Days Out: Carpinteria and the Theatre

 This summer week's highlights were two special trips, one with each daughter.

On Wednesday, Violet finished up her schoolwork for her summer class, so we celebrated with an afternoon in Carpinteria. 

We didn't make it a "beach day" with bathing suits and towels, but we did end our evening with a lovely stroll on the sand. 

We came across this struggling butterfly that had gotten wet. We tried to help it out.

After getting tacos, we found boba and a coffee at Reyes Market, a Hispanic market that had really good drinks from the counter. We'll return when we come back to Carp!

We started our afternoon walking around the downtown boutiques, galleries and antique shops, where we saw this wall of old glassware we knew Cora would have liked.

Another highlight: on Friday evening, we met up with Cora's friends and one of the moms, and caravaned to North Hollywood for a musical. 

This one, called The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals, was put on by a group that is a favorite of all these teens - Starkid Productions. Cora has loved their work for several years, and this was the first time she's seen them in person.

I'm glad she wanted me to go along, and I enjoyed it very much. The best part was watching Cora have such a great time.

I'm thankful to Heather for inviting us! And it was great for these teens to hang out, as Heather's daughter Rowan will be going back East to college later this month.