This trip to Santa Barbara, we discovered the Harbor House Inn which is on the beach-side of town and had a reasonably priced suite (but without a door in between the bedroom and living room). The girls made a tent out of sheets to play in. After packing up, we took some pictures out front, before heading out for our final day. [slideshow]
We spent most of the day at Alameda Park and the garden next to it. The girls had lots of fun chasing butterflies and discovering the pond with lots of red-eared slider turtles! We enjoyed our picnic lunch and the girls tired themselves out running around the huge playground. [slideshow]
Video: Elise Playing with the Shark
Instead of heading back home and getting caught in traffic, we decided to stay in town until after dinner. We walked a bit around State Street and then watched Horton Hears a Who. We were all pretty wiped by the time we got through dinner, so we all crashed on the ride home while mommy stayed awake and drove us home safely. [slideshow]
[...] A DOOR in between the bedroom and living room (which is significant because the place we stayed in our previous trip to SB didn’t have one). The girls converted the living room into their bedroom / playroom / tv [...]