San Diego Saturday ;) FREE is the word, FUN is the action!!!

Ok, so first of all, I want to apologize for this delayed post. 
I tried to schedule this post to go out at midnight on saturday, and to my luck, something went wrong.
BUT, ;
) if you're anything like our Family, and LOVE to go on spur of the moment adventures, then you can still enjoy this post ;)

Linda Vista Multicultural Fair & Parade:
This is an annual celebration of Cultures and features a Grand Parade, cultural exhibits, ethnic foods, live performances, artisans, Kid's Zone, Teen zone, and lot's more!! Until 5pm
6900 block of Linda Vista Rd.  between Comstock & Ulric Sts. www.lindavistafair.org

San Diego Student Shakespeare Festival:
Check out all the drama as you watch an array of Shakespeare scenes of dance, music, juggling, and puppetry performed by hundreds of local students, grades K-12.  Until 4p.m  Prado Area all the way down to The Ruben H Fleet Science Center.  www.sandiegoshakespearesociety.org

Earth Day Festival at Alta Vista Gardens:
Vendors and displays, guest speakers, food,, and fun for kids of all ages.  Until 5p.m , children's garden until 3p.m  1270 Vale Terrace DR Vista  www.altavistagardens.org

Roots Fest on Adams:
This Festival along Adams Ave. features various musical genres including acoustic, folk, delta blues, bluegrass, reggae and more.  Includes live performances, food, handmade arts and crafts.  Today until 9pm and Sunday 10am-6pm  www.adamsavenuebusiness.com

Spring Garden Festival:
Visit the "Ask the experts" section featuring tips for saving water, water-efficient gardening, landscape design, consultaions and more.  Also includes entertainment, kid's activities, and exhibitors & vendors that offer conservation information, gardenning related products and arts and crafts.  Until 4pm The water conservation garden, 12122 Cuyamaca College Dr. West, El Cajon www.thegarden.org

Mission Federal ArtWalk Festival:
Explore the region's largest fine art festival featuring hundreds of visual and performing artisis who create anything from painting to photography, to sculpture to music!!!  Create some fun at Kid's Walk at Amici Park where children and families find their inner artists through hands on activities and interactive performances. Sat and Sun 11am-6pm  From Beech St to Fir St, in Little Italy District, Downtown San Diego www.missionfederalartwalk.org

If you had a day planned on the couch with TV, I hope that you will get up, grab your Family, and go have an adventure!!!!
Family times are crucial to a happy Family ;)  Enjoy this beautiful weekend with sun, after a few days of rain, and a week's worth in the near future, fresh air does wonders for those smiles!!!!!

Trash to Treasure-Sat. crafts in April @ SeaLife Aquarium...

If you're heading out to SeaLife Aquarium,
or just now are thinking about it after I jogged your memory ;),
check out their awesome children's craft saturdays...

 

Trash to Treasure - Saturday Craft Activities in April

In celebration of Earth Month, SEA LIFE hosts an eco craft activity every Saturday in April. Help give new life to items that may have been headed to the landfill. One man's trash is another man's treasure!
4/10 (10am-4pm): Design your own Shadow Puppet Stage from cardboard boxes
4/14 (10am-4pm): Bring a jellyfish to life from an egg carton
4/24 (10am-4pm): Shark Puppets spring into action from plastic bags
Trash To Treasure craft activity included with admission to SEA LIFE Aquarium.

In our visits to SeaLife, there has NEVER been a single thing we didn't love ;)

my friday and saturday adventure

so on thursday i found an ad in the paper for twin china beds for sale, with dresser n chests, so i asked will to call and ask what twin china beds were. the lil boys need beds and all the kids need dressers.

will called and spoke to the lady, her name is Gracie. for 2 days they talked trying to find a right time for her to show us the furniture.
finally today, saturday, we got to go see it. we took the kids with us, and they are just a wonderful couple. she is an adorable older lady, and her husband is just as nice.

the furniture, she said, she had for 64 years, and before that, it was her mothers. it was brought from china, and she needs to let it go, because her and her husband need to let go of things because they cant care for many things anymore.

she said the furniture is a little over 100 years old!!!!!!! i am soo amazed by that, yes it has wear and tear, a little as expected with paint and age, but i am absolutely just soo happy and happier, lol that i have real furniture that is 100 years old, and from China.
to me that is so amazing, knowing that my grandmother is chinese and she left china when she was a lil girl, and just to know that i have something that dates back to being a chinese antique to me is special.

its 2 twin beds, a night stand, a dresser and a bigger dresser, all in typical chinese art style, the black paint and gold colored scrolls, but what i am so happy about is a lot of the art all over all of the furniture, is raised, like 3D.

i have no camera, it broke on christmas morning, and my phone is temp. suspended, so i cant even take pics with my phone :(
as soon as i can, i will post pictures, we just have to find a way to fix one of the boards that got broken, but we will work on that tomorrow.