Weekend Fun

This weekend we took part in the second annual Ventura Winter Wine Walk.  For this event, people could purchase tickets and then redeem them for wine at numerous restaurants and shops along Main St. in downtown Ventura.  Since there was going to be a Christmas tree lighting at the Mission with Santa and snow, we brought the kids!

The kids traveled in style in the wagon! 

At one of the shops there was a band playing outside.  Of course Faith jumped at the opportunity to get out of the wagon and dance!

According to both kids, the highlight of the night was seeing Santa!  The REAL Santa!  Shane said it was because he gave them candy canes!

Tonight we attended an event for our former neighbor, Simms Taback.  Simms is a very famous author and artist, and his books and art work are being displayed at the Ventura Museum for the next few months.  The event tonight was a reception for Simms, celebrating the exhibit. 

Shane is standing in front of a character from the book The Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly.  There were stuffed animals for Shane to actually feed the old lady all the animals that she ate in the book. 

Faith is reading the book as Shane played!

Another one of Simms' books is Joseph Had a Little Overcoat.  Faith is standing by a replica of the overcoat from the story.