A week in San Diego

We had a great time in San Diego. We flew down for the week with my parents and my sister and her family. It was the boys first flight that they could remember. They did really great. BW was so excited he couldn't wait. He wanted to know everything he could..he was so funny he even absorbed what he could of the emergency landing card...I couldn't get him to put it down to take a photo..it looks like he is really into it even though he can't read a thing on the card.

We stayed at Paradise Point Resort and Spa. Check it out at http://www.paradisepoint.com/We had a cute little bungalo that had it's own beach right outside our door. The kids had a blast playing on the beach and in the bay. We also had a bonfire at night and the kids definately loved roasting the marshmellows and eating the smores. Since we were so close to Sea World at 10pm everynite we could walk out on the beach and see the fireworks show. That was pretty cool.

During our stay we visited Sea World, Legoland, Hotel Del Coronado, Pacific Beach, Balboa Park and the Gaslamp Quarter. I think Sea World was a little old for little guys. It was hard for them to wait for the shows but they did really enjoy the dolphin and Shamu Rocks show and talked about it off and on the rest of the trip. We also saw a shark exhibit with a glass tunnel you walk through and the sharks swim all around you. It was such a hit with Bubba that he didn't want to leave the exhibit. We also spent a day at Legoland. What a great park that turned out to be. It is definately geared towards the younger kids. There were quite a few rides they could go on. There was also a fun playtown that was really large, and a couple of water park areas for the kids to just get wet in. I would think age 6 would be absolutely perfect at this park...they could probably do everything. It was an interesting park...it was really clean and the restaurants served healthy choices to eat...you could even choose a kid's meal that did not include something fried and their meals came with milk as opposed to soda and juice which are both so high in sugar. Many of the rides also had a physical aspect to them too. BW's favorite ride was a car that two people had to bicycle to get it to go around the track. We also as a family really enjoyed the firetruck race we participated in. We broke into groups of 3 and raced each other in a firetruck that we had to pump up and down with our arms to get it to go down the track, when we made it to the pretend burning building we had to jump out and pump the water onto the fire target and then run back to the truck and pump up and down until the truck drove back to the start of the race. The first truck back won...it was a hoot! The water park also had lots of wheels they had to turn and buttons to jump up and down on to shoot water or make music...it was really great to see such a healthy spin on a day at the amusement park. Definately check it out if you are in the area.

One of my most favorite places to visit when in San Diego is the Hotel Del Coronado. http://www.hoteldel.com/ I live for the beach and this place is just spectacular. The beach is cleaned everyday and I swear the sand has gold in it. They also have one of my favorite restaurants for breakfast..the Sheerwater. I love buffet breakfasts and I love sitting outside looking at the ocean and this is the best...great food...beautiful view. It was a beautiful day to hit the beach and kids had fun building sandcastles and running in the waves.

We also visited Balboa Park and saw the model railroad museum. The boys were in heaven...it was pretty amazing...the attention to detail and scale of these trains and they whizzing all around the museum..it was a fun day we also stopped by the Japanese Tea gardens for a tour and lunch at the tea house...yummy terriyaki chicken bowl. There were 2 other local breakfast places we discovered that were awesome. World Famous is located right on Pacific Beach. They have a great view and delicious breafast foods and yummy smoothies. http://www.worldfamous.signonsandiego.com/ We also ate at The broken yoke also in Pacific Beach. Very friendly, family atmosphere, no view of the ocean but a huge assortment of breakfast foods and the food was delicious. http://www.thebrokenyolkcafe.com/ One night we made it down to the GasLamp Quarter for dinner and ate at Croce's named after singer Jim Croce. The food was awesome...it was a little late for the kids but they hung in there the best they could and we enjoyed a good meal our last night in San Diego. It was a fun trip. We had a blast.