Summer time play dates

We had lots of play dates to keep the kids entertained for the 6 weeks off of school. 

 We did a trip to the zoo with Eli

 playhouse snacks

 Surfing on the slip and slide

 We tried so hard for a picture of Gabriella and Brandon - Failed

We also had lots of pool time with Aiden!

Meet Brandon Tiger

Brandon is all about tigers since discovering Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood. He now calls himself Brandon Tiger. He believes he has stripes on his body and won't take a bath because the stripes will come off! Ohh the bath time fights we have!

This was his Halloween 2012 costume that he has been wearing around the house

Grandma's reading glasses, Brandon discovered they look like tiger stripes and wore them

First time ever face painting and check out Brandon Tiger!

Our drive home from San Diego

We started our journey home this morning, we hurried out of San Diego and LA then stopped at a community pool in Valencia and swam for an hour or so before getting back on the road for the second half of the trip.  It was the smartest thing we did, Brandon slept for 3 hours! 

The final hour and a half was rough, Karly was screaming " HOME HOME HOME", how do you explain to a 2 year old you're getting home!!   When we pulled up she said "no, go back to beach house!" haha

Last night in San Diego

Our last day was spent at Legoland at the water park.  We came back mid day and enjoyed a nice walk along the water.  The kids are ready to head home they missed their toys. Brandon said he is going to kiss all his animals when he gets home.!

Seaworld... then.. back to the Zoo!

The first thing we had to do at SeaWorld was see the Beluga whales! Brandon was so into watching them and we even saw a feeding!

 The employee was teaching Brandon a thing or two about Beluga whales, Did you know that they turn white when they're 7, before that they're grey?

 Brandon and Karly took turns feeding the sea lions!  It was pretty cool!

 We saw a Shamu show!

 The kids are actually riding double here

 Karly loves rides, she's going to be our dare devil!  She wanted to go on them again and again!

Karly was SO excited to see Cookie Monster, unfortunately Elmo was on break

 We came home ate dinner got changed and headed back out to the ZOO again!

San Diego Zoo Day

The kids were pretty excited to spend the day at the Zoo!

 Karly telling everyone to be quiet the Lion is sleeping!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the route we took around the zoo!
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Our lazy day in San Diego

After 4 days of structured play we decided we would take a lazy day and just hang at the beach. We "thought" that would be relaxing, but it totally backfired. Our kids were bored with the beach after a few hours. Made for a long day!  Won't do that again!

 But, Karly was wiped out she wouldn't let herself fall asleep during the day. But she finally fell asleep in the car and stayed asleep when we got back for the transfer to the crib

Brandon was wiped out too but wouldn't nap, he found comfort in lying on the elevator floor after the beach.