Catherine has been studying yoga for two years, since she was introduced to it in preschool at The Children's School in Seattle. We found a studio here in Santa Barbara that offers children's yoga and she has been doing it every Tuesday this summer. She loves it and I have to say I am very impressed by some of her poses. Her wonderful teacher took these photos of her in action.
Every August, the whole of Santa Barbara pretty much shuts down for Old Spanish Days, more commonly referred to as Fiesta. It began in the 1920's as a way to bring tourists back after a devastating earthquake. It is now a 5 day festival and everywhere you go there is music and dancing. We were showing Papa and Nana around town when we stumbled on a stage at the mall where girls were dancing. There is also a mercado (Spanish for market) with merchants selling dresses, pottery, jewelry and pretty much anything else you could think of. There are also food booths selling delicious Mexican food. Mommy and Daddy had tamales and enchilladas and for dessert we all had churros!
After taking a little break following the parade, we headed to a BBQ/pool party in the afternoon, hosted by a friend of Daddy's (he owns the sailboat Daddy races on). The pool was amazing, it even had its own waterfall! I played in the pool for a long time with the other kids that were there and Daddy even got in to help me swim. I'm getting better!
A view from the top - look at me swimming with Daddy!
Under the waterfall
In the hot tub 
Stay tuned for my further 4th of July adventures.....
The art teacher worked for a month with the children to do a landscape painting on canvas as a gift for the parents
With the wonderful pre-k teacher, Mrs. JamesIn progress
