September 11th tribute
The granite sphere fountain - a tribute to the fallen
The sphere rotates above the water to display all the names
Elise has no interest in visiting the land of Shrek
With grandma watching the old TV sets
BEEP! BEEP!
Toy Story 3
We took little Elise to the California State Fair for the second year in a row. We made our first family trip last year when she was only a couple months old. Nothing, aside from milk, holds the attention of a two-month-old, so Elise definitely enjoyed this year's festivities quite a bit more. She loved pointing and grinning at all the animals, and used her growing vocabulary to correctly identify every "bird" and "bunny". We are working on "guinea pig", to please Aunt Darcy, but that one may take more time.
Trying to teach Elise all about guinea pigs
She was more interested in the birds as they talked back
The parrot who said "hello" to her
Elise saying "hi" to the goose; he didn't talk back
She loves bunnies!
A Mayan temple at the fair :)
Elise checking out the tortoises
We dubbed this tortoise "Sleepy"
Tokay Gecko
Veiled Chameleon
Chocolate covered bacon; bringing fair food to a new level of unpleasantry
Elise with daddy and her uncles before the concert
Elise wanted daddy's ice cream all to herself
