Second-grader Olivia Morales, 8, gives a Taxi ride to her preschool sister Natalie, 4, at Playland Arcade on the Santa Monica Pier on Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Although the price of gas is $4.79 per gallon in Santa Monica, Olivia did not charge her sister Natalie a fare.

Children slip and slide in the mud during Santa Monica Alternative School House's annual SuperSMASH Carnival & Auction on Saturday, May 31, 2008.

(top) Chris McCurdy and his daughter Riley Weaver, 6, build a sandcastle on Santa Monica Beach on Sunday, May 18, 2008. (above) Michelle Sinnozai buries her son Kaison Arriza, 4, at Santa Monica Beach on Sunday.

(top) Stephanie Button, 9, caries her puppy, 'Cupcate' down the Catwalk during the 17th Annual Santa Monica Festival  at  Clover Park on Saturday, May 10, 2008. Children turned newspapers into wearable fashions during the recycled art workshops, then modeled them on the re:Fashion Catwalk. 

Theodora Walkow-Foster, 7, and Jason Dean Feigerle, 7, spray water onto the Watershed Diorama at the Santa Monica Aquarium during their Earth Day theme weekend on Sunday, April 27, 2008.  The diorama, which was custom made for Heal the Bay by Andrew C. Aguilar, is designed for pollution education and to illustrate storm water runoff.

(top) Jobin Zeichner, 6, dries his hand made silk screen T-shirt on Sat. April 26, 2008 during the 'Celebration For the Arts Pier pARTy' at the Santa Monica Pier.  (above) Fourth graders from Mckinley Elementary School , Zane Michael, 9, (left) and his classmate Francis Abastillas, 9, (right) paint with the Grex Airbrush on Sunday April 27, 2008, during the 'Celebration For the Arts Pier pARTy' at the Santa Monica Pier.  The annual event was designed to highlight the talents of students from the Santa-Monica/Malibu School District. The festival is an interactive event that  offerd instruction and demonstration in many mediums.