promises

I promised Halloween pixs ... so, here they are:

Noah had been planning to be a football player for Halloween (and was for the Halloween party the week before) but once the Phillies won the World Series, he just HAD to be a baseball player!! Note the World Series cap!!


Who knew Hannah Montana was the secret sister of Snow White??!



Aren't they just the cutest??!!

Whirlwind of Fun

I haven't really had a chance to keep you all updated on our trip....

Day 3 - Sea World San Diego: After a weather scare (it was pouring here when we were planning to leave for the park), we made it to the park. It was empty! Good for us...we saw all the big shows--dolphins and of course Shamu. But the part the kids liked the best was petting the stingrays. It took them awhile to try but after that, they had to return 3 times to pet them! One even tried to climb the side of the pool to get to Hannah (it must have thought she would be tasty).

Day 4 - Hannah woke with a fever. Not a good day for a fever. We had 9:00am reservations for a private tour of the SD Zoo. We didn't want to be out all of that money, so we went to the zoo. Luckily, we were driven around in a golf cart otherwise I think Michael's arm would have fallen off trying to carry her. As it was, we only stayed for the tour and didn't get to walk around on our own afterward. The tour was a good idea (thanks Michelle and Ira). We got to get up close and personal with two polar bears -- we had a polar bear within arms reach on both sides of us, it was very cool! We also got to feed the giraffes, some llama camel things, and stand a foot away while a panther was fed.

Day 5 - Disneyland!! What's not to love about disney? Sarah was scared of the characters and wanted nothing to do with the princesses but the rest of us loved it! We got to try out the new Star Wars ride (which either Disneyworld doesn't have or we skipped it last time we were there)....Hannah loves the rollercoasters and just couldn't get enough....Noah's favorite was the Buzz Lightyear ride.

today off to the Wild Animal Safari....tomorrow HOME!!!!

San Diego - Day 1 & 2

The kids have NOT adjusted well to the time difference!! Yesterday, we were up at 4:00am and today 5:15am. My girlfriend, Michelle, told me it takes one day per hour of time difference to adjust so that means we'll be getting up at 6:30am!! Wahoo!! (that is sarchasm!) So, michelle, how long does it take for kids to adjust to "Vacation time"? I need them to sleep until 10 and go to bed at 7pm!!

Day 1 -- We spent roaming the beach in La Jolla ...then we got rained out. "It hasn't rained in La Jolla since March" (to quote my bro-in-law). It wasn't really raining but it was misting, overcast, and too cold to continue our picnic. So, we headed to basecamp, ate, and then headed to the Scripps Aquarium.

Day 2 -- Legoland!! Fabulous, fabulous time!! Then off to Ruby's Diner for a surprise birthday treat for Noah....he turned 7 today!!

catching up....

Ok, so I am going to end up going a bit out of order. I know my family is still waiting to see pixs of the kids in their halloween costumes but right now, I am updating my blog from sunny San Diego, CA. I don't have a way to resize pixs to post now so will have to update and post pixs when I get home.

We survived our flight out. The kids were great. The only bump we really experienced was that 2 of our 3 dvd players wouldn't work. ARGH...but I will say, the kids kind of took it in stride.

Hannah was funny though, she got antsy about 2 hours into the trip and asked, "are we there yet?" ... which of course we weren't we still had 4 hours!! When we told her that, she said, "then, I just want to go home." I wonder how the other 200 passengers would have responded when we told the pilot that he just had to turn us around and all those going to CA were going to be SOL. I will say though, if anyone is capable of convincing a pilot to turn a plane around (w/o bodily harm to him), it would be Hannah!!