A quick trip to San Diego

There are so many pictures I have taken, but have not felt like blogging or editing pictures lately. Carl begged me to get San Diego pictures up so I am complying... I think he meant facebook, but I don't like posting my pictures directly on Facebook.

Anyway this past week the Cubs were playing at Petco Park and Carl really wanted to check out the park and head to the kids area with the boys. I didn't bring my camera that day, but it was definitely a fun outing. We drove up to San Diego around 11 am, and went to the hotel. From there were caught a train to the stadium. Elliot was so happy about the train ride, afterwards he gave Carl a HUGE hug and said "Daddy thank you for taking me on the train." At three he is much more train obsessed than his brother and is in awe everytime he takes a train ride.

The game itself was fun. Sitting in the picnic area is a little annoying because the view is partially blocked, but the amenities more than make up for it. If you buy bleacher seats you kid can play in the sand in front of you while you watch the game, but there is no shade so on a hot day like our game day it wasn't worth it. Also we purchased obscured seats so we just sat on the grass. In the picnic area they have a playground, a baseball field the kids can play on and tons of grass to just run around on. My kids made it about 7 innings before we finally took them to the playground and then they never wanted to leave. They were having so much fun with the other kids. All around it was a very successful baseball game and we're thinking of making this an annual trip when the Cubs are in town.

The next day we were going to SeaWorld and a friend of mine who was in San Diego for a couple days with her family and some friends actually spent the day with us. Besides it always nice when your kids have playmates at a place like Seaworld....

Here are the pictures from that day. Not much to really report, but it was a fun day and the kids enjoyed themselves.

We ended the day a bit early because it was so hot at SeaWorld and the boys were cranky from not napping. Instead we headed to the pool at our friends hotel and then dinner. Afterwards we headed straight home. We had to make it a quick trip due to Erik needed to meeting his kindergarten teacher and the last expensive swim lesson of the season. We definitely felt like there was so much more we could do and will extend the trip next time. It ended way too early.