Post-Christmas

And Christmas was over. Hanukkah was over. But VACATION wasn’t!!! So we were pretty busy…

At the zoo

(Where Mol struck a Molly pose and looked bored and sunglassed…)

And we rode the new carousel

(Still with the movie star attitude.)A rousing game of musical chairs at the park…

Lots of game playing (while we got ready for the New Years Day Marx Brothers double feature!).

And a hike to Skull Mountain to hunt for pirate treasure. We started with a picnic in the park…

And then a pirate treasure hunt! Chuck created a map that was a thing of beauty and spun them a yarn about how he found it. Then we gave the kids compasses and spyglasses and we were off…

We followed the map and found where x marked the spot, and dug.

And they did indeed find a little treasure chest filled with pirate earrings, pieces of eight, and pirate daggers.

Then for New Years weekend we went to the Getty Villa on New Years Eve

where they posed nicely for pictures

and Molly discovered her new favorite way of eating french fries: dipped in butter. We call them Molly fries now.

You’d think we’d be exhausted by New Years day, but we had traditions to keep! Dim Sum on one end of town and then the Marx Brothers double feature picture show… it was an amazing vacation and we all loved every minute. We’re all thinking 2012 is off to a fabulous start.