Monday, June 15, 2009

Fish, Golf Balls, and Legos!

We had another AMAZING, WONDERFUL, FUN weekend!!!
Saturday morning we were having a San Diego "June gloom" morning so we decided to head out to La Jolla to go to Birch Aquarium. At the entrance we were greeted by these two giant whales that the boys thought were just out of this world.
We enjoyed looking at all the tanks filled with all kinds of fish........
But what could make the boys stop in their tracks and stare like this?
This incredible kelp tank!!!
It is truly amazing!
We really enjoyed the aquarium and by the time we left the sun was shinning!!
So, we decided to head to Del Mar ("where the surf meets the turf") to go play mini golf!!! Pelly's Ocean Adventure course was all done with the animals that live in the seas so the boys loved every hole!!! We really had a great time!!!
Both Jack and Nick channelled their inner "Happy Gilmore" and we had some wild golf!!!
Jack!!
Nick!!
This course was so much fun and we look forward to going back many more times!!!

Sunday morning we got up bright and early and headed north to Carlsbad to take the boys to LegoLand for the day!!! Wow, the park was so much fun and we had a great time!!! There were so many fun and wonderful rides and activities for the boys to do!!

The first part of the park we went to was "Dino Land" (anybody shocked by that? yeah, me either!)
While Nick and Daddy went digging for dinos.............
Jack and I rode the "DinoCoaster!!" So fun!!!!
All over the park there are areas for the kids to stop and play!! This area was called Water Works and the boys LOVED it!!! We had a great time dancing to the music while the instruments played and shot water everywhere!!!
Both of the boys went to the Volvo Driving School and got their California drivers license!!! They had a great time driving those Lego cars!!!
Here is Nick in his car on the 3-5 year old track!!!
Jack driving his car on the 6-13 year old track!!! This track was so cool!! It was like a real road.......with stop signs, traffic lights and lanes!!! Jack loved it!!!
The boys had a great time flying the helicopters!!!
After a break for lunch we went to one of the best rides of the day!!! The boys had such a great time riding in the fire truck!!! The idea of the ride is that you get into your truck and then "drive" it down to fight the fire!! Once your fire was put out, you got back in your truck and drove to back to the parking spot!!!
Fightin' the fire!!!
All the boys had a really great time with this ride!!!
Then it was time to get back into the air and fly some planes!!!
We finished our day at Lego Land on the water with a friendly little race!!! Jack and Daddy vs Nick and Momma!!! It was so much fun and the perfect way to finish our day!!!

Until next time..............
love from San Diego

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like another great weekend!
The kelp picture--the one of the boys all looking at the kelp--cracked me up.

Steph said...

see, june gloom isn't too horrible - it doesn't last all day!! AND - there are so many things to do in SoCal...I love it!! I'm so glad you are getting to do so many fun things with the boys! I remember taking Jack to LegoLand and him loving the dino dig then...so fun! i need to come visit!