Spring Break - Day 5 - Dinner at Susumo's

Hmmmmm!! There is a place up here in Roseville that is similar to Benihana's but way better (at least compared to the one here in Sacramento). The place is called Susumo's and was so delicious. The girls enjoyed watching the food being cut up and cooked in front of us and mommy got the most delicious dessert. It was called the Chef's special but was some banana grilled/flamebeed with brown sugar and cranberries and ice cream. Ohhh - I was in heaven!!

Spring Break - Day 3 - Fishing at the lake

After getting Caitlin her own pole this year (a Dora fishing pole), we headed out to the lake with a picnic lunch. The lake was so full of water and I think if it wasn't for the cold weather and the loud girls banging on the boat, we may have been able to catch something. But not this time. Oh well - we all had a blast (until about 15 minutes before we were getting ready to leave). Mikayla had to say bye bye to her princess fishing pole. She threw her cast and as the line was going into the water, the pole slipped out of her hand and we found out that not all kids poles float. I think even the fish in Tahoe heard the cries of a little girl. Sorry fishermen all over California on Monday. :-)

As we were leaving, all the sheep were roaming around the lake to eat the grass up. Caitlin loved it and I had to take pictures. If you look closely at the second shot - I actually got a picture of one of the sheep going to the bathroom - oops.

Spring Break - Day 1 - Fairytale Town and Dinner in the Park

Today was the first day of spring break for Daddy and the girls. We started off heading to a birthday party at Fairytale Town. The girls were a little "shy" at first meeting Gavin and his older brothers but then started to have fun.

Caitlin (Tin Man), Mikayla (Dorothy), and Delilah (Starstruck Scarecrow)

Mikayla and Caitlin on the turtle

Delilah, looking like a superstar.

After the party, we ran some errands and finally decided to go get something for dinner. Of course, as soon as we started driving, Caitlin fell asleep (this was day one of her not taking naps at home for a whole week. Sometimes not even taking a nap). So we headed to the grocery store, got some chicken, rolls, vegetables and drinks (that momma packed) and headed to the park to enjoy a evening picnic and fun as the sun was setting.

Mikayla hanging from the tree

Delilah doing her ANTM pose - wait till you see the next pic (from sweet...)

to sour....

Caitlin looking as sweet as she can when she is nervous of being up in the tree.

Surprise Trip to Monterey

Although financially it has been a little tougher with Michael having his "furlough" Mondays twice a month, it has also been nice having that extra day with him especially this past weekend! On Thursday we decided let's go to Monterey Bay Aquarium but didn't tell the girls. So I packed overnight bags for everyone (without the girls knowing) and after a birthday party on Saturday, we headed down to Monterey. We finally arrived at the hotel around 5 and they were so excited to be at a hotel but even more excited to find out it had an indoor swimming pool. How fun!!!

After swimming and all the excitement, Caitlin was pooped out and slept for the first time in a big girl blow up bed (no more pack-n-plays)

At the Monterey Bay Aquarium - outdoors looking for whales and other sea animals

Girls playing in the kid zone

The seahorse exhibit - so cool!

The little thing that Delilah is pointing at is a tiny little seahorse.

Daddy and his girls in front of one of the large tanks

Beautiful - closest I will ever see these beautiful fish in this habit as I will never go scuba diving.

A penguin squawking at Delilah

Don't laugh at Delilah looking like a chicken - she won a contest with Radio Disney and got a Wii pony game. :-)

The drive home seemed to be a long one but hopefully we will go back in summer!! We didn't get to go to a cool local park called Dennis the Menace park. The girls were exhausted with all the fun they had so we didn't want a melt down and just got back on the road. At least Michael had Monday to recuperate.