We began our San Diego adventure on Thursday at Balboa Park. We wandered on into the science museum where the kids explored and played for a long time. They played with geometric shapes, mirrors, physics demonstrations and illusions. They had a lot of fun.
After the science museum we enjoyed the beautiful San Diego weather and played on one of the many playgrounds at Balboa Park. Gianni found a little caterpillar to play with at the park.
Thursday evening, we drove north to Carlsbad where we checked into our hotel and dined on some Chinese food before we hit the sack. Friday morning, after playing at a local park, we headed off to Legoland. We did rides all day long! The kids had so much fun. I'm really glad that we could take this trip with Sydney.
It was great to spend some fun time with my two kids. Having Sydney there was nice. No Gianni vs Carmen fighting!
Mommy went on most of the rides all morning but it was finally daddy's turn. Off course I'm sure Abel wanted to ride this one so that he could shoot me and all of the other people standing by with water!
We never did make it into the water park at Legoland. It is brand new and we were looking forward to trying it out but the kids didn't last long at this little splash play area. The temperature was about 68 or 70 and the water was cold. Maybe next time, but look how much fun they had at the splash area.
This time at Legoland there were things that both of the kids could do that they couldn't do last time! Gianni got to practice his driving skills on a ride for 6-13 year olds. You have to raise your hand when you crash. Sydney stopped at every stop sign and looked both ways. Gianni blew through them all and crashed multiple times. I guess we know why boys have higher car insurance! I unfortunately am not proud of this, but I made Carmen lie multiple times while at the park. They changed the rules on many of their rides. Like most parks it is based on height but they now added an age limit to some rides. So it would say, "must be 36 inches and at least 4 years old." Carmen is mega tall...but not 4! So I told her she was 4 for the day. Does that make me a bad mom?
After Legoland, we picked up some turkey at Boston Market and put the kids in the tub and to bed! They were exhausted. On Saturday we checked out of our Carlsbad hotel and drove down to Sea Port Village. We took a tour on the U.S.S. Midway. It was very interesting and the kids liked the planes the most.
That afternoon we had some lunch and then headed off to the beach at Coronado.
On Sunday, we walked around a local Coronado Park and enjoyed our last shot at cool weather. Overall, it was a wonderful vacation.
Back to the Arizona heat. 112 tomorrow. Yuck : (
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