October 10, 2011

california trip part 1: the non-disneyland stuff

I am finally getting around to posting pictures from our California vacation. I was updating a bunch of software on my computer when we first got home and then I just haven't gotten around to posting. Luckily my house is a disaster right now and I am trying to find any excuse to put off cleaning it so here I am, haha!


We had to get up so early to get to the airport. Cole was a little confused about having to wake up when it was still dark. Here he is at around 3AM, too sleepy to open his eyes but still excited to go to Disneyland.


We had a little time to spare at the airport but luckily they have this great play area that kept the kids busy.


Cole had his own little carry-on to roll around.



When we got into Anaheim we still had hours until we could check in to our hotel. I was super cranky from lack of sleep and we needed the boys to nap so Nick took control and went where he wanted. That's how we ended up at the Coliseum and Rose Bowl. The W is for Washington Huskies, not some random gang sign.



Other than Disneyland, we also went to Sea World. Cole loved the sky tram ride. He loved the dolphin and Shamu show too, although he wasn't too happy when we went and sat in the splash zone. Luckily we were high up in the splash zone so we never got wet.


This picture sums up how Blake felt about all of our outings. He was pretty cranky the whole time, with the exception of the times he got to run around and interact with other people. He is definitely a social boy!


A few family shots from Sea World:



We also spent a day at Seal Beach.


Blake was fearless and loved running off towards the water.


Cole on the other hand preferred playing in the sand and building sand castles with daddy.


Blake had fun with the sand too.


And, of course, we had to plan a visit to the San Diego zoo. I love this picture. I'm not sure what they are doing but I think they are pretending to be elephants!



Another favorite photo of these two!

Cole was really looking forward to the bug house. We spent a lot of our time at the zoo in this one little building.


More than anything else, Cole was looking forward to the dung beetle. For weeks he had been going on and on about getting to see a dung beetle at the zoo. The dung beetles are kept over by the Elephant so we had to make a special trip way out there to see them.


We took a trip to the zoo back when Cole was just a little over 1 years old. Here he is trying his hardest to look over this fence.


And here he is at the same fence almost 3 years later!



That's all of our non-Disneyland pictures. I will post the Disneyland pictures soon!!

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