Mommy and Trevor had a day back at home with Dada after their MN adventure before departing with Grandma Pauline and Papa Hillins for San Diego! Trevor was a great rider once again in the car..sleeping most of the way of the 6 hour trip.
What else kept him busy? Studying the map of Legoland! He was so excited to go there - he had our whole itinerary planned out before even getting to California!
Lots of sand dunes to look at on the drive:
After arriving and checking out where we were staying we headed to Mission Beach. Trevor thought the ocean was pretty cool!
He would run out to the waves, feel how cold it was then run back to the dry sand:
Boy did he have such a fun time doing that routine over and over!
Grandma Pauline and Papa John got in on the fun too!
Well Mommy didn't want to be left out either!
When we said we were going to leave Trevor had to go say good-bye to the water. He is such a precious boy and this picture makes our hearts smile!
Whereas this picture just makes us laugh. He SO doesn't want any pictures taken these days and this is proof - tongue out. But still a cute memory of our little cutie!
Do we have to leave Mommy? I want to stay! The waves are calling me!
On Monday morning we headed to Denny's for breakfast. As usual, Trevor was a great eater but he also spent ample time sitting on the booster chair studying the Legoland map again in anticipation of our arrival there later that morning!
And when we got to Legoland it was just as we had hoped - filled with Lego's even in the parking lot!
Thanks Grandma and Papa Hillins for taking us! Let's go in!
One of our first rides was a boat ride with storybook characters, built from Lego's of course :)
They had a play area too - surprisingly not everything in it was built of Lego's though!
Trevor enjoyed driving the jeep around the track with Mommy!
Then back to the boats again....this was a theme of our trip to Legoland. If there was no line or little line we'd ride the rides over and over!
Then one time with Papa!
Then we took a break from the rides and watched a (dumb) firefighter show that Trevor thought was a hoot! For the adults it was 20+ minutes too long!
After lunch we decided to see what all the fuss was about for one ride that said there was a 45 minute wait. Luckily there was a play area for the kiddos so that time didn't seem so long. Trevor really enjoyed playing with the different sized legos. So serious!
Papa was the champ that stood in line and met new acquaintances for the 45 minute - err 90 minute wait. In the sun. Like we said, champ!
And here was the ride. Grandma was pedal queen trying to catch up to Papa and Mommy:
Trevor thought it was worth every minute of the wait!
And then we came to the best ride at the park for Trevor! Firefighter!!!!!! First time around just Papa and Trevor went. Trevor really liked spraying the water!
Second time around we all went. You should have seen Grandma and Papa working hard so that we could be the first ones to the spraying part!
Our little firefighter! Too cute!
And that was it folks - nap time! So we headed out and drove the 40 minutes back to the condo. Although we took a large detour so that Sara could see the sights and Trevor could have a good nap in the car.
On Tuesday we checked out the San Diego Zoo. We started with a bus tour but Trevor grew a bit frustrated. It was a bit warm, he was thirsty and it went so fast that he wasn't able to always see what the tour guide was pointing out.
However when we ventured over to the panda exhibit, he was a happy camper. He even came home with a stuffed animal - Peter Panda (as he named it) courtesy of his Grandparents.
We think that the zoo wasn't active/hands on enough for Trevor after a day at Legoland but he livened up for a bit when he saw elephants he could climb on:
He wasn't so sure about meeting the zoo mascot, but eventually came around and said hi:
Trevor wanted Papa John to say hi to the mascot too:
That afternoon we checked out the pool at the condo. Trevor was a big fan of swimming with Papa!
He even got Grandma in the water! Miracle! They enjoyed some 'Ring around the Rosie'
And Trevor learned how to stand on Papa's shoulders. Although he took it a step farther and went for standing on his head!
On Wednesday it was back to Legoland. We started with a boat ride that showcased 'small town' - all of these areas of the U.S but built out of Lego's including Mt. Rushmore:
The line wasn't so long for the pedal ride as we called it, so Trevor had another opportunity to play with Lego's and build trains to push down ramps!
He enjoyed going on the helicopter with ride too:
And then you guessed it....more firefighter!
And we kept going back on this ride - five times we think? No line so it worked out great! After that Trevor picked out a cool hat to keep the sun out of his eyes as well as be a momento of our time at Legoland!
Mommy and Trevor had a chance to ride the airplanes together. Trevor really liked making the airplane go 'up up up'
Trevor was a tired camper and fell asleep in his stroller on our way out so Papa provided Sara with another great tour of San Diego. Once Trevor woke up we had a late lunch/early dinner at Seaport Village. Mommy really wanted a picture with Trevor by the water, but of course Trevor wanted no part of that so Mommy had one by herself:
On Thursday we headed to Mission Beach for a walk as well as water and sand time. Papa John tracked down the house where Brian lived during college. Still looks the same according to Brian and what a great location - a block from the beach!
Trevor wore his prized Thomas jammies to the beach and just loved the feel of the sand:
And it didn't take long for him to find his way to the cool water:
However, we had to go back to the car to get his swimsuit on. He was so proud to pull all of his sand toys in the wagon:
First thing he did? Chase the waves just like he did on Sunday night!
Run Forrest run!
And when he got tired, he and Papa built sandcastles!
They could have spent all day building sandcastles!
And one of the best pics from the trip - Trevor in all his glory digging, digging, digging. You can hear him laughing in this pic. LOVE!
Thank you Grandma and Papa Hillins for a great trip to San Diego. We have lots of memories from that trip forever captured in pics but also stored in our hearts! It was a nice break from the heat of Phoenix but also nice to spend time together just like we did when we lived at Casa Hillins!
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