 My life's kind of boring, but I'll film it anyway. No one else for this. Oh my God, please never let me do that again. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to another vlog, vlogmas number four, I think. I'm coming at you fresh in the AM. All I've done is feed Layla and take her outside. I fell asleep with partially wet hair last night, but my dad actually came in yesterday, so it's been really fun to have him here. He hasn't been in LA, like actual LA, in like probably 20 years or so. Yesterday, like during the day, like before he landed was really chaotic and crazy because we brought Layla and Mu both to the vet. They haven't been to the vet yet since we moved back here, and they're going back to the old vet that they used to go to, so it was kind of just like getting them back in the system, and then Layla also has like an eye infection that's popped up over the last couple of days, so she's on like antibiotic drops for that now and stuff, but yeah, it was just like, they were there for like three plus hours. It was like really chaotic, so we're back in the swing of things, we're ready to go again, and actually I know this is already like the fourth Vlogmas, but we've been doing advent calendars, and mine finally just arrived yesterday, so I thought we would, you know, open some advent calendars today. I know that's like a fun thing that people like to do for Vlogmas, so Layla has one, Mu has one, Drew has one, and I have one, so let's open them up. Yay, it's time. It's time, here's the lot, so this is obviously Mu's, this is obviously Layla's, this is mine, I just chose a random one. I actually had another one, but it got like back ordered or canceled or something, and then this is Drew's, so should we start with them first? Yeah, let me get them all. Okay, hey, Wei was, do you want to do advent? There she is, okay, what'd you get? These are both from Trader Joe's, both Layla's and Mu's by the way. Oh, we got some like salmon treats, I think, oh boy. There is nothing, this dog gets more excited about than food. Do you want to sit? Go ahead and sit, go. Oh, hey, it's kind of hard for me to stay at mom. There you go, enjoy Merry Christmas. These are Mu's. Okay. And he ran away. Mu's feeling a little antisocial this morning, which is fine, we've all been there. My advent calendar that I chose this year is just like a 12 day one, and it was from Macy's, and it just had like a bunch of random beauty stuff, so I already opened day one, and it was a, oh, we got him, hold on. Enjoy, Mu. These are really big for him. Merry Christmas, yeah. Layla usually gets the other one. I broke it in half, buddy. Get the dough. Oh, where's my big kitty? Oh, I'm a cat, I like cat tweets. So I already opened day one, and it was a benefit to professional primer thing, so I'm gonna open day two. Oh, I think it's hair stuff. Oh, unite, I've heard of this. Oh, the sec, I've heard of this too. Seven seconds detangler, it's like a leave-in conditioner. Cute. And then Drew's advent calendar, I got him actually is like a 30 day calendar, and it's from this retailer called Segoi Mart, and they make a lot of like Japanese stuff, right? Yeah, just like a store, like a marketplace. Yeah, so this advent calendar has like candy, games, stuffies, anime stuff, all sorts of things, so. So we're on set. Yeah, we've kind of been opening a lot because we're not going home, like we're not gonna be here for Christmas, and then also it's 30 days, so. All right, here we go. What'd you get today? This is, oh, Tokyo Revengers. I don't watch anime, but it's okay. This one actually has like really big gifts. Is this a bath bomb? It's a bath bomb. Oh, okay, that's fine, does it smell good? It's really like grape. Are you sure it's not candy? No, it's just a bath bomb. A grape bath bomb, there we go. When you get like a stand, like a rule. Oh, cute. Nice, do you want to open another one? I need nine. One more, one more. Seven, a plushie. Which one? It's a rabbit. Cute, you love rabbits. If there was like, you know how there's horse girls, like you're a rabbit girl. It's like a rabbit girl. Kind of looks like, back here it looks like it's like a sushi or something. She's cute. Advent. Nice. All right, we've gotten ourselves ready, but like in a casual way. We're basically like going down to the beach. We're going to have some brunch, hang out a little bit. So I've got this airy tank top on, my airy leggings, and then this thrifted flannel, my fake Birkenstocks. I thought these were the ones I thrifted, but they're actually not. I bought these on Kohl's. What's your OOTD? I got Uniqlo, Uniqlo. Uh-huh. Lulu, Ro, Lula Ro. Lululemon. I'm just kidding. Lululemon. And then my new hocus. Okay, girlies, rise up. Let's go to breakfast. Oh, I have glasses on so I can drive and then sunglasses on my head for the fashion later. Look who it is. The man himself. It's JD, everyone. We're in Venice. We're going to get some brunch. And I don't know if we're allowed to park here, so we're going to find out. Cute purse. It's a Mars. Oh, nice. Grab my dad's phone and look what his log screen is. A picture of us from last night. So cute. So we just got into grade white and ordered some banana bread to start. I also ordered a latte. I'm in the mood for a, oh, a hot coffee this morning. My dad got a filtered coffee. I don't remember what Drew got. And I think I might do like a breakfast burrito or some avocado toast that sounds really good. So we'll see, but it's so cute in here. If you're ever in Venice, I would definitely recommend coming. Really good. I love the sea cap. Look at this breakfast sandwich. I already ate half of it, but it is phenomenal. Just finished up brunch. It was absolutely lovely. Definitely recommend the breakfast sandwich if you go there. They're setting up for like a Christmas thing right now. And now we're going to walk down to the beach. What a lovely morning. Have you liked Venice beef so far? I love it. It's still just kind of the service. They have been here in like 30 years. 40. 40 years. My friend Jim Plattis lived here in the early 80s. And he said his rent was $4.50 a month for his house, right? Just a couple blocks up the beach. Unbelievable. That'd be four grand now. It is many hours later. We have come home, napped, regrouped, and now we're back out for this evening. We have so many fun plans tonight. Well, we're going to be seeing so many cute things tonight, but first we're going to get gas, pick up my dad, get something to eat, and then we're going to head to Calabasas, which is like really an area of LA I've never been to before. It's like where all the Kardashians live and stuff, but they do a really cool Christmas light show every year. I think you just like walk through and so I'm just in the mood to do something like really wholesome and festive tonight. I want to get like a hot cocoa and walk around and see some lights. And I thought that would be a fun thing to do when my dad was here. So we're going to pick him up, probably go to like the grove or something because it's close to his hotel and then go do our festive activity of the day and I can't wait. And I'm just so happy having my dad here in LA. It's been so lovely and like I don't want him to leave tomorrow. I'm sad. Here is my very casual outfit of the night. I have this long sleeve gray shirt on from ASOS. I have these jeans from Abercrombie, I think and my converse because I wear them every single day. And then I'm also bringing this corduroy jacket and this like kind of jade green color. Actually thrifted this when I was in England. So I brought it all the way back from England with me and I'm going to wear it for the first time. And I can't wait. Let's go. Made it to the grove. My favorite tree. God, I love her. I love the grove at Christmas time. I come alive. Gotta take pictures and video of the Apple store. Of course. This is definitely a very boomer moment. And we love him for it. Got a vlog at the Apple store. Boomer moment, I like that. Everything I do is boomer. Hey, all of Gen Z makes fun of me for being a millennial now. So it's fine. I kind of chose Gen Z. Yeah, exactly. It's fine. It's why I don't own a house. All right, we made a quick stop to get some dinner at Elecran Hero. We've had this place a couple of times. My dad's never had it, so. Oh, it's so cute in here. I love the decor. So we got some guacamole on the way. I'm potentially gonna get some feria tacos to see. And then we're gonna go see some Christmas lights and I can't wait. And the people who we just were chatting to, random strangers, said that they went to the place that we're going to tonight when it was Halloween and it was really cool. So it should be really cool during Christmas. So we're excited. Seems like it's super late, but it's really actually just before 7 p.m. And we're in Calabasas at the King Gillette Ranch. It's called Holiday Road. I can't remember if I said what it was called earlier. We're about to walk up. I'm going to pee my pants. I need to find a hot chocolate ASAP, but I do have my cute coat on. You can't see that. You can't see it at all. So the plan is bathrooms, hot chocolate, best tip shit. Just walked in. There's so many cute little areas. There's like Santa. You can sit on Santa's lap over there. There's little gift shops. There's even like little like light up things you can buy. So cute. He loves the stage. We have located the hot chocolate truck. It is called Dreamy Creations. And I am excited. I've been thinking about this all day long. Hello. Can I please do three hot chocolates? Thank you so much. Thanks. Have a good night. Cheers. Cheers. How's the hot chocolate? Good. There's like a little area where there's a Christmas village. Are you joking? Look at this. This is the cutest thing I've ever seen. He even goes with the music. So cute. I am feeling so festive. It's not even funny. I'm gonna do a taste test for the hot chocolate. Oh, sorry dad. Haven't had it yet. Mm. Tastes like swiss mess. Yeah, it's chocolate water. Yeah. Chocolatey. It's delicious. I can taste a little marshmallow in there. It's nice. Oh my God. Three little corner is my new favorite. This is my new favorite. It's snowing. There's a candy cane lane. Stop. Look how pretty this is. Wow. It's got both of my favorite guys. I am so happy. Does anyone else just lose their parents, specifically their dad, and he just like walks away and starts talking to people? The ding fries are done. Speak of the devil, it's Drew's favorite song. Sing your favorite song. He hates this song so much. Get it dad. Get it dad. He's feeling his oats. Oh my God, you guys. It's snowing. I think it's foam. It's foam and I'm happy. I don't get to soap in your eye. Oh, it's on my lens. I didn't really think this through and I'm covered in soap now. I stayed in there for a little too long. Literally. Look. Oh yeah. So what were your thoughts? We did it. Was it fun? It was really fun. It was kind of far away. It was fun to drive by all. Yeah but did you enjoy it? Are you glad we came? I loved it. He did say it was a longer walk than he thought. Well yeah, it's a bargain really when you get to see it. Yeah it was really fun. All the different sites for kids. All the attractions and distractions. Yeah, lots of ages. The little kids are eating it up. Yeah, it's accessible too. Like you can push strollers, wheelchairs, whatever. So it's cute. I would recommend it. Yeah, you can go at your own pace. You can stop. There's drinks, there's food. Yeah, hot chocolate with marshmallows. Yeah, tons of food trucks. We loved it. So festive. All right and we're back home. It's like 9.30 p.m. Dropped my dad off at his hotel and we are heading to bed. It's been such a fun festive day. It's been a long day. We've been going for a good 13 hours at this point but so much fun. I'm just like, I'm so happy to have my dad here. I won't be vlogging tomorrow and his flight leaves tomorrow. So I'm gonna enjoy my last day here with him and I hope you enjoyed seeing him. I don't show a lot of my family but it's just been really fun to show you like little bits of my mom, little bits of my dad and it made it feel like extra festive for this time of year. So hope you enjoyed it. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you for watching and we will see you very soon for Vlogmas number five. Bye.