California and more fish

Getting to California turned out to be a greater hurdle than I imagined. I had to try twice, as my initial plans were cancelled, compliments of weather in Washington D.C. I arrived in California on Monday night and spent an uneventful day or two with the dog and with my parents.

Beau decided he needed to get an old dog back injury, so I took him to the vet on Thursday afternoon. He really hates that place, but I think it helped him get better more quickly.

Erin and Talia flew in on Thursday night, so we left the drugged dog at home alone for a few hours while the rest of us went to the airport.

On Friday I went up to Santa Clarita with my mom, Erin and Talia. We went to The Master's College and met two of my college friends with their baby boys.

Here are Erin and Talia, Joanna and Vijay, Sarah and Luke, and some random chick standing behind them. ;)

Saturday's big event was dinner for my parents at Benihana with Nikki, Daniel, Erin and Talia all present as well. Aunt Nikki is feeding Talia a pea with chopsticks. Talia caught on pretty quickly!

After dinner we went to Downtown Disney where the main event was making a bear for Talia at Build-A-Bear. Being the doting aunts and grandma, we made sure Talia's bear was stuffed perfectly and has a variety of clothing to wear.

I flew home on Sunday (yesterday). Nothing exciting there.

The interesting activity for the day was stopping by the pet store to get some dog food and some additional fish tank cleaning supplies. I decided it was time to replace the fish that died with three new fish. I got one of the same variety that died and two additional fish of a new kind. I took a video of the tank after I put the new fish in. The existing fish were curious, but only one of them actually seeks the new ones out to harass them. He's been a bully all along, so no real surprise there. There is intentional sound on this video to tell you a little bit about the various fish you see. Image quality isn't the best, but it will have to do!

Coming soon: Snow White! I pick her up tonight :)