We are such spontaneous people! On the 21st, we decided to take the kids to San Diego for a little family vacation getaway. We left early the next morning (the drive is only 2 hours...I can't handle much more than that in a car right now) and came back Tuesday evening. Short, but sweet!
Jack was thrilled that we were going to the San Diego Zoo! He even sported his tiger shirt for the special occasion.
There aren't any pictures of all four of us together, but this one's pretty close. The elephant exhibit was huge and it was cool seeing the elephants eating their lunch. It was a really hot day and there was a lot of walking up and down trails to see the animals. This was one of the days that I was, once again, grateful for our double stroller purchase.
Jack didn't want to get close to this rattlesnake...I don't blame him. Have you seen Harry Potter? I know what can happen :)
Jack had to be hoisted up quite a few times to see all the animals through the crowds. The problem was that most of the animals we saw seemed to be napping. If there was an animal awake, the crowds formed and it was hard to get a good glimpse...but we worked it out.
This orangutan was a fun watch. He climbed on some of his ropes, walked around for us, and showed us how he got some of his treats out of a special, tricky, container.
Yep, proof that I was there too! And not just behind the camera all the time either. And, here are some of the other animals that we saw in the zoo:
And this is what Daisy was trying to do most of the time at the zoo. Get out and run around. She's a free spirit, I tell ya.
And the results of the zoo...kids zonked within a couple minutes of getting in the car. We were all exhausted. We checked into our hotel and relaxed for a few minutes before going to the Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. The kids were so funny at the hotel. They had so much energy and from jumping on the bed and bouncing off the walls, I'm surprised (and thankful!) that nothing was broken or ruined by the time we left the next morning.
Day two was spent at Sea World. It was my first time to Sea World, and I'll tell you this much: I loved it! Even more than Disneyland. Yeah, that much. The majority of our time was spent going to four of the five shows that they put on. I didn't take our camera into three of those shows because I didn't want to ruin my camera and we sat in the soak (not sprinkle, or splash) zone whenever possible. We saw the dolphin show (my favorite), the sea lion show (quite funny), the Sesame Street 4D show (pictures to follow), and the Shamu show (can't leave that one out when you go to Sea World).
Before the shows started, Jack and I went over to the sea lion exhibit and watched others feed them little fish. This sea lion got right up close to us...the person next to us was throwing fish.
We bought Jack a bubble gun. He was obsessed with it.
LOVED shooting others with his bubbles!
He was a little apprehensive about approaching this turtle.
But with a little convincing they became friends.
We had watched Mr. Poppers Penguins the night before, so the penguin exhibit was a must see. It looked more impressive in real life.
This little girl is a free spirit. Before the Sesame Street show, she went wild.
She found a bird to chase!
And Jack just loved running away, too.
Jack loved the 3-D movie. Once he had the glasses on, he was reaching out to touch the different characters in the movie...it was so funny.
Daisy played with her glasses.
But her nose wasn't big enough to keep them on her face.
We got soaked really well during the dolphin and Shamu shows. It was really fun. Daisy sat in my lap and didn't like getting soaked, but I covered her face with my hand each time we got splashed. Jack is still talking about getting splashed with the water. I loved watching the acrobatics during the dolphin show. Made me think of a circus. I wished that the sea lions had done more tricks with a ball, but it was more of a funny entertainment than a showing off tricks kind of show. The Shamu show was the last one we went to and the kids were exhausted, so Daisy cried every time we got splashed. She also fell face first onto the bleacher in front of us giving herself a bruise on her right cheek to match the one on her left cheek that Jack had given her a few days before. It was a REALLY fun day and we all had a blast. Definitely a fun vacation for all of us and I'm so glad that we decided to go!
