Last week, Max had most of the week off so we headed off to San Diego for some fun. We got there Wednesday afternoon and had time to play at the beach for a few hours. It was the boys first time to ever see they ocean and they loved it. The water was freezing but that didn't stop Jonah and Wyatt from getting wet. Max was the only one who went all the way in and he said that it made it his head hurt.
On Thursday we went to Legoland. We had originally considered going to Disneyland but some of my siblings suggested Legoland because it is great for younger kids. I'd have to agree. Jonah was able to ride on everything alone. Wyatt could ride everything with a parent, and Emmett could ride almost everything. It wasn't too crowded so we got to go on a lot of rides. We thought it was funny how we kept seeing the same people on each ride. We were on the same schedule as the guy with the green and black backpack and his son and a Japanese family with two kids.
I liked that a lot of the rides at Legoland involved the kids--pedaling or pulling themselves up a rope. I think it made it more fun for them to be the ones who made some of the rides go.
As you can tell from the kids' t-shirts, the Star Wars exhibit was a big hit.
On Friday we headed to Sea World. It was overcast and definitely colder than than the day before. It made it a bit harder to want to get wet on any of the rides, but Jonah and Wyatt LOVED the Journey to Atlantis ride and since it was fairly cool there was barely any line. We went on it 3 times in the morning and once in the afternoon.
We saw the Pet Show, the Dolphin Show and the Shamu Show. I don't know if the kids were just showed-out by the Shamu Show, but they didn't seem that impressed. It could also be that the dolphin show was quite a show--people riding on dolphins, people dressed up like birds flying around on trapezes and bungees. Since no one gets in with Shamu like they used to (and for good reason) the dolphin show is much more showy. Still, it is pretty amazing to see these huge animals jump so far out of the water.
Emmet and I made fish faces on the Elmo fish ride.
Wyatt was the only one brave enough to get very wet in the rapids with Max.
Saturday morning, we only had a few hours before we needed to head out of town so we went to the beach for a very cold and windy picnic breakfast. It soon started to warm up and we had a bit more fun writing in the sand, racing to the volleyball standards and dipping our toes in the cold ocean.
