Summer vacation to Carpinteria!



Kevin, Calan and I headed off to Grandma's beach house for the weekend this week. Calan delighted us all by learning how to hold onto his feet and by the end of the trip, he was even trying to suck his toes! He loved the new toys Grandma introduced him to, we were all amazed at how quickly he worked out how to manipulate the lever on his little Fisher Price roll-a-ball, to release the balls and turn on the lights and music. We took him to see the dog parade, my personal favourite was the Calamity Jane doggy in a covered wagon! We also took Calan to the beach for the first time, he seemed very intrigued by the sight and sound of the waves and experienced the feel of warm sand on his feet. On the way home, we stopped off at our friends BBQ where Calan saw horses, chickens and listened to everyone playing their Old Timey music. He slept all of the way to Carpinteria and most of the way home- we were really happy for him as he can become very distressed in the car seat. Kevin and I worked hard to keep Calan to his normal routines while we were away, taking all of his familiar things and sticking to nap routines. This worked realy well and Calan was happy and relaxed, therefore so were we! It was a lovely weekend.