Yesterday, we had a fabulous time with the fabulous Lernie (of Lernie.com). We met her at her house, tried in vain to pet her poor, traumatized kitty, then headed out together to Downtown Disney. She showed us around and we did a bit of shopping, I got an awesome skirt (http://www.karizadesigns.com/), Carmen built a polar bear (she named her "Taiga".... probably actually Tiger with an English accent, but I changed the spelling to be more appropriate ;) ), we saw some giant Lego sculptures (see one of the pics of the day), and we ate some awesome Mexican food.
Carmen's favorite bit of this was probably a water fountain that would randomly shoot water really high up. When we walked back by it on the way out, she asked to sit and wait for it to shoot one more time. We waited a few minutes, and it didn't go, but she was ready to wait for a much longer time. She has an amazing amount of patience, attention span and stubborness sometimes. She also really likes her new polar bear, and keeps reminding me about how we made her. I'm glad that the whole point of the "build a bear" stuck with her.
Traveling with the girls has been really good. I've learned lots of stuff, like that we could survive in really small quarters if we had to. I've also learned that taking the kids out to do stuff by myself isn't nearly as daunting as it used to be. It's much better than sitting on our arses at home! We also have learned that Carmen is seriously a homebody - she's asked a few times a day if we can go home, and talks about our animals (specifically Harriet, the goat) and her bedroom all the time. The last thing I've learned is that we're blessed to have our home and our yard, as well as our critters. Well, ok, I knew that already, but this has really helped to hammer it in.
After we dropped off Lernie, we headed back to the hotel for a failed nap, then met Tyme for a trip to a Kaiten sushi bar. This is where the food travels around on a conveyer belt and you pick up what you want to eat. The plates are color coded so that you know how much your food will be, and you just keep the plates for the server to add up how much you owe. It was a two beer night for me, and the sushi was excellent. Carmen tries natto for the first time (she swallowed it, but wasn't exactly asking for more) and she loved the crawdad handrolls. She also pretty much demolished a bowl of edamame. We got home, and Tyme helped her go to sleep, and I knitted between bouts of nursing Carolyn, who has picked up a really congested nose in the past few days.
Pics for the day:
This is Darth Vader, in Legos.
This is how the knitting is going - it's a hat! Well, part of one...
To see more photos, visit our flickr set for December: December Family photos
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