San Diego!

This past weekend, President's day weekend, Matt and the girls had a long weekend. They all had Friday and Monday off, so we decided to take advantage of the break. We went down to San Diego, CA to have some fun. We have been wanting to see all that San Diego has to offer, so we decided to see SOME of it during the holiday. We decided to narrow it down to two parks, and the kids voted for Legoland and Sea world this time. Luckily both parks offer excellent deals, so it was very affordable. San Diego is not to far from here, a little shy of 3 hours away. We woke up early Friday morning and drove down. We made it just in time for Legoland to open. Legoland is fairly new, 10 years old, so it was a new place for Matt and I as well. What a cool park! I highly recommend it if you have younger children. This park is all about the kids. The kids could go on all the rides (if they had wanted too), and there are three smaller roller coasters that Anya would go on. All the ride props, park attractions (except the ride themselves), and decorations are made out of legos. So in Dino land, the life size dinosaurs are all made out of legos. On the Safari ride, the life size animals are all made out of legos and so on. The whole day I kept thinking that our nephew, Aiden, would LOVE this park! There was even a roller coaster on Castle hill that was a Dragon, Anya's latest infatuation, so she was thrilled. One sure way to get Anya on a coaster is to have it look like a dragon!

We stayed in a very nice room at the Marine Corps' Miramar Inn. It was very centrally located between everything we wanted to do. The next day we went to Sea World San Diego. We have been to the Orlando one (ages ago) and to the San Antonio one several times. So the kids new exactly what to expect and were very excited. They LOVE sea creatures! We did all the traditional events, like seeing Shamu and the dolphins. This time the kids were brave and they actually got to touch and pet sting rays. Hannah would touch one, scream and run away, and then come back to touch one again. She is such a drama queen! The kids each got to feed a dolphin, and we all (except Cora...she didn't want to) got to pet the dolphin's too. This was the highlight I think...the kids talked about this for days! At the tidal pool the kids got to touch starfish and other creatures that are found in tidal pools. It was an awesome day, which was also Valentines day.

The next day was Sunday and we were heading back home on this day. We decided to go to the coast and take a stroll along the boardwalk near a beach. We ended up at Mission beach, and for the most part we enjoyed our outing. The kids were very bummed that they didn't get to go into the water. Hannah kept exclaiming, with the other's chiming in agreement, that it is not a very fun beach visit when we don't get to swim in the ocean. Next time Hannah...when it is warmer! All in all we had a great Valentines day/President's day/San Diego weekend!