::today in san diego::

We are escaping our normal lives for a couple of days this week in San Diego at the beach. We found a little condo right by the beach (thanks to a recommendation from a patient parent at the office). It's really amazingly close to the beach--probably less than a block away. We don't have to cross any real streets to get there. It's perfect because Max can spend more time playing in the water, and the baby can take the naps he needs, and all that is within a quick walk back to our place if we need it.

I just wanted to share a couple of pictures from today before I got too sleepy.

We went to a fun little shopping area downtown called something like Seaport Village for lunch.

The view of the water was lovely from our table.

And I had another lovely view if I looked to my left--happy babies.


He is so darn darling!
There was a seagull stalking Max's lunch the whole time. Luckily he was behind glass and too big to slip through the cracks.

After lunch Max got to ride on a historic carousel, which of course he loved.

After we walked around the shops for a bit and headed to Target to pick up all the stuff I forgot to pack, Max and I went out to the beach while the baby napped and Kris studied for his upcoming board exam.

Max did some seriously awesome boogie boarding.
Then he had to bury himself because I refuse to get that sandy today.


Poor deprived child. He even wrote RIP in the sand next to himself. Weirdo.
Kris and Sand came and joined us for a few minutes at the end.

Sandy thought the waves were very interesting as long as I didn't dip his feet too much, but he HATED the sand (ironically). He hated it so much. He would hold his feet and legs up as high as he could any time I tried to have him stand in it. We'll see how it goes the next few days.

THEN, after dinner we took a long walk to go and get some ice cream. We saw a cool sunset over the ocean.

We saw a lot of interesting vegetation, chief amoung them this weird succulent black rosebush looking thing. So cool.

Max wore himself out running the first half mile and could hardly make it the rest of the way, but we did finally make it back for bedtime.


I'm going to bed now, sand in my hair and all. Tomorrow we're planning for SeaWorld. It should be fun!

::friday fun::

So the rain finally let up on friday, luckily it was early enough that the fireworks show could go on.
First we headed over to the revolutionary war reenactment encampment that was supposed to be going on. But it looked like all the soldiers were still setting up and getting dressed. I guess even those guys have to have day jobs too.
After that we went over to the little park where the fireworks were going to be, so we could snag a good spot.

The view over the water was pretty amazing. Very serene. And the sunset was beautiful. It was a little ruined for me though, because somebody somewhere had the bright idea to bring a great big huge light unit with a loud smelly generator. That was dumb.
But oh well.
Max isn't usually out past his bedtime (which is eight or earlier) and so at first he was a little worn out.

This was just shortly before he got his second wind though, and started jumping on Kris, knee first.

I tried to get him to take a little nap, but he "wasn't tired." Yeah right.
He thought it would be hilarious though to pretend to be asleep in some pictures.

Proof I was there. For once.

Goofiness.
It seemed like we waited for the sun to set forever. It didn't help that the opportunistic flashing light stuff salesmen were there selling glowing things and flashing things. Bunches of kids were fencing with flashing light sabers. What kind of crazy parent buys those stupid things? Max was convinced that they were free. He kept saying they were "handing them out!" Yeah, handing them out in trade for LOTS of money!
So finally they turned the big lights off and the fireworks started.



Turns out they were shooting the fireworks off from a couple of positions. One looked to be out in or by the water, and one looked to be just beyond where the people were in the park! We didn't realize it until things were happening. Some of the big ones seemed like they were so close. My parents would've hated it.
Ever wonder what 30 seconds of fireworks might look like to a camera?

I didn't mean for my exposure to be quite that long, but once it started I was commited and I just tried to hold still. It's pretty cool.

When they started shooting a bunch at once (the finale type stuff) it got SO close and SO intense and SO loud that Max and I could hardly watch. I kind of felt like I was under attack or something. It was beautiful and amazing, but I think next time I might like it from a little further off!

But we had a great time together. And though Max was super duper cranky all day on saturday, we're still glad we went.