Water Fountain at Jans Marketplace

Tuesday: LA Zoo

Tuesday as part of our week of fieldtrips (Scroll down for Monday) we went to the LA Zoo. There were lots of animals to see and most of them were not in a place where I could take a pictures with both them & the boys in the picture. But I did take a picture of one of the Gorillas in the new Gorilla enclosure. Later after seeing many animals and losing Nathan for 10 minutes who had ran off to see the monkeys while I was packing up lunch, we took time to play at the Zoo playground. After that I had to carry Nathan since it was a huge Zoo and the boys were tired

Monday: La Brea Tar Pits

This week summer school was over and regular school starts tomarrow so I took the boys on a number field trips. On Monday we went to the La Brea Tar Pits and saw fossils & animatronic Ice Age animals. The boys keep saying that it was their favorite trip of the week, but that all depends on when you ask them. Oh and one of my lifesavers was to allow Nathan to bring his roller ducky backpack when he asked me and to put the food & snacks in it. So that keep his hands occupied and ment less for me to carry and he seemed enjoy pulling it.

La Brea Tar Pits

Art Gallery

After the Tar pits we went over to an Art Gallery. The boys enjoyed it when they saw Japanese art of Tigers or birds, but not much else. They kept on wanting to touch the modern art displays, much to the consternation of the gallery guards. They did enjoy the building block in the kids area.

Old Meadows Park

Thursday we took the boys to the park and they played with Nathan's class friend Trevor. Nathan & Trevor get along well since they're the only ones in their class that like to bash their big cars at each other.

Old Meadows Park 2

Charlotte & Batman

We bought Nathan a plastic Batman mask that he wears around the house all the time.



While Ben was in Pre-K I had to go to a special art store to buy blue pencils and we went to a mall that has a two story carousel.

Ventura County Fair

We went to the Ventura County Fair yesterday mainly to see the animals, but we also had fun eating fair food, going on a ride and enjoying the atmosphere.

Fair: Dragon Ride

The boys wanted to ride the dragon ride, they had a lot of fun spinning around, I had to put my arm behind Nathan's head so that it would stop banging the wall. He had fun though.

Riding Bikes

Nathan recently got a Batman mask that he wears a lot.

Fishing Frenzy

Yesterday we went to Fishing Frenzy at the park behind the library which was put on by Park & Recs. They dropped a bunch of magnetic plastic fish into the stream and for $5 the kids got at magnetic pole for fishing and were able to do different fish activities & crafts.

Tide Pool

Charlotte took Ben to a tide pool at the Fishing Frenzy activity. He had fun touching different fish.