The big holiday, part 5

As I said in an earlier post, Alex and Kali became really good pals. Here they are playing together. For a dog that's never normally around kids, she did amazingly well!
And yet again, Isaiah playing with a ball. He loved these balls so much that we ended up buying some to take home - and they both still love playing with them.
Here's Michaela walking Akilah at the park. We were amazed at how many play parks seemed to be in the area and how well-maintained they all were.
Our boys just love eating fruit (as does Michaela and Daddy), so they were really spoiled with so much fresh fruit to choose from in California. As you can see from Isaiah below, it does normally end in a bit of a mess.
We were pretty good at getting everyone adjusted to the time difference and normally the boys were in their usual routine of one nap a day. But some days, they were just too knackered close to tea time, so Mommy let Alex have a short snooze while reading her book.
Still trying to get a good family snap in the pool - Left to right, Isaiah, Daddy, Michaela, Alex and Mommy. We tried to get in the pool quite a bit as the kids are really good in the water. The boys particularly will just splash and play for ages!
But, too long in the pool leads to wrinkly feet! Isaiah's
And Alex's
Here's Shelby playing with Sammy and Michaela on the float. Generally the girls were really good together and it was so cute to see them playing.
Daddy and Mommy got a day shopping to themselves as well, while Granny and Auntie Ivanna watched the kids. We managed to buy loads of things; for ourselves, for the kids, for gifts and as special requests from friends. Not surprisingly, we went out with three suitcases and came back with six - full to the brim!

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