A Room With a View

At the end of our hallway of our hotel room, this is our view.  The kids loved looking out and seeing all the action every day. 

For Connor, this is what you call the perfect view from your hotel.

Saturday Night

After a complete day at the zoo, we knew we didn't want to waste any time. So we decided to head to a Padres baseball game. First stop was dinner because we were all hungry. Daddy decided to get the cardiac arrest burger -  Look at that thing.

Emily even got to have a glass of lemonade which she loved.

The Padres were playing the Colorado Rockies and what a game. It was a high scoring game with lots of action. The final score was 9 to 5 with the Rockies winning.

I forgot to mention that our hotel is actually connected to the ballpark. So we walked across our private little entrance ramp right into the stadium. How convenient is that - good planning daddy.

We had to drag Connor out of the stadium because the game was over 4 hours long.  The only way we got him out of the ballpark was telling him that we were coming back on Sunday for another game.  Connor loves sports!!!  It was a super fun evening.

When A Peacock Attacks

Our last stop of the day at the zoo was the kids zoo store. On our way, we passed the flamingo exhibit and in the front was the most beautiful peacock with its back feathers displayed in full effect. We all ran up to take a look. All of a sudden the peacock took flight. Connor ran so fast away from the exhibit I thought he might have ran all the way back to Boston. Garrett stood firm but when the peacock landed on the railing an inch from his hand, Garrett was quick to retreat as well. We all jumped back when the peacock flew to the ground right next to us and proceeded to walk around the zoo.
Connor came back to us and announced it was time to leave before we were attacked again and died. It truly was amazing timing and had us all laughing.

San Diego Zoo

Our first day in San Diego we knew exactly where we were headed, the zoo. I have always heard about the phenomenal exhibits at the zoo and it definitely lived up to its reputation. The zoo was enormous and I think we could have walked for days and still not have seen everything.

Garrett is an animal enthusiast so he was full of energy bounding around the zoo like he was a Kratt brother (a kids show all about animal adventures). He single-handedly taught us many amazing facts about each animal. The elephant exhibit, jaguar, cheetah and orangutans were some of our favorites.

What a fantastic day!

Being silly with the llamas.

San Diego Here We Come

For spring vacation Daddy planned a fun get away for us to beautiful San Diego. We left last night on Alaska airlines and were delayed An hour which feels like an eternity when you have to keep your children in a seat belt the whole time. Once we were on our way, the kids all watched one video had a snack and it was off to sleep. I absolutely loved having Garrett and Emily asleep on my lap. I tried so hard to get the picture but it was coming out to dark and I couldn't risk disturbing them. Once we landed at 11pm, really 2am EST, the kids were all amazing getting the luggage and getting to the hotel. Since they were amped up , we ordered some room service and had a picnic. Quickly it was off to bed and they are already awake 7am today. We are off to explore.

Oh Noodle!

Just when you think everything is going smoothly, your little girl sitting at the dinner table listening to a book being read sticks a penne noodle up her nose.  So far up her nose that you can barely see it.  For two hours, we tried to suction the noodle out with no luck.  This included trying to hold her down but resulted in her getting so upset she threw up on me.  Then, we tried tweezers but since the noodle was already cooked it just kept breaking into pieces.  With the thought of an Oprah show and Dr. Oz, I remember them explaining the theory behind the neddy pot.  It was explained that if you put water in one side of your nose, it should flow out the other when you hold your head sideways.  It was now two hours later, when I asked Emily to hold her breath and I used the children's aspirator to blow air into the other side of her nose.  Low and behold, the noodle shot out of her nose.

Looking back on this tramatic event, I can now laugh knowing all is well.  But seriuosly, how can you push an entire noodle up your nose.  Unbelievable.  Hopefully, our adorable little lady has learned that things don't belong up our nose. 

Easter 2013

Easter is upon us this year and it feels like it has arrived so quickly.  Connor is a stickler for tradition so we had to hop to it and get the house ready.  First step, put up our Easter decorations and get out our Easter baskets.  Step two, prepare for the process of egg dying.  The kids grabbed the newspaper and set up the table. 

We decided to dye six dozen eggs, yes, 72 eggs.  

This gave us lots of time to get messy and allowed for lots of creativity for the dying process.  Although Emily only wanted pink.

Boy is it tough to wait for the perfect color.

It is evening time and we left out all our hard work for the Easter bunny. 

The kids woke up so excited to hunt for the Easter eggs.  It didn't take them long to get to work.

They worked together and helped each other.

Emily even found many of the eggs on her own.  It was a fun filled day and very relaxing.  Happy Easter everyone!