Chocolate Chip Cookies for Lunch: San Diego

Ahhh, the ocean...

Diamond and I planned this entire trip centered on the idea of enjoying a beach vacation. The first day we went to Coronado. It was stunningly beautiful, totally relaxing and all around wonderful. Unfortunately, the boys got these terrible rashes on their legs after spending the day in the water. Although we still went back to the beach a couple more times, the salt water stung pretty bad. Bummer! Good thing there are plenty of things to do in San Diego!

The Caboose was all about digging giant holes in the sand whenever we were at the beach. While the older kids were on the boogie boards, the Caboose and I were just digging away. Once the hole was about the size of a bathtub, the boys decided that it would be fun to put me in and cover me with sand. (I actually love the feeling of the warm, weighty sand.)

While we were in San Diego the boys wanted to see a Padres game.

Apparently, PetCo Park is known for its sand play area - that and the kid sized baseball field. The boys had a blast playing around at the ball park. Meanwhile, I was left wondering how in the world a baseball game became part of my summer vacation! Ahh, to be the mother of boys! All good!

I had never been to Sea World before, and of course, neither had the boys. So while we were in San Diego we spent a day there. Who knew there would be random flamingos walking around! (And ginormous turtles, and ...)

The Caboose was very excited about getting his picture taking with the characters.

The kids were able to feed the seals some little fish. Super stinky! Also, super cool!

Feeding the seals.

We spent Sunday morning at the Mormon Battalion in Old Town San Diego. It was very interactive and incorporated cool technology to make a fun, interesting, learning experience.

At the end of the tour, the kids could pan for gold, wash laundry in a basin or fire bricks in the courtyard. The Caboose would've spent hours there.

There were lots of interactive parts of the aircraft carrier. Here are the boys in the control tower.

We also spent the better part of one day aboard the USS Midway. Sooo interesting. This aircraft carrier went into service just after WWII and serve all the way through Persian Gulf I. The top level was full of planes and helicopters, and below deck you could tour what life was like on the ship. We spent over four hours there, and BB#1 would've stayed longer (me too!) But the younger boys were about done by then.

Even Diamond got into the fun as he channeled his inner Top Gun fighter pilot. Very cool. (I just need to see him play beach volleyball, and I'd be all set!)