We spent Mother's Day weekend in San Diego, and it was just wonderful. I like California and we all love the beach. We we're definitely due for a vacation, and decided to buy the annual pass for Sea World, hoping that we would be able to make it out there again before next May. We thought Taylor would love Sea World, and showed him the website before we left. At that time, he could have cared less for Shamu and was actually most excited about seeing the penguins!
We bought a new camera to take on this trip, since our was going wonky. We didn't even bother to read the instructions before taking it out with us to Sea World, but we managed to figure some stuff out throughout the day. We had to stop at the Penguin exhibit first, then of course, hit the penguin gift shop. We also saw the Sesame Street show, then the dolphin show and had lunch after that. Jazzy was great, she is such a content little baby. Tay decided he wasn't too into walking and wanted to be held, so since he weighs a bunch, we took turns we each kid. We saw the star fish, or 'sea stars' as Tay calls them, and he even held one! Then, we went to Shamu. Boy, was Tay surprised- he loved it! So our next stop was the Shamu gift shop. We also stopped and bought a hat for Jazzy. Both the kids had sunscreen on, but the two of us did not and actually got sunburned! It was a nice day, about 65 degrees outside. Brooks won Taylor a big Spiderman at the carnival games, and it was a full, but fun day.
Our hotel was pretty close to Sea World, but that didn't make it any easier on Brooks, who had his fill of California freeways and their lack of signage. On Mother's Day, we went to Balboa Park and the Air and Space Museum for Tay, the space expert. The hotel recommended we go to La Jolla Cove, so we headed there next and it was just beautiful! Seals actually come up to the shore to rest, and the beach itself is pretty nice. It was so busy though, so we parked pretty far away and the kids were hungry and cranky by the time we made it out there. We found a Hard Rock Cafe and went there for lunch, then went back to the beach and walked what seemed like ten miles back to the car. Tay sill wanted to be carried, so we took turns with the kids again. That afternoon, our little man was still a bundle of energy, so we picked up 'My Donalds', as Tay calls it, and found a park that he could play at.
We stopped at Pacific Beach on Monday, then headed back home. We all love the beach, and Tay is still talking about the ocean. I am sure Jazzy loved it too, although she didn't say much :) Brooks was disappointed with San Diego, this was actually his first time there. We'll be going back, so that we can use our Sea World passes again, and this time we'll plan it out a little better to see some more kid and stroller friendly places. It was nice, as we love going places with the kids.
