Last Sunday we enjoyed some nice casual time together outside. It was quite a nice end to the day. S would live outdoors if possible!
Picking raspberries together
Mourning the fact that I only have a few weeks left to enjoy these :/
Sharing raspberries
We left Monday morning for business with Brett. He was scheduled to work through half of Thursday. S has been fascinated with planes for several months. I was really looking forward to this trip with her. I wondered what she would think/do.
She was trilled and kept saying, "planes, planes."
The three of us squished onto the last row of the plane.
Our first stop after dropping dad at work was the park.
The humidity Monday was extremely high. I put S down for a nap at the hotel after we had lunch with dad.
When I got her up from her nap this is what we got. It was crazy what the humidity did to her hair!
Dinner together at The Cheesecake Factory. Their portions are so huge that the three of us shared and still had left overs.
They have a great Children's Museum not to far (15ish miles) from where our hotel is. Because we have memberships to Thanksgiving Point we were able to get in there for free. We went last time as well and S loved it! Below are pictures of some of our highlights:
Painting on a wall that automatically washes itself.
She LOVED climbing on this thing last time. This time the best I could get was this picture.
She was pretty taken by that spider.
Loving slides!
Fun, funky mirrors.
Riding bikes.
A S sized bridge. She climbed over it again and again.
Playing with huge foam blocks.
The sign I continually got this week, accompanied with the phrase "carry you".
We went to another children's museum the following day that we also were able to get into for free. It wasn't nearly as big, but S really enjoyed herself.
She loves babies (real or pretend) and wanted to share with them.
This is likely her favorite part of going to museums. She LOVES talking about them the rest of the day and point to them.
This was one of her favorite things there. She loves things on wheels that she can push.
They had a pretty great space exhibit. ^ being an astronaut.
Dressing like an alien.
Trying out the compression chamber.
Playing on the bus.
This was likely her other favorite. Those heels she didn't want to take off.
Riding on the carousel. She chose to ride on a pig.
On our way home from the museum we started counting in the car. We count a lot at home. She counted from 7 to 10 on her own. She kept saying again, and we'd practice from 1 to 10 repeatedly as we drove in the car.
That evening S wasn't a stellar eater at dinner. We wanted to make sure that she had enough so we hit a smoothie shop on the way home. She was in heaven :)
Thursday we just did a few things while we waited for dad to be finished at the office. We were all SUPER excited for our uninterrupted time in San Diego. We checked into our hotel then hit mission beach. It was only about 5 miles from our hotel. It also had this great place called Belmont Park with all sorts of amusement park rides and such. S LOVED the beach! There were repeated giggles and squeals of laughter at every wave that came in, but often bigger giggles as the water went back out and she sunk into the sand.
I love this shot I was able to get on my phone.
Playing with dad in the ocean.
Pure delight!
After we had to head back to the hotel to at very least get Scarlett into some dry clothes. We were wet too, but she was soaked!?! We decided to go to Old Town San Diego for dinner. It was a fantastic authentic place. Besides getting chips and salsa as you wait, they also brought you queso. It was a great way to end the evening, including the walk back through all the festivities :)
Friday we did Sea World. By buying a single day pass we were able to get in for the rest of this year plus 2015 for free. We loved everything (minus a bit of heat and humidity) about our day.
These fish were pretty cool. They came and ate all the germs off yours hands. It was pretty tickl-ie.
We were pleasantly surprised at how she enjoyed this ride.
A fun bounce mat for small kids.
We couldn't get her to stand up straight, but think shes about 31".
One of her favorite animals, the walrus.
The killer whale show is always amazing.
A cool tide pool where you could hold or touch any of the animals as long as you kept them under water.
A sea lion who made friends with S.
What happened toward the end of the day when she said, "Carry you!"
Watching the penguins in their outdoor area. She was totally fascinated.
Observing the killer whales from the viewing area below. This was our last exhibit of the day. While we were there an employee came over with certificates for free drinks and also a stuffed penguin for S (the one souvenir we said we had no desire for...any stuffed animal). If was a fantastic end to the day, and S was quite pleased.
The stuffed penguin :)
I think we could've gotten her to look if we'd done it at the beginning of the day. None of us wanted to stand in that line though.
By the time we drove home from the airport on Saturday S was able to count from 1 to 10 o her own. We always clapped and said, "Yea, S!" By the end she joined in celebrating herself :) I'll have to see if I can get a video of her doing it.
