Saying Goodbye

I had to say goodbye to a lot of great friends and places. One of these people was my preschool teacher Mrs. Schmidt. I really loved her! She taught me all kinds of cool things. On my last day all the kids signed a poster for me and she gave me a CD that we listen to in class. I sure am going to miss her!

San Bernardino Museum

 Since we were leaving Redlands in a few short weeks, we thought we had better squeeze in a few adventures we have failed to do in the past 6 years. One of these was the San Bernardino County Museum. We passed it a million times on the freeway and finally decided to go inside.

 There was an exhibit with a bunch of stuffed animals that you would find in San Bernardino County. Slimes was checking out a big horn sheep.

 I can't say that I've ever seen a polar bear or arctic fox in the hills of Redlands, but it was cool to see how big one actually is. 

 This Colton Fire Wagon was pretty cool....and part of an extremely random exhibit. I think they just threw anything that had to do with San Bernardino in a room. Weird.

This giant ship wheel was also in that room...like I said, weird. The whole top floor of the museum is a bird exhibit. I can't say that it was my favorite. Unfortunately the giant train they had outside wasn't open for us to go in. I'm glad we checked this off our list so we don't have to always wonder whats inside!

Lets Go Fly a Kite

 In the middle of March, Aunt Jill invited us down to Huntington Beach for the annual Kite Festival (our name for it, not the official one). I have always loved flying kites, but Mom and Dad stink at it! So I was pretty excited to see the professionals do it.

There were kites of all sizes and shapes. There were even a group of people that made their kites dance to music!

 Slimes was more into eating sand then watching kites. To each his own!

 Aunt Jill's family was there too, and it was Uncle Dan's birthday! Hailey and I decided to help him celebrate by making him carry us, at the same time, through the sand. Doesn't that sound like a great present? 

After watching the professionals we went down the beach to fly our own kites. We were finally successful in getting a kite in the sky and keeping it up there! It was a great day!

What made it even better was a "For Rent" sign we saw 2 doors down from Aunt Jill. Mom and Dad went into check it out and loved it. Two days later we signed the lease to move to Huntington Beach. 

Who knew a simple day of kite flying could change our lives so much?