South Coast, the Fair and the Grand California Hotel

It has been a busy first week of my vacation. Monday we went to South Coast Plaza which was quite the experience!! We had lunch at Nordstrom Cafe and then hit up the shoe section of Brass Plum. Carter and Jaden kept us quite entertained by trying on all the shoes....Dave and Doug, you might need to speak with your boys in regards to the fact that they DO NOT wear high heels!!!! After about an hour of completely destroying the store, we went to the carousel, which was not working. So, we took the bridge across to what used to be Crystal Court and road the carousel there. The boys hit a few rounds of golf at Sport Chalet while we looked for a pair of flip flops for Audrey. Later that night, we went and saw Rattoutille...SOOO CUTE!!


Tuesday I went to the fair with Shauna, Jaden, Audrey and my mom. Shauna is not a fan of the fair....but how can you complain when you don't have to pay for parking, don't have to pay for admission and a complete stranger hands Audrey a wrist band as they are walking out and we are walking in that will let her and Jaden ride all the rides for free!!!!!! We first stopped at the petting zoo which was hilarious. The little goats attacked both Jaden and I. They liked to eat Jaden's shirt and my sunglasses. My poor mom got attacked by a big goat that pretty much destroyed her sweater! We had fun watching the kids go on the rides and Audrey and I even road an elephant.




Wednesday we spent the whole day and night at the Grand California Hotel at Disneyland. Fergi had to stay there for a couple of days for work, so she invited us to hang out at the pool for the day and then watch the fireworks at night! We loved the pool!!! It was soo much fun! There was a water slide for both kids and adults. Audrey and Jaden had a blast on it!! Jaden decided that he wanted to go down on it backwards on this tummy all on his own! We swam for I think 5 hours!! I took Jaden into California Adventure since he is free. We just hung out in the "Bugs Life" land. We went on a couple of rides and then I let Jaden run around in the water fountains. Lisa, my mom and Carter came later in the day. Thanks Fergi....this day was the best so far!!! I will definitely be going to this pool more often!!



Wednesday night Audrey and I had our sleepover!! I was exhausted from the day at the pool...so like always, I fell asleep first! Audrey watched Beauty and the Beast while we were in bed and never fell asleep!! All I remember is her telling me that the movie was over!!?? Thursday, Audrey and I just hung out at my house for most of the day and then headed back over to my moms house. We met up with Mike and Kathy at Barbadnes park. Mike brought bubbles for the kids to play with.



Today we are headed down to San Diego to go to a Padres game at Petco Park. We are sitting in the bleacher section which has a huge sand box for the kids to play in while we watch the game. The sand box sits right against the right field fence...it is pretty neat!! There is also a hug grass hill for the kids to play on and a little baseball field for the kids too!! I am sure there will be stories of today's activity since we are leaving to go down there at 12 and the game doesn't start until 7!!! Stay tuned....