Monday, December 31, 2007

California Holiday, V: China Town & Huntington Gardens

The day after Christmas, Mack, Britt, and I and all seven kids went into Chinatown for lunch. The kids weren't too impressed with the dim sum lunch, but they each tried a bit. They probably left the restaurant less than full, but, hey, it was cheap!

We walked around a bit in Chinatown.



Then we headed for Huntington Gardens. Only half the kids were interested in seeing the gardens, so Britt took one carload back to Santa Clarita. Mack, Emma, Dante, Beau and I stayed.



We walked through the desert garden




and the Japanese Garden.



Unfortunately, the new Chinese Garden, which is what Mack most wanted to see, won't until early 2008 -- we were about a month too early.



But that didn't stop Mack from doing his best to get a glimpse. Here -- much to the horror of rule-following Emma -- you see him on the other side of the "do not enter" barrier.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I really had to chuckle at Emma's horror-struck reaction to Mack's infraction of the rules - because it is so like what my own would have been! fun to see pictures of the adventures we weren't on as well.