. I think he wasn't too keen on the water coming at him (aka waves). But he had a blast playing in the sand. He must have been thinking..."Gee Dad, why isn't my sandbox at home this big?"